Art
Weekend Words: Listen
"A good listener is a good talker with a sore throat."
Weekend
Art
R. B. Kitaj Hugs a Ghost
One thing that has bugged critics of Kitaj is that his work can be simultaneously accessible and full of allusions.
Art
Ron Gorchov’s Guardians
In responding to Judd and Greenberg, it is apparent that Gorchov wanted to find his own way past what he saw as the limits of their theorizing and make something that was recognizably his.
Art
Current Wars and Conflicts
There is a lot of suffering due to conflicts in our world. But how much?
Interview
Beer with a Painter: Jennifer Coates
Coates’s recent work depicts food: spaghetti and meatballs, sprinkle cookies, and s’mores. Her work is about matter and viscosity, but it is also rooted in grid-like structures, repetitive mark-making, and very sophisticated paint handling.
Art
Like Long-Held Echoes: On Two Projects Made Possible by the Waste Stream
Philli, Ana Peñalba’s current exhibition in The Galleries at Moore College of Art & Design, presents photographs that re-create a number of iconic buildings in Philadelphia, including the PMA and Robert Venturi’s Guild House, with detritus found at Revolution Recovery, a recycling yard in the city’s
Art
Jamaica Report: A Biennial, Bragging Rights — and the World’s Largest Drum?
“Jamaica, no problem!” a local adage advises, serving as a reminder that, here, life unfolds, and big events like biennial art exhibitions materialize according to their own rhythms and in their own good time.
Art
A Forest of Chaos and Control
Trees frequently figure in Oehlen’s work. As a formal device, it allows freedom of invention, but the invention is structured by internal logic.
Art
Remembering Martin Kippenberger’s Self-Performance
His drunken antics and grand gestures amounted to a life that New York Times art critic Roberta Smith once called “an extended, alcohol-fueled performance piece.”
Art
Required Reading
This week, Google's new HQ designs, Georgia O’Keeffe's modern life, building Trump's crazy border wall, the enduring life of zines, Rauschenberg's goat, and more.
Art
Weekend Words: Amnesia
"I can only wait for the final amnesia, the one that can erase an entire life."
Books
Reader’s Diary: A Poetry of Alternate Takes
Marjorie Welish’s poetry, like Thelonious Monk’s music, is a montage of moving parts in which you’d be wise to expect the unexpected.