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
Frieze Frame: On Art Fairs Frieze Frame: On Art Fairs
Chockablock with art, art fairs are essentially authorless.
May 29, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Empty and Full: On Stanley Whitney and Jacqueline Humphries Empty and Full: On Stanley Whitney and Jacqueline Humphries
When is a little more than enough in a painting?
May 2, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Faces out of the Crowd: On the Renaissance Portrait Faces out of the Crowd: On the Renaissance Portrait
How Renaissance painters brought human presence to the fore.
Mar 7, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
The Complete History of Every One: On Zoe Strauss The Complete History of Every One: On Zoe Strauss
Zoe Strauss has turned the streets of Philadelphia into a museum for her photography.
Feb 7, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
The Devil, Probably: On Maurizio Cattelan The Devil, Probably: On Maurizio Cattelan
An artist known as a trickster and showman stages a disappearing act at the Guggenheim.
Jan 11, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Signs of Protest: Occupy’s Guerilla Semiotics Signs of Protest: Occupy’s Guerilla Semiotics
Does the content of a demonstration always exceed and fall short of its ostensible message?
Dec 14, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Restless in Oslo: On Ida Ekblad and Edvard Munch Restless in Oslo: On Ida Ekblad and Edvard Munch
An obscure dissatisfaction, a sense that no formal solution works for long, is shared by the art of Ida Ekblad and Edvard Munch.
Nov 16, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Vacant, Limpid, Angelic: On Willem de Kooning Vacant, Limpid, Angelic: On Willem de Kooning
MoMA’s de Kooning retrospective.
Oct 18, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
An Ambiguous Medium: On Lee Ufan An Ambiguous Medium: On Lee Ufan
The aesthetic illusions of a Korean artist.
Sep 21, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky