Opinion
Required Reading
This week, Salman Rushdie reflects on the 1989 fatwa, MOCA watchers psychoanalyze Eli Broad, Charlie Hebdo draws Muhammad again, GQ goes to ArtPrize, Tino Sehgal in the Tate's Turbine Hall and more.
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Music
Fagen's Critical Catalogue (September 2012)
This month, reviews of Flo Rida, Ab-Soul, Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Purity Ring, Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, Blood on the Dance Floor, Frank Ocean, and Lee Brice.
Art
On Top of The Rubble: Recent Work by Wendy White
What do you call Wendy White’s most recent works, which are made of two or more panels that rest on the floor, hug the wall and at the same time protrude from it? Combines and hybrids are the obvious answers, but those familiar designations hardly tell the story. There is something fresh about White
Art
Empty Galleries, Empty Hands
Nineteen years ago, Anselm Kiefer unveiled an installation at Marian Goodman Gallery called “20 Years of Loneliness,” which featured two decades’ worth of the artist’s work stacked in a towering pyramid (there were rumors that Kiefer was planning to set it on fire) along with two tables filled with
Art
One Paints, the Other Doesn’t
In 1961, two scrappy young artists decided to stage their first show together. One of them was Georg Baselitz, who would later become a mainstay of Neo-Expressionism’s German flank; the other was Eugen Schönebeck, who would stop painting by the time he was thirty.
Interview
Did Lady Gaga Rip Off Artist Taras Polataiko?
Lady Gaga hosted the last big party of fashion week on September 14 by creating “Sleeping With Gaga,” a performance that has uncomfortable similarities with Canadian-Ukranian artist Taras Polataiko's recent Sleeping Beauty. After drawing a lot of international press and attention, his modern-day fai
Art
Movies Still Matter Most at Toronto Film Festival
Most likely everyone in the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) audience at the September 8 premiere of Frances Ha, a sweet, funny, and romantic tale of female friendship from longtime filmmaker Noah Baumbach, thought of Woody Allen while watching the black-and-white comedy set in Brooklyn.
News
India Arrests Political Cartoonist for Sedition
Is it just me, or do a lot of governments seem to be cracking down on artists these days? The latest country to join the club is India, where a political cartoonist was recently imprisoned for his satirical drawings lampooning government and elite corruption.
Opinion
Apple's Amazingly Artistic iOS6 Maps
You don't really want your maps to be "artistic" renderings of reality, we all prefer them accurate, but the recent release of Apple's iOS6 maps is proving more artistic fiction rather than fact.
News
Miami Beach Gets A New, Untitled Art Fair
Does Miami Beach need another art fair? We're not sure, but we have to admit, this one sounds good: The Untitled art fair is launching its inaugural edition down in Miami this winter (December 5–9), and it will be curated.
Opinion
Colbert Report Takes on Beast Jesus Master
The tragic/demented/whatever-it-is story of Cecilia Gimenez has entered a new phases of its pop culture notoriety when last night Stephen Colbert of The Colbert Report took on the Spanish restoration "master."
Books
The Sore Subject of Family Dynamics
The family unit, siblings, extended family, and the individuals who make up these large trees, is the subject of photographer Lydia Panas’ hardback book of glossy, meticulous portraits, aptly titled The Mark of Abel. Thinking back on the biblical story of Cain and Abel, Panas’ clever reverse of the