“I Wanted to Find a Way to Respond”: Artist Ben Quilty on Working with Refugees
How do you conceive of the human cost of the largest refugee crisis since World War II? Though images of the overcrowded boats crossing…
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Interview: Allison Hrabluik on the Unscripted Magic of “The Splits”
Studying the human body in movement is a constant in Allison Hrabluik’s work. Starting first with hand-drawn animations, then making more abstract films derived…
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How To Be an Unprofessional Artist
No one likes being called an amateur, a dilettante, a dabbler. “Unprofessional” is an easy insult. The professional always makes the right moves, knows…
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Hold Still: A History of Performing for the Camera from Nadar to the Selfie
The most famous performance photograph of all time must be the one known as Saut dans le vide (Leap into the Void), showing the…
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Does the Right Hand Cover for the Left?: The Case of the Remai Modern and Its Errant Board
I take no pleasure in realizing the unpleasant aspects of something I’d otherwise be very proud of. In this case, the object of pride…
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The State of the Artworld, Explained
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in Manhattan is opening its new contemporary art initiative, taking over the old Whitney Museum of American Art’s building…
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To Cloak or Reveal: Ryan Gander on the Question That Dogs Him
At the end of our interview Ryan Gander is suggesting we meet again, “Same time next week?” He’s laughing. I’ve involuntarily submitted myself to…
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The Art of Protest
The relationship between art and protest has never been a stable one. It’s also a relation that perhaps suffers from being posed in the…
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“I Think We’re Changing Into a Tribal Nation”: A Conversation with Dave Hickey on “25 Women”
When you have as many critics as Dave Hickey, you don’t hope to publish a book quietly so much as attract the right kind…
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Back to the Future: The Social-Activist Architecture of Moshe Safdie
A recent exhibition at the National Academy Museum in New York raised the question Moshe Safdie (born 1938) has wrestled with his whole career. Is…
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