Dubious Icons: Godheads, Messiahs, and the Artist as Celebrity
Perhaps it’s an unfair caricature of MFA students, that each appears to inhabit their own personalized reality TV show. Perhaps. But having been one…
Read MorePerhaps it’s an unfair caricature of MFA students, that each appears to inhabit their own personalized reality TV show. Perhaps. But having been one…
Read MorePeople ask me from time to time where I got my interest in music, in musical objects and records, and why I refer to…
Read MoreThe degree to which contemporary culture understands (or fails to understand) “The Art World” can be measured in how it gets portrayed in film…
Read MoreHow much art can the human mind realistically absorb from a mega-exhibition? I’m not talking about superstar retrospectives or major surveys – mainstays of…
Read MoreOver the past year, I’ve had considerable difficulty maintaining my faith in art. In the short version of this introduction to an interview, I…
Read MoreTwo brand-new, chunky metal triangles jut out and join above the glassy entrance of the black cinderblock edifice that houses the recently-renovated SITE Santa…
Read MoreLike a catchy Schlager tune, rightwing populism in Germany has matured into a countrywide plague. Historical guilt, which had until recently stalled the nationalism…
Read MoreBecause the question of art’s utility isn’t new, Tania Bruguera, the Cuban artist who’s often been referred to as a “dissident” and “political activist,”…
Read MoreIn the summer of 1994, the end of my second year at the IFA and Linda Nochlin’s first, she came to stay with my…
Read MoreToronto’s /edition art-book fair arrives, in its sophomore year, at an energizing time for art publishing. The event drew over 8,000 visitors last year…
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