Opinion
Weekend Words: Wave
With Labor Day coming tomorrow, Weekend Words waves a regretful farewell to the last waves of summer.
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Art
Some Thoughts on Clement Greenberg and His Legacy
In his introductory essay to Vitamin P, a survey of contemporary painting first published by Phaidon in 2002, the poet and critic Barry Schwabsky takes pains to point out the variety of stylistic positions available to a contemporary painter. In doing so, Schwabsky suggests that there is no single i
Music
Fagen’s Critical Catalogue (August 2013, Part 2)
This week, reviews of J Cole, The-Dream, Robin Thicke, and Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeroes.
Opinion
No Trespassing: The Art Museum You May Never See
Into the dead zone between the sputtering-out of summer shows and the ignition of the new season comes the story of Maurice and Paul Marciano, co-founders of the stonewashed blue jeans empire Guess, and the private art museum they are founding in Los Angeles. It is a private museum not only because
Interview
What It's Like to Be the Sole Survivor of a Commercial Airline Disaster
CHICAGO — Chicago-based documentary filmmaker Ky Dickens' newest film, Sole Survivor, tells the stories of four of the 14 sole survivors of commercial airline disasters.
Art
What Does It Mean to Be Alternative at the Museum of Everything?
LONDON — The Museum of Everything, a twee traveling carnival of outsider art, seems to have appeared just about everywhere since its founding in 2009, from the Chalet Society in Paris to Selfridges department store in London.
Art
The Minnesota State Fair in Pictures
ST. PAUL — This week I had the distinct pleasure of visiting the Minnesota State Fair, the largest state fair in the country by average daily attendance. Before the trip, I had never been to either Minnesota or a state fair; needless to say, I was excited.
Art
Ostrich Egg Globe Might Be Earliest Depiction of the Americas
The New York Public Library's 1510 Hunt-Lenox Globe better watch its bronze throne because a new globe portends to be the oldest to show the Americas. And it has the curious advantage of being carved into the round form of an ostrich egg.
Art
At Los Angeles Bus Stops, a Seat for Public Art
LOS ANGELES — The Do ArT Foundation of L.A. teamed up with Montreal’s Mouvement Art Public (Make Art Public) this summer to … do make art public. By recuperating unsold advertising space on bus benches around downtown L.A., the organizations brought the work of two photographers to the streets.
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Art Movements
Brooklyn Botanic Garden fires research staff, racy painting of Putin and Medvedev seized, more paintings from the studio of G.W. Bush, ancient Libyan necropolis bulldozed, and more...
Art
Eight Unexpected Traditions Preserved as Our Intangible Culture
It's hard to preserve those things that are not places or objects, but rather traditions, festivals, ceremonies, or specialized art. For that there is the UNESCO's Lists of Intangible Cultural Heritage, which includes things as disparate as falconry, oral stories, puppetry, and tightrope walking.
Opinion
The Wonderful World of Women in Slacks
CHICAGO — Jill Peters' photo series Sworn Virgins of Albania went viral last week. For the fascinating and honest portrayal of women who live their lives as men, the artist visited the mountain villages of northern Albania where she shot burneshas, or "women who have lived their lives as men for rea