Art
Required Reading
This week, reviewing Civilizations, conserving Edgar Degas's tutus, tech's "disruption" of photography, Facebook's long history of apologies, architects and designers championing afrofutrism, and more.
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Books
The Complex and Passionate Poems of Joseph Ceravolo
Ceravolo worked for most of his life as a civil engineer and brought an outsider sensibility to his poetics.
Books
A Dystopian Fairy Tale Reflects Challenges of the Present
Despite the serious environmental and political challenges presented in The Emissary, Yoko Tawada suggests that another path exists.
Film
Monstrous and Touching Stories Within Stories
Fritz Böhm’s debut film Wildling is cloaked in mystery, dark and dank, occasionally bloody, sometimes shocking, and fantastically folkloric.
Art
When Paintings Are Stitched, Unstitched, Twisted, and Knotted
Julia Bland combines weaving with paint to make works that don’t quite fit comfortably in a single category.
Art
Have We Learned Anything from the Past Century?
“If we were to lose the ruins we would be left with nothing.”
Art
Kay Rosen’s Writing on the Wall
Rosen employs a visual idiom of protest that relies more on wordplay than imagery.
Art
Jay DeFeo and the Anarchic Spirit of Surrealism
For DeFeo, Surrealism was not a technique, but a state of seeing and experiencing everyday life.
Art
The Dazzling Sweep of the Hunter Color School
Radiant Energy is the first exhibition to feature paintings by Gabriele Evertz, Robert Swain, and Sanford Wurmfeld, key members of this influential group.
News
Sonel Breslav, Founder of BABZ Fair, Will Direct Printed Matter's Fairs and Editions
Breslav founded Blonde Art Books and has long been a force in New York's art books scene.
Art
US Army Teams Up With Conservators to Preserve Outdoor Art
Art conservators and the Army Research Laboratory are working together to conserve outdoor painted sculpture by Alexander Calder, Louise Nevelson, and Tony Smith.
Art
The Casual Colonialism of Lara Croft and Indiana Jones
An anthropologist and a historian weigh in on the troubling genre of the archaeological adventure story.