Art
The Myths of Kurt Cobain Resurface in a New Documentary
The death of Kurt Cobain in early April of 1994 shocked almost nobody who knew him and almost everybody who didn’t.
Review
Art
A Light Heart Through Heavy Times: Ed Sanders’ Glyphic Works
In early 1966, following a New Years’ gig by his folk-rock band, the Fugs, the poet Ed Sanders woke up to find that his Peace Eye Bookstore, then on East 10th Street, had been raided by the NYPD.
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The Triumph of Revisionism: The Whitney’s American Century
With America Is Hard to See, the exhibition inaugurating its luminous new Renzo Piano building, the Whitney has reclaimed its role among the city’s museums as the engine of the new.
Art
Judging Galleries by Their Pens: Chelsea Edition
Join me as I wander the streets of Chelsea and bring you the first in an as-yet-only-theoretical series of gallery pen reviews.
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Seeing Fractured Explosions in Fragmented Mirrors
SAN FRANCISCO — The past year has seen many powerful, violent images.
Books
Grayson Perry's Art World 101
Grayson Perry's Playing to the Gallery is presented as a beginner’s guide to the machinations of the art world, though it also holds a mirror up to the so-called “certainty freaks” — members of the art world who have an axe to grind or are stubbornly set in their beliefs.
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A Witty Conversation Between Art and Architecture
CHICAGO — In Pedro Cabrita Reis’s exhibition at the Arts Club of Chicago, A few lines, a façade inside and a possible staircase, the artist confuses the audience by blurring the lines between his work and the elements of the hosting building.
Books
Still Photographs that Convey the Passage of Time
In the '60s, photographers anxious about the art form's legitimacy set out to distinguish fine art from documentary practices.
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A Meditation on Minimalism in a Hidden Art Sanctuary
PORTLAND, Oregon — Walking through the Pearl district of Portland, (what many Portlanders refer to as the ‘bougy Pearl,’ native slang for what they believe to be an elitist and distinctly un-Portland neighborhood) and you could easily miss the entrance to the Lumber Room.
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The Dealer Who Made Impressionism Famous
LONDON — Impressionism is easily one of, if not the most, accessible and universally enjoyed art movements.
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From the Mythic to the Personal, Two Artists Envision Womanhood
The Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts has long dedicated itself to serving as a home for early-career artists exhibiting in New York City. The institution extends this commitment with its current exhibition, Vision Quest.
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A Ceramicist Captures Nature's Fragility
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island — The environmentalist themes in Jeannie Lynn Hulen's exhibition at GRIN, Gibberish: Sapient Fool's Gold, slowly emerge from the whimsical, child-like installation.