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Art School (Propositions for the 21st Century); Ch-ch-ch-changes: Artists Talk about Teaching; Curating and the Educational Turn
Aug 11, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
The Changing Light at Craneway The Changing Light at Craneway
In the film projects of Tacita Dean, everything is just about to disappear.
Jun 30, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Black Is Also a Color Black Is Also a Color
"Matisse: Radical Invention, 1913-1917" makes some of Modernism's most familiar paintings seem unresolved and difficult again.
Jun 3, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
No Imagination No Imagination
Christen Købke painted the presence of things—buildings, faces, skies—as the presence of enigma.
May 5, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Scattered Threads Scattered Threads
This year's Whitney Biennial fails to address the question of which art pertains to our time rather than any other.
Apr 8, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Letters Letters
A historical parallel that might add to Cole's well-put points, particularly regarding lawyers defending Guantánamo detainees: John Adams agreed to serve as defense attorn...
Apr 7, 2010 / Letters / Our Readers, Barry Schwabsky, and Miriam Pemberton
Dimensions of the Abyss Dimensions of the Abyss
The visual art of the Black Atlantic explores an ambivalence that exceeds double consciousness.
Mar 11, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
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Charles Juliet's Conversations with Samuel Beckett and Bram van Velde; Matthew Spender's Arshile Gorky: Goats on the Roof: A Life in Letters and Documents; Zak Smith's We Did Porn:...
Feb 25, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Her Wild Entire: On Dorothea Tanning Her Wild Entire: On Dorothea Tanning
The brilliant revelations and transformations of Dorothea Tanning.
Feb 18, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Evasive Action Painter: On Gerhard Richter Evasive Action Painter: On Gerhard Richter
Gerhard Richter's abstract paintings are miraculously controlled accidents.
Jan 14, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky