Favorite Hallucinations Favorite Hallucinations
Did Chris Marker think history to be not only an infinite book but a sacred one?
May 21, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Higher Beings Commanded Higher Beings Commanded
A quartet of shows at MoMA decoct enlightenment from the banal.
Apr 30, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Sculpting With Color Sculpting With Color
Ed Clark and Lynda Benglis are still making art on a grand scale.
Apr 22, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Past, Present, Futurism Past, Present, Futurism
The Guggenheim’s Futurism exhibition and the Whitney Biennial offer competing visions of present-mindedness.
Apr 2, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Whistler’s Battles Whistler’s Battles
Ambitious beneath his pose of indolence, James McNeill Whistler was the most contradictory of artists.
Feb 19, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Letters Letters
Hunger games?… Snowden: necessity defense… “permission to fail”… “Czars & Samovars” redux…
Feb 19, 2014 / Our Readers and Barry Schwabsky
Permission to Fail Permission to Fail
MFAs aren’t a problem: it’s artists being content with what they know.
Jan 22, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Surviving the Moment Surviving the Moment
Do our financial wizards, like vampires, leave no reflection in the mirror of art?
Dec 18, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Monumental, Imperial Monumental, Imperial
The beauty and muchness of Ai Weiwei’s art is often underwhelming.
Nov 25, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Letters Letters
Horror in Afghanistan… the great Charlie Mingus… field trip to the South Bronx
Oct 16, 2013 / Our Readers and Barry Schwabsky