Interview: Tacita Dean
Twice in the course of a thirty-minute interview with Tacita Dean, her eyes move across the room and narrow-in on the media coordinator, who…
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What Is an Art Critic Doing at an Art Fair?
In May I was part of a panel at NADA. It wasn’t about criticism but someone asked me why I write reviews of art…
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Interview: Rashaad Newsome on Voguing, Heraldry, and FKA Twigs
New York-based Rashaad Newsome has many credits to his name, among them “King of Arms” (he is a master in the centuries-old art of…
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Paul P. on Two Works by Stephen Andrews
There have been many works of art made by artists about September 11th; countless artworks attempting to make sense of, or commemorate, the geopolitical…
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Wayne Baerwaldt on ACAD’s Dissolution of His Director/Curator Position: “It’s an Issue of Public Trust”
A recent scuttling on social-media signaled a disturbance was underfoot at Alberta College of Art + Design (ACAD), where the well-reputed Illingworth Kerr Gallery…
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Can Art Museums Afford to Be Free?
Are art museums better off offering free admission? As the art market surges, and museum attendance rises, the question of what kind of ticket…
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After Bjork Fiasco, MoMA’s Yoko Ono Show Makes a Case for Art and Celebrity
Yoko Ono: One-Woman Show, 1960-1971 arrives at the Museum of Modern Art pre-freighted with issues of art and celebrity that have dogged the institution of…
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To Cut and To Swipe: Understanding Hito Steyerl Through “HOW NOT TO BE SEEN”
The complex work of contemporary artist, media theorist, and filmmaker Hito Steyerl often pivots on a surprisingly simple tactic – wordplay. Consistently, across both…
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The Whitney’s Triumphant New Museum is Worrying For Art
Today, the new Whitney Museum of American Art opens its broad gates to the masses. If New York’s museum competition were a horserace, Renzo Piano’s appealing and thoughtful…
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The Suffering Body of 1993: Whatever Happened to the “Abject”
The best way to fuck something up is to give it a body. A voice is killed when it is given a body. Whenever…
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