Wild Things: What Was Abstract Art? Wild Things: What Was Abstract Art?
MoMA’s monumental exhibition recalls the time when abstraction affected people like love or revolution.
Feb 19, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Hotel Artists Hotel Artists
How working in hotels led Henri Matisse and Ian Wallace to rediscover the intoxicating purity of light.
Jan 23, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Heroism, Hidden: On Ian Wallace Heroism, Hidden: On Ian Wallace
The Canadian artist who transformed the Vancouver art scene.
Dec 19, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Generation X: On Wade Guyton and Gerhard Richter Generation X: On Wade Guyton and Gerhard Richter
Why two artists use a printer to make paintings without using paint.
Nov 14, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
What Goes With What: On Richard Tuttle What Goes With What: On Richard Tuttle
Richard Tuttle’s sculpture seems to proclaim “No spirit but in things.”
Oct 16, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Rat Bastard: On Bruce Conner Rat Bastard: On Bruce Conner
The shadows were the elective habitat of the artist Bruce Conner, who thought true knowledge was shrouded in secrecy.
Sep 18, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Shelf Life Shelf Life
The Collected Writings of Joe Brainard.
Sep 5, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
The Stone Dies Away Also: On Jimmie Durham The Stone Dies Away Also: On Jimmie Durham
Does a sculptor destroy things or merely change them?
Aug 22, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Living With Disjunction: Manifesta 9 and Documenta 13 Living With Disjunction: Manifesta 9 and Documenta 13
Steeped in anthropology and art history, this summer’s big shows are occasions for talk instead of exploring art that reaches the unsaid.
Jul 24, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Extreme Eccentrics: Modern Art and its Collectors Extreme Eccentrics: Modern Art and its Collectors
When collecting works of avant-garde art, Albert Barnes and Leo and Gertrude Stein seemed even madder than its makers.
Jun 25, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky