Opinion
Weekend Words: Freeze
"Polar Vortex" — nothing else needs to be said.
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Art
How To Look Indifference in the Eye: New Work by Dan Douke
I am always dazzled by at least one work in a Dan Douke exhibition, and often more.
Books
Jed Perl’s Magicians & Charlatans: In An Ailing Art World, the Best Discoveries Can Stir the Soul
As the American critic Jed Perl points out in his new book, Magicians & Charlatans: Essays on Art and Culture (Eakins Press Foundation, 2013), a collection of essays about subjects in the fields of Renaissance, modern and contemporary art, today the forces of “art as money” have vanquished those of
Art
At Play in the Fields of Paint: Russell Tyler’s “Analogue Future”
There’s something about Russell Tyler’s new paintings that just shouldn’t work. Elements reappear, with minor adjustments, from canvas to canvas, suggesting that the artist assembled his compositions according to a set of rules instead of entering each new process free of preconceptions. And yet, de
News
In Historic Vote, Cooper Union Board Ratifies Tuition for 2014
In an email to the Cooper Union community sent a little after 8pm EST, board of trustees chairman Richard S. Lincer conceded that "tuition remains the only realistic source of new revenue in the near future."
Art
Rediscovering Salvatore Emblema
The story of artist Salvatore Emblema (1929–2006) says a great deal about the American century and how it inspired and dominated the narrative of art history.
Opinion
'Mein Kampf' Makes a Digital Comeback
When ebooks and ereaders caught on, they brought about the indomitable rise of a once-languishing genre: romance novels. But they're not alone; other titles in other genres are benefitting from the anonymity of ereader packaging. One book that's seen a big boost? Hitler's Mein Kampf.
Opinion
The Simpsons' (Excellent) Miyazaki Homage
This week's Simpsons episode contains a minute-and-a-half long homage to the retiring Japanese director Hayao Miyazaki and his Studio Ghibli.
Art
Using Theater and Media to Stage the Impossible
Two shows at COIL this year use new media technology to manipulate existing materials to stage a “what if” event. But, despite their appearances, both performances end up with very human stories and rather conventional forms of theater.
Art
Context and Silence: On the Art Writings of Eva Hesse and Cady Noland
How important is it to control one’s image, to have mastery over one’s oeuvre? As a female artist, to allow one’s life and work to merge is risky. It is a softness.
News
Art Movements
Renderings released for the MoMA expansion, Castro makes an arts appearance, illegal ivory destroyed in China, groundhogs infest the Crystal Bridges green roof, and more from the week in art news.
Opinion
Tech Blogs Discover Art World, Copyright Soul-Searching Ensues
A delayed furor has erupted in the tech blogosphere over Sotheby's London £3.5 million (~$5.8 million) sale last October of Glenn Brown's "Ornamental Despair (Painting For Ian Curtis) Copied from the Stars Like Dust, 1986 by Chris Foss."