“Velvet Buzzsaw” Should Terrify the Artworld
Velvet Buzzsaw, launching on Netflix tomorrow, had me hooked from the first line uttered by its protagonist. In the opening scene, we see Jake Gyllenhaal’s…
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Worst-Case Scenarios: Contemporary Art’s #Metoo Handwringing
Like most grassroots movements borne of slow-simmering anger and long-standing frustration, #MeToo is both overdue and messy as hell. Its faint whiff of anarchy…
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“Pacific Standard Time” Writes Overlooked Chicano Artists Back Into Art History
On a Monday morning in May 2015, artist David Avalos stood on the stage of a packed auditorium at the Getty Center in Los…
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