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Required Reading
This week, the role of money in art, Magritte cartoons in the New Yorker, how we should write English, the magician of Vine, Ariel Sharon's architecture, bad corporate logos, and more.
Opinion
Weekend Words: Track
This week came the announcement that the director of Dia Art Foundation, Philippe Vergne, has been named to replace Jeffrey Deitch as the director of the troubled Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art. Will this put the museum on the right track?
Music
Fagen’s Critical Catalogue (January 2014, Part 1)
In part 1 of this month, reviews of Shinee, Disclosure, Boards of Canada, Chvrches, and the Pet Shop Boys.
Art
Weekend Studio Visit: Squeak Carnwath in Oakland, California
In July 2006, during a conversation we had in her studio, Squeak Carnwath made a series of statements that have stayed with me, beginning with: “I am a painting chauvinist.”
Interview
Beer with a Painter: Tine Lundsfryd
To enter the studio of Tine Lundsfryd in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, you climb a dark, narrow staircase lined with paintings, into a light, open space: rooms for living, dining, and working. Each furnishing or decoration that has been allowed to remain in this very minimalist space is perfectly aesthetic,
Art
Single Point Perspective: Dead Man Rising
Viewing the WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY show currently at the Brooklyn Museum offers a test of emotional restraint as well as the inclination to aestheticize. If the number of images is daunting, the sum of human pain on display registers as a body blow.
Art
Undiscovered Territory: Will Horwitt's Objects in Space
In 1965, when Will Horwitt was 31, the world was opening up for him. He won a Guggenheim Fellowship in sculpture, followed three years later by a Tiffany Purchase Grant. His work was beginning to attract the attention of heavyweight collectors and eventually it found its way into such major public c
Art
The Museum of Modern Art as Muse
If the howlings this week surrounding the fate of the American Folk Art Museum building are any indication, a low-stakes outrage has gripped the culture pages of virtually every newspaper and magazine in America.
Opinion
Artkick, or Why Did the New York Times Write About This Terrible App?
Technology: it is revolutionizing the world around us. Today, self-motoring motorcars. Tomorrow, self-dirigible dirigibles. The telephone in your pocket and television in your home are at once jukebox, photo-booth, astrolabe, cinema, and library.
Performance
Miguel Gutierrez's "myendlesslove" at Abrons Arts Center
Miguel Gutierrez’s “myendlesslove” is, as its title suggests, about love — but not just love in a classic, romantic sense. That is there, but in 50 minutes, Gutierrez also touches on love making (aka sex), love of self, and love of youth. He pulls all these themes out of a multi-faceted, if somewhat
News
In Aftermath of Tragic Accident, a Fundraiser for Family of SVA Art Prof Ron Baron
In the aftermath of a tragic Thanksgiving accident, a fundraiser is being held for the family of artist and longtime School of Visual Arts faculty member Ron Baron.