Books
New Art Books for the New Season
An autumnal offering of Artemisia Gentileschi, Dorothea Tanning, Henri Matisse, and Guston galore, among much, much else.
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Art
Alberto Savinio’s Pre-Postmodern Grotesque
Savinio’s adulteration of old and new was highly influential in the postmodernist revolt against the strictures of formalism.
Opinion
Robert Storr: Art Writers Are “Bottom Feeders”
In his final column for Frieze, writer, painter and star curator Robert Storr calls art writers (himself included) “bottom feeders,” and constructs an elaborate metaphor for writers as the “squid” of the art world — swimming in their own ink. This is the “cruel, Darwinian truth,” says Storr, yet the
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Rob Pruitt Admits Union Sq Warhol Monument Actually Robert Storr
In a shocking revelation, appropriation artist Rob Pruitt admitted at a cocktail party last night that his “The Andy Monument” (2011), which was unveiled this week in New York's Union Square, is actually a statue of Robert Storr, Dean of the Yale University School of Art. This news bomb has spectato
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Turning Ideas Into Spiels
Leon Neyfakh of The New York Observer takes aim at the shit that floats in the art world and boy does he make his case. In “Bullshit Artists,” he quotes curator Robert Storr, who is also the dean of Yale School of Art, on numerous occasions and I’ve never heard Storr sound more insightful …