Art
Ways of Traveling
“MARFA,” a wall piece by Greg Colson, is a street map in the purest sense, and highly impractical.
New York State
Art
The Art of Perception
In a new exhibition, the Chinese artist Guo Hongwei uses watercolor to vividly depict nature’s forms — and gently tease the eye.
Art
Color Field, Then and Now
I fear that the visual culture in which these works were admired is now one of those distant “you had to be there” moments, which are impossible to reconstruct.
Performance
Two Plays by Downtown Legend María Irene Fornés
These plays depict a reality that seems familiar and plausible yet feels dreamlike, monumental, and mythical.
Art
Sculpting With Light, Drawing With Shadow
It’s hard to identify precedents for Christopher Wilmarth’s sculpture, which uses its banal modern materials purely abstractly.
Art
My Meetings With Donald Judd
Judd hated the cult of the artist.
Announcement
Art on Paper Returns to Downtown Manhattan's Pier 36 March 5–8, 2020
The fair will feature 95 galleries featuring top modern and contemporary paper-based art.
Art
Taking Appropriation Too Far
To manipulate the historical record, I would think, is to abandon the search for truth.
Art
Once More Into the Culture Wars
To assert one’s inner life in a time of reactionary politics is a radical act.
Art
Shaking Up Op Art
Takuji Hamanaka's works seem to have been made by a mason who lives in a heightened state of consciousness.
Art
Kehinde Wiley Seizes the Throne
Wiley shows us that a Black man can indeed take the place of Napoleon.
Art
What Lies Between Jokes and Art
Both are prone to the response, “I don’t get it.”