Art
When Philosophy and Art Intersect
Maria Bussmann’s elusive drawings acknowledge the impossibility of fixing philosophical terms in imagery, like bugs in amber.
Weekend
Interview
Artists Quarantine With Their Art Collections
“Ordinarily, I feel a sense of solidarity in isolation with other artists. I feel it even more during our enforced isolation.”
Art
Mickalene Thomas Makes the White Cube a Domestic Oasis
Thomas's Femmes Noires reframes the gallery space, allowing viewers to alter their behavior from what’s expected in an art institution.
Art
Shiva the Inscrutable
Shiva dances a dance of sheer bliss.
Art
What This Artist Needs to Make Work During a Pandemic
Tony Tasset’s use of inexpensive graph paper suggests that drawing is a way to remain open to ideas, whims, passing thoughts, even dreams.
Books
The Writer as Citizen of the World
Charles North is one of the rare citizens of the world in that he remains open to it.
Art
Required Reading
This week, the state of LA art galleries, making frames for Titian, legacy of Ojibwe artist Patrick DesJarlait, kids of art historians say the darndest things, and more.
Music
The Percussive Side of Electronica
The four electronic albums reviewed below speak to the importance of rhythm — or maybe just drums.
Books
In Carmen Maria Machado's Experimental Memoir, a House Is More Nightmare Than Dream
Focusing on relationships between women, Machado also considers how heterosexual relationships shape and limit our understanding of what constitutes partner abuse.
Art
Paul Klee, When the World Went Dark
The Nazis had transformed Klee's beloved land of Goethe and Mozart into an alien and threatening environment.
Books
How Alexander Calder Made Modern Art Move
In the second volume of a definitive biography, the art critic Jed Perl recalls how the innovative artist revolutionized sculpture.
Art
Art for a Time of Uncertainty
Jude Tallichet's art is a reminder that, although our world has changed, something weird and wonderful may await us on the other side.