Art
Rorschach Inkblots Conjure Up Themes of Loss in Iran
It’s not so easy for Iranian-American artists to portray their hyphenated identities.
Latest
Art
The Myths of Kurt Cobain Resurface in a New Documentary
The death of Kurt Cobain in early April of 1994 shocked almost nobody who knew him and almost everybody who didn’t.
News
Two Killed at Muhammad Art Contest in Texas, ISIS Claiming Responsibility
Last night, two men were killed and one man was injured at the American Freedom Defense Initiative's "Muhammad Art Exhibit and Contest" in the Dallas/Forth Worth area.
Opinion
Required Reading
This week, Instagram's impact on art collecting, Chicago's missing Keith Haring, 50 buildings in 50 cities, privilege at art museums, the largest object in the universe, and more.
Opinion
Weekend Words: Left
On Thursday, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders announced his candidacy for President, and will run against Hillary Clinton for the Democratic nomination.
Interview
Beer with a Painter: Jason Karolak
Jason Karolak and I spoke over beers in his studio one day during the never-ending winter.
Poetry
Corsino Fortes: The Poetics and Politics of Seduction
The central objects and images of Cabo Verde poet Corsino Fortes are deceptively simple: sun, moon, sea, stone, bread, drums, guitars, blood, palm, fist, thumb, and mouth, along with the colors red, yellow, and green, appear time and again throughout the book.
Art
A Light Heart Through Heavy Times: Ed Sanders’ Glyphic Works
In early 1966, following a New Years’ gig by his folk-rock band, the Fugs, the poet Ed Sanders woke up to find that his Peace Eye Bookstore, then on East 10th Street, had been raided by the NYPD.
Art
The Triumph of Revisionism: The Whitney’s American Century
With America Is Hard to See, the exhibition inaugurating its luminous new Renzo Piano building, the Whitney has reclaimed its role among the city’s museums as the engine of the new.
In Brief
A Card Game to Debate the Absurd Extremes of Cultural Opinions
A new card game throws together the highs and lows of culture, from Wagner's Ring Cycle to the video game Doom, asking players to debate essential questions like, "Which is a sign of the Apocalypse?" or "Which expresses the inexpressible?"
Art
Judging Galleries by Their Pens: Chelsea Edition
Join me as I wander the streets of Chelsea and bring you the first in an as-yet-only-theoretical series of gallery pen reviews.
News
Art Movements
This week in art news: The new Whitney Museum of American Art officially opened to the public, Art Spiegelman's Maus was withdrawn from Russian bookstores, and the Dulwich Picture Gallery revealed the forgery it had hidden within its collection.