Art
Weekend Words: Fanatic
"I carry from my mother's womb a fanatic's heart."
Weekend
Art
Weekend Words: Fanatic
"I carry from my mother's womb a fanatic's heart."
Books
Reader’s Diary: Elena Ferrante’s ‘The Lost Daughter’
What distinguishes the novella from the novel is not length, but the pursuit of intensity rather than breadth. A novella is devastating or it is nothing.
Books
Reader’s Diary: Elena Ferrante’s ‘The Lost Daughter’
What distinguishes the novella from the novel is not length, but the pursuit of intensity rather than breadth. A novella is devastating or it is nothing.
Art
It is Important to Let Someone Know
Throughout his life, Bruce Conner believed that even if you could not beat them, that didn’t mean you had to join them.
Art
It is Important to Let Someone Know
Throughout his life, Bruce Conner believed that even if you could not beat them, that didn’t mean you had to join them.
Art
A Few Thoughts About 2016
A look back at a critic's reviews, views, and articles.
Art
A Few Thoughts About 2016
A look back at a critic's reviews, views, and articles.
Art
Teetering in a Dark Room
As much as we might feel that our lives are lived these days at breakneck speed, Bruce Nauman’s work suggests otherwise. “Films,” for Nauman, “are about seeing.”
Music
Frank Ocean Four Years Later
Blonde is a consistent, coherent, well-crafted album, but it feels anticlimactic. It’s a retreat.
Art
The Pursuit of Art, 2016
The first painting I saw in 2016 was “Cockman Always Rises Orange” (2015): we can’t say we weren’t warned.
Art
Required Reading
This week, feathered dinosaur tails, the word of the year, the world's first solar panel road, selling art by Instagram, and more.