Opinion
Weekend Words: Woo
On Thursday, the New York Times published a large pull-out section, Museums, which included an article on the attempts various institutions have made at "Wooing a New Generation of Museum Patrons."
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Music
Fagen's Critical Catalogue (March 2014, Part 1)
In part 1 of this month, reviews of Beck, 2NE1, Eric Church, and St Vincent.
Art
Jasper Johns’s Reinvention of an Old and Familiar Subject
Regrets — the collective title of Jasper Johns’s most recent series of paintings, drawings, and prints — is currently on display at the Museum of Modern Art, New York (March 15–September 1, 2014). The inspiration for the series was a ripped, crumpled and stained photograph of Lucian Freud perched on
Interview
Beer with a Painter: Chris Martin
A couple of years ago, I heard Chris Martin give a talk to Columbia MFA students. Rather than the standard artist’s slide lecture, Martin brought along his conga drums and a small band, a girl wearing a metallic dress and carrying a boom box, and a couple of people who tore sheets from a book of Ita
Books
Art of Darkness: Matt Kish Illustrates Conrad's Classic
What’s stunning about Matt Kish’s illustrations for Heart of Darkness — one for every page of Joseph Conrad’s text — is how sunny they are. His modest palette comprises yellow, green, black, and white, with the occasional hit of red, orange, or blue. The novel, on the other hand, is tonally dark: se
Art
Fresh from the Cosmic Junk Heap: The Sculpture of Peter Buggenhout
Peter Buggenhout’s massive stacks of debris hang off the wall or sprawl across the floor in a state of dereliction and collapse, monumental castoffs from a world spinning out of control.
Art
Counting Up With Martin Creed
LONDON — The fact he gives each work a number is the first thing anyone learns about Martin Creed. His website lists "Work No. 3" up to "Work No. 1674" and counting. Pointing out the UK artist likes seriality is like pointing out that Pollock liked drips or that Duchamp liked plumbing or even the fa
News
Atlanta Officials Propose Regulating "Public Art" on Private Property
City Councilmembers in Atlanta are proposing an ordinance that would require anyone wishing to display "public art" on their private property to obtain a labyrinthine string of permits and approvals, Creative Loafing has reported.
Opinion
Government Noir, or When the Pentagon Meets Copyright Law
Over at Gawker, John Cook has posted a highly entertaining video commissioned by the Pentagon in 2001 to educate its staff on protocol for handling Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests.
Opinion
How Wealthy Are Artists' Parents?
At Planet Money, Quoctrung Bui has compiled data to take a cursory look at the question: "What's the link between household income during childhood and job choice during adulthood?"
Books
Artists Offer Their Escapes from Creative Block
It seems like a lot of artists just have it together, never missing a beat in churning out work as if on an assembly line powered by boundless creativity. Of course the truth is, everyone gets in a rut sometimes that can feel like being lodged in the Mariana Trench.
Interview
Prada Marfa Vandal Speaks
Shortly after last week's incident at "Prada Marfa," Hyperallergic interviewed Joseph Magnano, aka 9271977, the man who vandalized Elmgreen & Dragset's sculpture in the Texas desert.