Books
Sick of Being Human, a Designer Transformed Himself into a Goat
What if you could escape the pains of daily existence by transforming into a goat?
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Art
Shooting Down the Purely Aesthetic Aspirations of Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s Piers
SULZANO, Italy — I decided to make the journey from my home in Rome to Sulzano in northern Italy to judge the merits and pitfalls of Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s “Floating Piers” — an almost two-mile long floating walkway situated on Lake Iseo — for myself.
Books
Vladimir Nabokov's Scientific Butterfly Illustrations
At the end of Vladimir Nabokov's poem "Pale Fire," he describes how "White butterflies turn lavender as they / Pass through its shade where gently seems to sway / The phantom of my little daughter's swing."
Art
Picasso and Matisse Trade Blows in a Cubism vs. Fauvism Bar Brawl
Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse were the 20th century’s greatest artistic frenemies.
Art
In the Jungle of Henri Rousseau's Imagination
PARIS — Henri Rousseau is art history’s best-known naïf painter.
Art
Nature’s Dark Edge
To get to Y Gallery in Manhattan’s Lower East Side, you have to climb five long flights of rickety stairs.
Art
Yun-Fei Ji's Ghost Stories of the Living
CLINTON, NY — Yun-Fei Ji: The Intimate Universe, at the Wellin Museum of Art, is the Beijing-born, Ohio-based artist’s largest solo exhibition to date in the United States.
Art
The Bloody History of Pakistan in Miniature Landscapes
LONDON — Pakistan is not an old nation state, but its history — and, indeed, its present — is uncommonly steeped in blood.
Art
A Room Full of Suspended Memories
There is whispering in the background here, or perhaps it’s talking I can't make out.
Art
An Intimate Encounter with Paul Strand’s Photographic Journeys
LONDON — It's always surprising when important artists get overlooked. It's the case of Paul Strand in the UK, whose contribution to the history of photography might still slip away from the British public's view.
Art
How Sean Scully Bent the Grid
The Irish-born, London-educated, abstract painter Sean Scully established a signature style of painting nearly four decades ago.
Art
Tactile Performances that Probe the Body and Its Aging
PHILADELPHIA — Ally, an exhibition at the Fabric Workshop and Museum in Philadelphia, is a collaboration between artist Janine Antoni, choreographer Stephen Petronio, and movement artist and activist Anna Halprin.