Art
Schizophrenic Compositions of Collapsing and Cascading Notes
Continuously creating since childhood, when he first cultivated a habit of collaging, British artist Eduardo Paolozzi boasts an oeuvre that is both prodigious and varied.
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Art
A Charming Reverence for Color: Artists Revisit Paul Klee
For Alfred Barr, Director of MoMA, “not even Picasso approaches [Klee] in sheer inventiveness,” so this 20-artist exhibition, Paul Klee, is worth a look.
Art
An Artist Remixes Her Archive as an Act of Creation
The small gallery contains artworks that have all already been included in von Bonin's previous Petzel shows, yet the exhibition is entirely new.
Books
Antarctic Architecture for Scientists at the Edge of the World
Antarctic exploration no longer involves frigid winters lodged in wooden shacks, or the threat of your ship being smashed to pieces in the ice with no means of communicating home.
Art
Something Old, Something New: An Exhibition Weds Technologies of Yesterday and Today
Walking into Central Booking on Ludlow Street is a little like entering a full-sized wunderkabinett.
Books
Flipping Through Mexico City's First Art Book Fair
MEXICO CITY — On the heels of Printed Matter’s NY Art Book Fair, the Mexican capital now has its own celebration of arts publications.
Art
At the Heidelberg Project’s New Gallery, an Artist Grows Paper Facsimiles of Wilderness
DETROIT — Seeking to capitalize on the steadily growing interest in the Heidelberg Project, Guyton has taken steps to broaden its relevance and extend some of its notoriety in the direction of other emerging artists.
Art
Films That Train Their Lenses on a Media-Saturated Argentina
These works from Argentina explore the effects of living in a media-saturated world, but a theme as general as "media" can erase the specifics of a country's identity.
Art
Alberto Burri’s Challenge
The exhibition Alberto Burri: The Trauma of Painting, currently at the Guggenheim Museum, is the first large-scale survey of this artist’s work in America since the museum’s previous survey in 1978.
Music
Let's Spend the Weeknd Together
Abel Tesfaye’s new album, Beauty Behind the Madness, cements the former indie/DIY/Internet mystery man’s newfound commercial clout.
Art
A Beautiful Monster Reborn: Francis Picabia in the Windy City
CHICAGO — “Paintings are made for dentists.” So goes one of the many acerbic lines in artist Francis Picabia’s freewheeling poems.
Art
In Martha Wilson’s New Photo Works, Feminism Meets the Absurd
What do women want?