Art
DETROIT — Nancy Mitchnick's representations of places — whether they refer to actual locations or states of mind — ricochet out into the real world, conveying a sense of how a place looks based on how it feels.
Art
When Nadav Kander, an Israeli-born, London-based photographer who is interested in the "aesthetics of destruction," learned of these secret cities, he traveled to eastern Kazakstan to document their ruins.
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In Brief
Last month, Berlin-based Ryan Mendoza pissed off a lot of people when he tore down an abandoned house in Detroit and shipped the structure off for display at this year's Art Rotterdam.
Opinion
DETROIT — You can’t really talk about expatriate American artist Ryan Mendoza's “The White House” project without talking about appropriation.
Art
Our fascination with ruins is nothing new.
Art
The district of Kangbashi in Inner Mongolia, China, is famous for its emptiness.
Art
Lina Puerta makes ruin porn on an unusually intimate scale.
Art
What's most often missing from pictures of Detroit are people. They don't quite work in the landscape of ruin porn, enamored as it of empty, decaying spaces that seem beautiful precisely because they're devoid of the life they once had. Showing people would suggest that Detroit is more than just a s
Art
I don't actively seek out photographs and films documenting Detroit's decay. Detroit ruin porn could be cast as a useful reminder that no city is invincible, but in recent years the sheer quantity of photographs coming out of Detroit hasn't felt remotely empowering. The images of the destruction are
Opinion
This week, droit de suite, art conservation, Daniel Burren and Allora & Calzadilla, ruin porn, hacking Ikea, top auction prices of 2011, the world's first spaceport, Penguin books logo and architecture tattoos.
Opinion
This week, droit de suite, art conservation, Daniel Burren and Allora & Calzadilla, ruin porn, hacking Ikea, top auction prices of 2011, the world's first spaceport, Penguin books logo and architecture tattoos.