Art
In Chelsea, Three Disappointing Art Exhibitions (And One Pleasant Surprise)
Finding a lot of forgettable work from renowned artists, and an unexpectedly happy encounter with a classic.
Amanda Ross-Ho
Art
From Immigrant Stories to Environmental Dread, EXPO Chicago Gets Dark
The Midwest's mega-fair seems less concerned with the bottom line, making space for politics.
Art
12 Years in, NADA Miami Beach Still Feels the Same: Different
MIAMI BEACH — Though its space has been downsized by roughly 20% this year, NADA Miami Beach 2015 still manages to cut through the swarms of largely uninspired and secondary market Miami Art Week fairs with its distinctive presentation of less polished, more experimental work — which sometimes seems
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The Digital Lives of Public Art Considered in City Hall Park
Digital artifacts manifested as public sculpture populate the Public Art Fund’s Image Objects in Lower Manhattan's City Hall Park.
Art
Take Your Picture with an Oversize Neosurrealist Dream Head
CHICAGO — Amanda Ross-Ho's giant gray mannequin head is a neosurrealist’s dream come true. Resting comfortably in front of the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, it looks as if caught in preparation for use in a Man Ray photogram. Ross-Ho's site-specific installation THE CHARACTER AND SHAPE OF ILLU
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What a Teenager's Backpack Tells Us About Art
CHICAGO — Amanda Ross-Ho recreated a soft-sculpture replica of an anonymous teen-girl's backpack, blowing it up to 400% of its original size.
Interview
Free (With Admission) at the New Museum
Lauren Cornell, Executive Director of Rhizome, gives us a taste of what we can expect from her exciting new exhibition, Free, at the New Museum this fall. Incorporating 23 artists, Free will reflect “artistic strategies that have emerged in a radically democratized landscape redefined by the impact