Art
Technology Is Our New Nature
An exhibition of Native American artists points to the potential of technology when telling stories.
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How Susan Hiller Has Foregrounded Empathy in Her Art
This exhibition of Susan Hiller's 50 years of work, creates an environment that begs thinking about empathy and its role in making and viewing art.
News
Artist Trevor Paglen Is Not Convinced His Space Art Will Ruin Astronomical Research
After raising nearly $76,000 to launch his artwork into space, Paglen is now facing concerted criticism from the science community that his sculpture could ruin their research for the two months it orbits Earth. The artist begs to differ.
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An Intimate Look at Charles and Ray Eames, from Their Creative Process to Their Home Life
The World of Charles and Ray Eames, which presents some 400 artifacts, is the first major survey of the Eameses since the 1990s.
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Former Educators at London’s National Gallery Are Taking Legal Action, Alleging Unfair Dismissal
The 27 claimants are alleging unfair dismissal and discrimination on the grounds of length of service, age, and sex.
Art
Required Reading
This week, democratizing portraiture, Chinese art heists, Burning Man, Silent Sam, hoarding, and more.
Music
A Rap-Rock Hybrid that Rocks
The stylistic scramble of Bali Baby's Baylor Swift declines commercial polish in favor of rap as junkyard.
Art
A Less Explored Side of Jasper Johns
When I visited Johns a few months ago, I saw two works that led me on a search for paintings that did not neatly fit in with his larger oeuvre.
Art
A Painter of a Different Magnitude
Catherine Murphy makes paintings that get under my skin, that haunt me, that seem inexhaustible and mysterious.
Art
Trump Crashes to Earth
The Republicans scatter like rats.
Interview
Beer with a Painter: Joan Semmel
“How could I make work that was sexual from a woman’s point of view, that would not turn a woman off, as so much of pornography did?”
Books
Marcel Proust’s Dream of Art
Proust’s mid-career struggles with writing led him to art criticism, which provides clues to the qualities prized by readers of In Search of Lost Time.