The Alchemist: A Studio Visit with Sadie Weis
It is often said of desks and other work spaces that their appearance mirrors the mind of the person who uses said spaces –…
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Tools for Redress: A Century of Political Art Between “Zero Tolerance” and “The Left Front”
In the fall of 1929, the same month as the collapse of the American stock market, editors from the leftist magazine New Masses met…
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“I Don’t Give a Shit About Authenticity”: Sholem Krishtalka Performs His Reveal in “A Berlin Diary”
The Schmidt & Handrup Berlin gallery is a bare white rectangle illuminated by tall spotless casement windows trimmed in matching chalk white. Thin bald…
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Retrospective: Pollock in LIFE
Journalists follow a time-tested format. An example of this occurs in what is perhaps the most important article about art published in any magazine,…
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Girls Gone Viral: Anicka Yi’s Pathological Feminism
Pathological feminism – the premise informing Anicka Yi’s current exhibition at The Kitchen in New York – is perversely seductive. Yi, the show’s press…
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Interview: The Difficulty in Distilling Suzy Lake
Suzy Lake occupies a unique position in contemporary art history, having both helmed and contributed to the advent and advancement of at least three…
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Is the iPhone a Blessing or a Curse for Art?
In 1951, Hans Namuth first published his photos of Jackson Pollock at work. They were meant as documents of the famed artist’s process. But…
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Aiming to Please: Division Gallery Surveys Post-Internet Entertainment
In the year 2000, curator Phillippe Vergne staged an exhibition at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis titled Let’s Entertain: Life’s Guilty Pleasures. It…
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The Anxiety of Influence: Jack Bush at the National Gallery
“I feel sorry for Jack Bush,” said an artist acquaintance of mine when I told him about the National Gallery of Canada’s recent, excellent…
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Interview: Venice Biennale Curator Okwui Enwezor On “All the World’s Futures” and the Angel of History
During the London presentation of the 56th Venice Biennale, “All the World’s Futures,” curator Okwui Enwezor talked a lot about the past. H referenced…
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