The Politics of Bad Art The Politics of Bad Art
In whose service does a painter paint, or a critic criticize?
Sep 24, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Acropolis for Sale Acropolis for Sale
Art, anxiety, and the Greek crisis.
Aug 13, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
The 2015 Venice Biennale The 2015 Venice Biennale
Islands of meaning in a morass of incoherence.
Jul 2, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
An Experimental Life An Experimental Life
Sonia Delaunay breathed art like others lived alcohol or crime.
Jun 2, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Inside Out Inside Out
With its new building, the Whitney Museum is now the best place to see modern and contemporary art in New York City.
May 6, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Silence and Slow Time Silence and Slow Time
The art of On Kawara.
Mar 20, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
The Zeitgeist of No Zeitgeist The Zeitgeist of No Zeitgeist
MoMA’s “Forever Now” trumpets art with a shallow sense of tradition.
Jan 26, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Letters Letters
Mutualize Uber?… what a mensch!… too broad a brush… make ’em care!… nobody does it better…
Jan 13, 2015 / Our Readers and Barry Schwabsky
The Picasso Variations The Picasso Variations
Why the painter’s late work veers from the sloppy to the sublime.
Jan 7, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Artists Keeping Secrets Artists Keeping Secrets
The eloquent silences of Albert York and Judith Scott.
Dec 9, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky