Speaking of the ‘Female Gaze’ Speaking of the ‘Female Gaze’
In today’s confused, commercial, and not-quite-intellectual environment, the phrase “female gaze” functions in varied ways, according to its users’ needs.
Sep 18, 2017 / Alina Cohen
Wandering Through Documenta Wandering Through Documenta
Do big, world-scale art exhibitions have any use today?
Sep 13, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Robert Rauschenberg and the Art of the New Frontier Robert Rauschenberg and the Art of the New Frontier
The artist was, above all, a restless and resourceful gatherer of materials—cultural as well as physical.
Aug 23, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
The Presence of Lynette Yiadom-Boakye’s Paintings The Presence of Lynette Yiadom-Boakye’s Paintings
Though she routinely paints human figures, it’s better to understand her work as abstract art.
Jul 11, 2017 / Ratik Asokan
The Ambiguous Sculptures of Melvin Edwards and Rachel Harrison The Ambiguous Sculptures of Melvin Edwards and Rachel Harrison
Time spent with their work serves as a reminder that most good artists don’t provide ironclad justifications for their choices
Jun 29, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Percival Everett’s Abstract Art Percival Everett’s Abstract Art
His new novel, So Much Blue, is a meditation on seeing and abstraction, and it might be key for recognizing a new form of literary social critique.
Jun 26, 2017 / Paul Devlin
Owning Time at the Venice Biennale Owning Time at the Venice Biennale
If only for an hour, the Zimbabwean artist Admire Kamudzengerere sought to exert control over an audience culled from the wealthy, sophisticated, international art-world elite...
May 26, 2017 / Alina Cohen
Acts of Insolence Acts of Insolence
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 is earnest in a way that’s ill-suited to a movie that pretends to razz the whole superhero business.
May 12, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Pushing the Limits of Photography Pushing the Limits of Photography
The reflexive photography of Paul Mpagi Sepuya and Jason Loebs.
May 2, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Can the Pain of Others Be Transmuted Into Art? Can the Pain of Others Be Transmuted Into Art?
While Dana Schutz’s Open Casket has received the lion’s share of attention, much of the Whitney Biennial seems to seek out controversy.
Apr 25, 2017 / Barry Schwabsky