Comics
How Do You Calculate Your Contentment as an Artist?
From what I understand, to function properly I need to …
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Art
The Elements of Artmaking, at Bushwick Open Studios
In his studio, an artist stenciled unicorns to disco music, while upstairs a poetry reading was taking place in the same room as a makeshift tattoo parlor.
Opinion
Required Reading
This week, erasing women from Impressionism, Miss Piggy as feminist, gentrification of the self, Louis Armstrong talks pot, inside the ka'ba, and more.
Opinion
Weekend Words: Shark
Today is Damien Hirst’s 50th birthday.
Art
The Uses of Enchantment: Filling an Empty Altarpiece
RAVELLO — There's a deconsecrated chapel perched high on a cliff in Ravello, Italy, overlooking the Amalfi Coast.
Art
Another Look at Robert Motherwell
Robert Motherwell didn’t believe that Pablo Picasso or Henri Matisse were figures to be overthrown.
Art
Taking a Break for Performance at Bushwick Open Studios, by Way of Detroit
I was happy to make my way to 16 Harrison Place, where Detroit's Spread Art has turned an empty lot filled with gravel into a makeshift community space and stage.
Art
At Bushwick Open Studios, Sculptors Make a Stand
Wandering the halls of two buildings on Troutman Street on Saturday during Bushwick Open Studios, I was struck by the large number of artists making outstanding sculptures in a broad range of styles and media.
Art
A Silver Room at Bushwick Open Studios
Inside Jihyun Hong's compact studio, the artist has sheathed a whole room in metallic silver.
News
Painting Stolen from Bushwick Gallery Turns Up on Roosevelt Island
Sometime this morning, a painting went missing from English Kills Art Gallery.
Art
Sexy, Satin Surfaces: Paintings from the Dawn of the Dutch Golden Age
On its own, a painting by Joachim Wtewael can seem like a two-dimensional manifestation of an absurdly complex gâteau – gorgeous, delicious, but perhaps best taken in in small servings.
Interview
Beer with a Painter: Thomas Nozkowski and Joyce Robins
Tom Nozkowski and Joyce Robins are married, and I have admired the work of both for years. When I asked them to be the first “Beer with a Painter” subjects interviewed jointly as a couple, they were completely game.