Art
Democracy, Art, and the Frustrations of Populism
Art exhibitions concerned with politics are very much of the moment.
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Art
From Warhol's Grave to Elvis's Front Door, 10 Museum Webcams to Watch
From the world's oldest ham to corvettes crushed in a sinkhole, some of the greatest wonders of our museums are available 24/7 through online webcams.
Comics
Is It Time to Return to the City?
Drove hours to the city for a museum gig.
Art
Artist Duo TOILETPAPER’s Kitschy Department Store Wipeout
PARIS — Jaded neo-pop (one is tempted to say “poop” here) is on view in the Galeries Lafayette’s très kitsch exhibition TP–RAMA, the latest from art-commerce duo of Maurizio Cattelan and Pierpaolo Ferrari, aka TOILETPAPER.
In Brief
A Sculptor Imagines a Human Designed to Survive Car Crashes
Yesterday, I met Graham. I met him on MeetGraham.com.au. I met his half-formed teats, all 13 of them, and his thick, tough skin, and his knee joints that rotate 360 degrees, like a demon’s.
Opinion
A Meme Returns, Crying for Justice in Syria
In the wake of Russian and regime-led airstrikes on the already abused Syrian city of Aleppo, I saw it again: the raised hand, a meme I had been obsessed by during the first street protests of spring 2011.
Opinion
Required Reading
This week, digitizing the Library of Congress, conceptual art in Britain, the context for Hellenistic art, the five genders of Native American cultures, pomo ethics, and more.
Opinion
Weekend Words: Plagiarism
"Art is either plagiarism or revolution."
Books
Reader’s Diary: Robert Glück’s ‘Communal Nude’
Some of Robert Glück’s essays came my way in the 1980s via such publications as Poetics Journal.
Art
The Two Faces of Grace Jane
Margot Bergman paints boldly simplified portraits of women on top of found paintings, which she salvages from flea markets.
Art
Upbeat and Edgy
With the rise of artists desperate to align themselves with one compromised avant-garde tradition or another, it is useful to remember that Stuart Davis never fit in.
Interview
Beer with a Painter: Charles Yuen
Charles Yuen’s home in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn, is comfortably domestic and suburban in feeling, which somehow surprises me, after having seen his zany and sardonic paintings earlier in the year at Studio10 in Bushwick.