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Required Reading

by Hrag Vartanian January 16, 2021January 15, 2021

This week, Lorna Simpson’s Rihanna collages, a fascism historian gives us some perspective, unlocking Bitcoins, Lou Stovall, archived Parler videos from the DC insurrection, and more.

Poems in the Language of Death

by Mark Scroggins January 16, 2021January 15, 2021

Paul Celan’s truest homeland, paradoxically, was the German language — the language of the Nazis who imprisoned him in a forced labor camp and murdered his parents.

The Independent Spirit of Herbert Gentry

by John Yau January 16, 2021January 15, 2021

Gentry was one of a number of Black artists who had to navigate the art world’s demand to emphasize their racial identity in the “right” way.

Rudy Burckhardt’s Innocent Eye

by John Yau January 16, 2021January 15, 2021

Burckhardt was never surreptitious; he did not hide his camera, and his subjects often knew they were being photographed.

Trump’s Last Act

by Thomas Micchelli January 16, 2021January 16, 2021

The most incandescent of invectives now feel like simple statements of fact.

Rachel Eulena Williams’s Threads of Abstraction

by Jason Stopa January 16, 2021January 16, 2021

The strength of Williams’s new work lies in its transgression of aesthetic and, by extension, social and political lines, which are drawn more sharply in these fraught times.

Required Reading

by Hrag Vartanian January 9, 2021January 8, 2021

This week, lessons from Minneapolis, Leonora Carrington’s novel, spoofing US news, banner year for psychics, danish kids’ TV, and more.

Some Thoughts About England’s Obsession With Portraits

by John Yau January 9, 2021January 9, 2021

With the possible exception of Howard Hodgkin, not a single English abstract artist has attained anything comparable to the status achieved by Lucien Freud or David Hockney.

Did You Know That Robert Hershon Is a Major Poet?

by John Yau January 9, 2021January 8, 2021

I cannot think of another contemporary poet who is willing to expose his vulnerability, worry, and pettiness through the lens of humor.

Artists Quarantine With Their Art Collections

by Stephen Maine January 9, 2021January 9, 2021

“It’s a painting about uncertainty with a tinge of optimistic fatalism — perfect to get me through 2020.”

Missives From the War to End All Wars

by Joseph Donahue January 9, 2021January 8, 2021

Elizabeth Gray’s poems seek to discover where we are in the midst of a battle we can never fully see.

Melancholy in Black and Neon

by Mika Ross-Southall January 9, 2021January 11, 2021

Mary Weatherford’s new paintings confront us with a sense of place, a remembered moment, a hidden story.

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