Art
Required Reading
This week, debating fascists, Orhan Pamuk on photographer Ara Guler, an alternative history of Silicon Valley “disruption,” Syrian voices are left largely unheard, dressing up as Michelle Obama, and more.
Weekend
Art
Tal R's Playfully Skewed Art History
Tal R reminds us that what’s painted is inherently fiction, that the world of a painting is a reality unto itself.
Art
The Painter of Everyday Life
Stanley Lewis finds a way to step aside and let the world become paint.
Art
Reconsidering Identity in Art
This is the kind of group exhibition that rarely happens in New York — a gathering of artists from different countries, cultures, generations, and aesthetic approaches focused on the construction of identity.
Art
The Momentum of This Moment
The abuse will go on forever, unless we stop it.
Art
René Magritte’s Bad Paintings
When Belgium was occupied by Germany during World War II, René Magritte adopted the style of Pierre-Auguste Renoir and painted images based on popular cartoons.
Art
The Transcendent Spirit of Haitian Contemporary Art
PÒTOPRENS is an exhibition about Haitian artists that rebels against stereotypes of Haitian art.
Art
Art of Eternal Twilight
It seems almost predetermined that the art of Sicily is rooted in the transience of life.
Art
Required Reading
This week, the Village Voice and photography, fiscal responsibility as an artist, dating Mt. Vesuvius, white critics and black art, and more.
Music
The Latin Invasion in Pop
Thanks to the growing popularity of Latin trap music, Latin pop is having a heyday in the United States.
Art
Jim Dine Breaks Out
Although Dine is considered a blue-chip artist (a rather ugly term, if you ask me), the New York art world has not been kind to him.
Art
Cyclops, Bananas, and the Art World’s Race Problem
How do persons of color get into the history of painting after it has excluded them?