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The Young Lords’ Radical Agenda and the Problems that Persist
The exhibit aims to give local and global context for Young Lords’s activism while situating the social conflicts they addressed in ongoing struggles.
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A Group Show Where Criticism Is Process
DETROIT — There seem to be two prevailing schools of thought among artists about process.
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The Time George Pataki (Now a Presidential Hopeful) Accused an Artist of “Denigrating America”
It was in the late spring of 2005 when the story first started making the rounds.
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Sum of the Arts
Number of nickel cadmium batteries required to power the first digital camera, which was created in 1973 = 16
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A Decade of Drawing the Metropolitan Museum's Flowers
For 10 years, artist Abbie Zabar had a ritual: go to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and sketch the new floral arrangements adorning the entrance hall.
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Kinetic Sculpture that Moves at a Snail-like Pace
PARIS — I particularly admire Pol Bury’s (1922–2005) shimmering, kinetic work when it almost imperceptibly quivers.
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Glasgow Artists Flock to Detroit for a Creative Exchange
DETROIT — How do you start a relationship between two cities?
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African Artists Take a Seat at the Table
Boundary lines make up much of the Richard Taittinger Gallery’s current exhibit, Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner? — lines that, like borders, criss and cross, divide and obscure.
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Barbara Kasten’s Slippery Analog Photography
PHILADELPHIA — Talking about the limitations of photography, painter David Hockney said that art “must deeply involve an observer whose body somehow has to be brought back in.” At the time, he was pessimistic about the medium’s possibilities. Enter Barbara Kasten.
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The Intricate Designs of an 18th-Century Love Token
Today, as the art of handwritten notes gradually fades, one common way to court someone is to slide into his or her DMs.
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A Catalogue of Violent Design in the 21st Century
MoMA's online initiative Design and Violence was an 18-month experiment in addressing the brutality of 21st-century design.
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Revisiting a Jewish Ritual with Nicole Eisenman
Nicole Eisenman's painting "Seder" puts the viewer at the center of a formal Passover family gathering.