Art
Imagine the wayward progeny of the textile artist and printmaker Anni Albers and the Mexican geometric artist Gunther Gerzso, experimenting with the wild palette generated by a computer, and you get a glimpse into what Martha Clippinger is up to.
Art
Robert Birmelin’s paintings and drawings of a world going haywire bring together all sorts of visual possibilities, including multiple focal points, compressed juxtapositions of near and far, clearly defined details beside blurred and partially transparent passages.
Interview
“Practically everything I do takes ten years for people to get,” Billy Al Bengston says — perhaps a reason why several of his 1950s and ‘60s exhibitions have recently been re-staged.
Art
Both Ras Dizzy and Leonard Daley were key figures in a group of artists who came to prominence in Jamaica several decades ago. Collectively, they became known as the “Jamaican Intuitives.”
Art
Daniel Heyman’s layered paintings, prints, and portraits possess an almost decorative lightness that often belies a more crucial and devastating truth.
Art
Formally, Kate Levant’s work has become more rigorous and complex since Blood Drive, and the art-activism of that show has given way to encoded references touching on sociopolitical issues.
Art
The argument driving this engrossing show is that Buchanan was actually a thematically ambitious and multi-faceted artist who participated in the avant-garde movements of her day, bringing to them a distinct perspective informed by her sense of identity as black and female.
Art
The New Museum seems to have taken it upon itself to produce spectacles that are as moving as they are eye-filling. Pipilotti Rist: Pixel Forest is something else again.
Art
This week, a new public art work by Ursula von Rydingsvard, a former Yves Klein model speaks, the original webcam girl, podcasts, and more.
Art
"Idealism, alas, does not protect one from ignorance, dogmatism, and foolishness."
Books
Thanks to Blood Meridian, I’ve learned, at least temporarily, the meanings of “quirt,” “pritchel,” and even the seemingly ultra-rare “malandered.”
Books
More than merely taking a side in a long-running coterie debate, Look’s selective disclosures of its method stand out because they represent a way of pointing to artistic process without fetishizing it.