Books
Can This System Hold the “Keys” to Modern Art?
Simon Morley's new book presents a seven-tiered analytical framework that aims to make even the most inscrutable works of modern art accessible.
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Art
Paintings that Capture Our Ever-Changing Perceptions of Boyhood
Enrique Martínez Celaya distills how the concept of "the boy" changes with judgement and time, just as painting itself is linked to materials and history.
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Finding Connections Between a 1960s Artist Commune and an Ancient Mayan Community
Beatriz Cortez has created a space that feels both freshly futuristic and profoundly ancient.
Art
Interactive Art Illuminates Our Relationship to the Sun
Daniel Rozin challenges us to explore how we interact with and perceive the sun in a fascinating new show.
Art
A Cat Woman Guides an Unusual, Interactive Tour of the Walt Disney Concert Hall
As someone deeply skeptical of technologically aided “interactive” art, I found this to be a thoroughly novel and captivating experience.
Books
An Author's Ode to Eyelashes
In place of the Surrealists’ obsession with the eye, poet and visual artist Tiziana La Melia’s debut collection adopts the eyelash as an emblem.
Art
A Painter for Our Times
Carnwath's paintings are true barometers of the world after the 2016 presidential election.
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Spotlighting a Marginalized Master of Art Brut
According to his psychiatrist, Philipp Schöpke possessed “the extreme opposite of what is called drawing talent.”
Books
Dark Poems for Smart Phones
Deathwish by Ben Fama is joy in minor splendor.
Art
Jack Bush’s Stripes and Solids
These paintings are more than color-field eye candy and hold their own as engaging abstracts.
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Art of the Russian Revolution, Through Contemporary Eyes
The Russian Revolution was an unparalleled disaster, but its artistic tradition remains of enormous interest.
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A First-Timer Approaches the ADAA Fair Like a Buffet
Dead Birds and haunting collages are among the many gems at the 2019 Art Dealers Association of America Art fair.