Art

“Neither Flesh nor Fleshless”

What’s great about Rothko’s paintings is their refutation of language, the way they push back against conclusions.

Art

Origins of Originality: 'Matisse/Diebenkorn' at the Baltimore Museum of Art

At the core of this show is a conversation in paint about influence and individuality.

Art

Agnes Martin’s Contemporary Sublime

This uninterrupted stroll through nearly six decades of work reminds one of how few other artists from her generation sustained such long, capable, trajectories in art-making.

Books

American Drift: Becca Klaver’s Empire Wasted

Divided into five sections that could function as stand alone chapbooks, Empire Wasted opens with a nod to Andy Warhol.

Art

For Ellen Cantor

Ellen Cantor spontaneously called me on a July evening, inviting me to the Colony Room in Soho for a drink.

Art

Daniel Boccato: Sculpture in a Crowded Field

In a savvy move, Daniel Boccato has latched onto a currently popular color-and-shape-based aesthetic and taken it to a material extreme.

Art

The Twilight States of Jonathan Meese

Since the early 2000s, Jonathan Meese, who is based in Hamburg and Berlin, has cultivated a persona as a propagandist for what he calls the Dictatorship of Art

Art

Glenn Ligon and Claudia Rankine Talk Race at Art Basel Miami Beach

The artist and the poet sat down together at Miami's largest art fair to discuss their mutual influence and inspiration.

News

Harvard Adds the Blackest Black to Its Historical Pigment Collection

Harvard Art Museums acquired a sample of Vantablack, a material that absorbs almost 100% of light.

Art

In Miami's Little Haiti, a Fair Spotlights Artists of the African Diaspora

For its fourth edition, the Prizm Art Fair has relocated to Little Haiti and maintained its focus on artists of the African Diaspora in two special exhibitions and its eclectic main show.

Podcast

The Roles of Art and Artists at the Pipeline Protests in North Dakota

Four artists at the Oceti Sakowin Camp at Standing Rock, North Dakota, have arrived to help stop the Dakota Access Pipeline. I interviewed them about the role of artists and art during protest.

Art

Painting According to Art Basel Miami Beach

At Art Basel Miami Beach, if you only look at the art, it’s an affair worth the trip, because if you want to see the newest art made in Saint Petersburg, Vienna, Barcelona, or Berlin, it’s here.