Art
The Multiple Personae in Edward Burne-Jones's Paintings
The Pre-Raphaelite artist mixed horror and decadence to create a feeling of unnaturalness.
Weekend
Art
The Parallel Worlds of Philip Guston and Saul Steinberg
Guston and Steinberg are unclassifiable figures who satirized political figures, artists, poseurs, and American consumerism.
Art
Mark Grotjahn Checks All the Boxes
One or two of the paintings in Grotjahn's latest show might be interesting to look at, but a giant gallery space full of them becomes overbearing and tedious.
Opinion
The Whitney's Dilemma
The Whitney has not had the moral courage to reject support from a benefactor who generated his wealth in socially irresponsible ways.
Art
Me and Bobby Mueller
Turn the screw, Bob, align our spine.
Performance
Peter Brook's Meditation on Guilt
The Prisoner conjures a timelessness that recalls Waiting for Godot.
Art
Making American Labor Visible Again
Though officially outlawed in 1865, the de facto continuation of slavery remains a repulsive American secret.
Art
Hoarding and Spending at Art Basel Miami Beach
After Safariland, if you need to convince yourself that the art world isn’t entirely in money’s thrall, you’d want to be anywhere but here.
Art
Required Reading
This week, Pantone picks the color of the year, the origin of abstract art, Albrecht Dürer's ads, crowdfunding Kusama in Toronto, and more.
Books
Charles Bernstein's Poems Rethink Language
Bernstein often transforms accessible language into a visual puzzle.
Art
A Painter Trades Sex for Romance
Romantic love for Lisa Yuskavage is something we can deride as unrealistic, yet its sweet, naïve simplicity reminds us of a youthful ideal.
Art
Richard Prince’s Dorky White Anger
These are works you do not scrutinize or reflect upon because there is really not much to examine, much less think about.