Nation Topics - Fine Art | The Nation

The death, and afterlife, of the Polaroid.

To speak of a movement of abstractionists would be a contradiction in terms, like speaking of a church of atheists.

Jack Tworkov's writings wrestle with the figures of Abstract Expressionism and his own lost illusions.

A new volume of essays shows Hollis Frampton leaving behind photography for film.

Does the art of Dan Graham and his disciples promise deceptive simplicity or formulaic thinking?

The funky chaos of the 2009 Venice Biennale.

Arthur C. Danto steps down as art critic of The Nation but continues as a contributing editor.

Walker Evans's collection of picture postcards, on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, is an artistic project in its own right.

The paintings of Marlene Dumas, at the Museum of Modern Art, and Barkley Hendricks, at the Studio Museum of Harlem.

A conversation with Nato Thompson on experimental geography, Trevor Paglen and the outlook for the arts.