Art
Is It a Trojan Horse?
In 1989, after a protracted litigation, a jury of five voted four to one in favor of removing Richard Serra’s “Tilted Arc” (1981) from Federal Plaza in Manhattan, where it had stood for nearly a decade.
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Seymour Krim to William Saroyan: A Letter
You're surrounded by jerks, ass-kissers, sycophants.
Art
How Do You Say Goodbye to a Painting?
Titian’s “The Flaying of Marsyas” is among the most celebrated and disturbing images the Venetian master ever painted.
Art
For Fluxus Artist Alison Knowles, Anything Can Be Art
PITTSBURGH — There are hardly any figures in the Alison Knowles exhibition at the Carnegie Museum of Art, but the presence of bodies, especially that of the artist, resonates throughout the prints, scroll books, and multimedia installations.
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Turning the Male Gaze on Its Head
It’s an oh-so-good premise for an exhibition: exploring the female gaze.
Interview
Grace Jones's Indelible Influence on Contemporary Art
SAN FRANCISCO — The Jamaican-born supermodel, actress, singer, songwriter, and record producer Grace Jones has been a unique force in many worlds, which has led her to be both a subject and inspiration for much contemporary art.
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The Monumental Totem Poles Built by a Retired Oklahoma Art Teacher
FOYIL, Okla. — In 1937, art teacher Ed Galloway began his retirement project: a 90-foot-tall totem pole rising from the back of a big blue turtle.
Art
Terrible Taxidermy from When Exotic Animals Were Unknown in the West
Exotic animal visitors to Europe in the 18th and 19th centuries were more frequently dead than alive.
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Peter Doig Wins Bizarre Court Battle, Proving He Didn’t Make a Painting
One of the most bizarre art authentication cases in recent memory came to a close yesterday with a federal judge’s ruling that Peter Doig did not paint a desert scene signed “Pete Doige 76.”
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An Artist Channels His Anxiety About Painting into Painting
“So, the best approach [to wooing galleries] is, as you suggested, crawling on your hands and knees,” writes renowned art-world insider Howard Moseley, M.D.
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5Pointz Owner Reneges on Promise to Use Union Labor, Sparking Protest
Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in Long Island City yesterday to protest the almost complete absence of unionized workers at the 5Pointz redevelopment site — despite a promise by the project’s developer that he would only employ union workers for the job.
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The Colonial Histories of Colors and Patterns
SAN FRANCISCO — Stephanie Syjuco’s exhibition Neutral Calibration Studies (Ornament + Crime) at Catharine Clark Gallery is physically dominated by an installation of the same name.