Art
Archaic Futurism
In an interview that appeared in The Brooklyn Rail (May 2014), Joyce Robins explained that the title of her early painting “The Vly” (1975) is the Dutch word for swamp.
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Vanity, Thy Name Is Man
CHICAGO — I was hooked by the time I finished reading “Mr. John F. Kennedy and Mr. Kenneth Noland” (2016), a text-filled drawing written in pencil in large and distinct capital letters that reminded me of penmanship practice in elementary school.
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“Vulnerability Could Be the New Stoic”: Paintings by Allison Schulnik
In Allison Schulnik’s hands, paint becomes matter and subject becomes object. Her paintings are about a continual state of flux: morphing, dripping, and melting.
Film
A Véritéble Weekend of Cinéma: A Film Festival in Maine
It is not surprising that the art crowd is at home on Maine’s coastline, where Hartley and Homer filled their canvases with crashing tides, and where Longfellow filled his mind’s chalice with classic verse, but I am compelled to wonder about what (if any) Maine connection has been forged by the docu
Interview
Magritte the Writer: An Interview with Kathleen Rooney
Kathleen Rooney's most recent project, René Magritte: Selected Writings, co-edited with Eric Plattner, is somewhat out of the ordinary for this Chicago-based writer. This book offers English speakers a chance to dive into the life of René Magritte, the lauded Belgian surrealist painter.
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The How Is the What: The Essential Harry Leigh
Since the early 1970s, Harry Leigh has been producing distinctive, elegant, deceptively simple wall-based sculptures, mainly of wood.
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Surrendering to the Women of Vienna
The uncannily contemporary aspect of Gustav Klimt’s painting is that it was always in flux.
Books
The Contemporary Geoglyphs of a Globe-Spanning Art Project
Since 1999, Australian artist Andrew Rogers has traveled the seven continents creating modern geoglyphs with local populations, representing symbols significant to the area's culture with indigenous stone.
Interview
Unlocking the Secret Logic of Symbols Through Repetition
"Repetition is a great tool to show difference, structure thought, and question authenticity. It’s a way for me to understand and study the logic behind things."
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A Village in Panama Built Out of Plastic Bottles
In 2012, Canadian entrepreneur Robert Bezeau began a recycling program in his now-home of Bocas del Toro, Panama, after realizing that locals were mostly filling their garbage bags to the brim with plastic.
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Astrological Aesthetics: October 2016 Horoscopes
Hyperallergic’s horoscopes offer astrological advice for artists and art types, in art terms, every month.
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Colorful Canvases that Transform Worn-Out Clichés
LOS ANGELES — Glenn Goldberg seizes worn-out clichés that would seem unable to support weight and uses them to unexpectedly launch himself into painting.