Books
How Not to Look at Pictures
Robert Walser was likely to find in images a reason to look into his own fervent imagination.
Robert Walser
Art
Portraits of Artists and Writers Who Vanished From Public View
References to artists and writers that were once prolific members of public life but later chose to vanish from public view are planted throughout Claire Tabouret's show.
Books
Digressive Essays Imagine the Inner Worlds of Paintings
When I was a child, I made obsessive drawings of schoolgirls and created elaborate personal histories for each of my characters. Imbuing my silent drawings with stories was a form of entertainment, and is, for me at least, one of the most enjoyable aspects of writing about visual art.
Art
The Handwriting on the Wall: Authors' Notes as Art
In grade school, cursive and print were treated like indicators of who we are. The idea seemed to be that how we write reveals something about the way we think and relate to the world. An exhibition at the Drawing Center, Dickinson/Walser: Pencil Sketches, starts from that premise and extend it furt
Art
Art Stars Fly Their Freak Flag for Hans Ulrich Obrist’s New Interview Book
Obrist is strange. There, I said it. In an event that often felt like a coffee klatch at Obrist's house, the art world power broker known as Hans Ulrich Obrist — he’s #2 on Art Review’s Power 100 — had a book reading last Saturday at MoMA’s PS1 in Long Island City for his newest publication, Hans Ul