Art
The Legendary Betty Parsons Meets the Not-So-Legendary Betty Parsons
Her reputation as a dealer has conveniently overshadowed her identity as an artist.
Weekend
Art
Robert Grosvenor Doesn’t Take Us for a Ride
Grosvenor’s radically altered vintage cars are not about fulfilling fantasies; they are boxes with openings and wheels that carry you from point A to point B.
Art
Does the West Have the Will to Survive?
It doesn’t really matter, because it can’t.
Interview
Beer with a Painter: Emily Cheng
The forms in Emily Cheng’s paintings are suggestive of the most primary elements: the landscape, the body, and religious iconography.
Art
Musings on Maine and Mackerel
Now based in Norwich, Vermont, with a seasonal studio on the Blue Hill peninsula, Emlen has painted her share of Maine motifs, taking on some of the most iconic landscapes, such as Monhegan Island and the Mount Desert Island region.
Art
Ronny Quevedo's Field of Play
At the Queens Museum, the artist has applied colored pieces of vinyl tape to the atrium floor in the shapes of athletic field boundary lines.
Art
The Clothes Make the Painting
Medrie MacPhee's newest paintings are made from the shapes and contours of disassembled garments, giving “pattern painting” an entirely new meaning.
Art
An Artist Couple's Domestic Gesamtkunstwerk
The outsider artist Eugene Von Bruenchenhein and his wife, Marie, created a miniature universe in their bungalow in a Milwaukee suburb.
Art
Weekend Words: Passage
"In certain kinds of writing, particularly in art criticism and literary criticism, it is normal to come across long passages which are almost completely lacking in meaning."
Art
Required Reading
This week, Kahn's Salk Institute, problems at MASS MoCA, how should we support scholars who receive online harassment, using art to understand "homosexual" relationships in Ancient Greece, and more.
Music
Synthesizer Gloss and Bubblefunk Guitar
With their new album After Laughter, Paramore’s rebel yells have morphed into breezy hooks.
Art
Richard Brown Lethem's Painted Afflictions
"Throughout his career, he has freely mixed the figurative with the abstract, unwilling to align himself with any school or -ism."