Opinion
Required Reading
This week, sound art theory, Yemen's embattled museums, troubled arts philanthropy in Toronto, British Surrealist Leonora Carrington, Russian internet trolls, galactic Easter eggs, and more.
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Opinion
Weekend Words: Egg
It's Easter, have an egg.
Poetry
The Poet with a Razor in His Vest: Amiri Baraka's Selected Poems
When a publication of a large selection of poems by Amiri Baraka, who died this past year, was announced, I immediately determined to review it.
Art
Thomas Nozkowski’s Magical Mystery Tour
Simply titled Thomas Nozkowski, this is the artist’s fourth solo exhibition at Pace Gallery since 2008, when he first joined the gallery, and this time he has pulled out all the stops.
Art
Breaking Camp: John Waters After Divine
Shown as part of Beverly Hills John, his third show at the Marianne Boesky gallery, John Waters’s video Kiddie Flamingos made us chuckle, which is rare for a Chelsea gallery work. But then, his gallery art has always been funny.
Art
Instant Illuminations: Elaine de Kooning’s Early Portraiture
With her passion for people, de Kooning was by inclination a portraitist. But she was equally drawn to experimental art forms as the Abstract Expressionist movement unfolded before her eyes, inside her very home.
Art
Clearing the Slate: MoMA’s Contemporary Reboot
A few months after having been roundly trounced for The Forever Now: Painting in an Atemporal World, its attempt to assess the current state of painting, the Museum of Modern Art opened a reinstallation of its contemporary collection on the same day as its Björk fiasco.
Art
What the World Never Looked Like
During the late Renaissance, many gold-thirsty European explorers set sail on a quest to locate the fastest route to the Orient.
Art
How to Build a Cocktail, Visualized
Back in 1974, a curious construction-style chart of cocktails was made by some employees of the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service.
News
Art Movements
This week in art news: A Banksy sold under duress in Gaza, Pope Francis welcomes homeless into the Sistine Chapel, and Turkey's president fined over art criticism.
In Brief
As Pace Expands, New York Galleries Start Dwarfing Museums
On Friday Pace Gallery revealed plans to build an eight-story, 60,000-square-foot building where the largest of its spaces on West 25th Street in Chelsea currently sits.
Interview
A Webcomic for Your Existential Angst
Corey Mohler, the man behind Existential Comics, has taken a novel approach to philosophy, creating whimsical drawings that illustrate key philosophical concepts.