Art
I do know that I had no intention of writing about the two exhibitions currently at Tibor de Nagy, John Ashbery & Guy Maddin: Collages and Richard Baker: The Doctor is Out, when I went to the gallery.
Music
Anybody who can parse two consecutive words on the new Young Thug record should pursue a career in speech therapy.
Interview
The painter Henry Taylor welcomed me into his live-work loft with particular openness. It didn’t take long for us to get real and talk about family, the stories behind the paintings, and the daily struggles.
Art
Alison Hall’s small, smart, monochromatic panels are clear, compact and not at all what they seem.
Opinion
This week, Malevich's "Black Square," paying comic artists, sexism in club culture, Egyptian photo archive goes Creative Commons, Irish slaves, encyclopedia of pasta, and more.
Opinion
Last week, the world lost Ornette Coleman, whose 1959 releases The Shape of Jazz to Come and Change of the Century marked the advent of free jazz and changed the face of music forever.
Art
A few months ago, I saw a painting by Peter Reginato for the first time. It was on the streets of Manhattan.
Music
Kendrick Lamar may not be the Best Rapper Alive, but except for a few thesaurus users from the hip-hop underground he may very well be the most intellectual.
Art
How did postwar New York painting influence one of its foremost European progenitors? This question is posed as a partial rationale for Nahmad Contemporary’s current show Joan Miró: Oiseux Dans L’Espace.
Art
“They take a long time to make.” That’s what the British artist and writer Andrew Forge said when he was “questioned as to the meaning of his paintings,” according to an obituary that ran in The Telegraph
Opinion
This week, whiteness of the avant-garde, history of ultramarine, Christo's new project in Italy, rise of the Yuccies, Jane Austen getting workshopped, and more.
Opinion
“Contemporary art’s job is to wreck what came before.” John Waters, from his commencement speech at the Rhode Island School of Design last weekend.