Flyboy in the Buttermilk Flyboy in the Buttermilk
Basquiat in Brooklyn.
Apr 21, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Arthur C. Danto
American Graffiti American Graffiti
In the works that made him famous, Jasper Johns realized an ancient dream by painting things that overcame the distinction between reality and representation--numerals, for examp...
Mar 3, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Arthur C. Danto
Pop and Circumstance Pop and Circumstance
You may recall the to-do occasioned two winters past by a certain shift in the mise-en-scène at the United Nations.
Nov 24, 2004 / Books & the Arts / J. Hoberman
What Bearden Taught Me What Bearden Taught Me
Also in this issue, an essay on Romare Bearden by Arthur C. Danto .
Nov 18, 2004 / Books & the Arts / The Nation
An Artist Beyond Category An Artist Beyond Category
Also in this issue, Branford Marsalis talks about Romare Bearden with Adam Shatz.
Nov 18, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Arthur C. Danto
Darkness Visible Darkness Visible
The remarkably gifted artist Francesca Woodman abruptly ended her brief life and career on January 19, 1981, leaping to her death from a window in her New York studio.
Oct 28, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Arthur C. Danto
What Are They Reading? What Are They Reading?
Before you place a bid on that original Jeff Koons ceramic Puppy vase, you might want to take a peek at Donald Kuspit's The End of Art.
Sep 23, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Habiba Alcindor
A Tribe Called Quest A Tribe Called Quest
Walking through the retrospective exhibition of Lee Bontecou, on view at MoMA-Queens, is uncannily like visiting an out-of-the-way museum of natural history, as if her entire wor...
Sep 9, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Arthur C. Danto
Body and Soul Body and Soul
In the 1960s, the New York Jewish Museum became the unlikely leading venue for contemporary avant-garde art in America.
Jul 1, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Arthur C. Danto
Artists Without Borders Artists Without Borders
Three years ago I saw a work by the late Swiss-German artist Dieter Roth that so captivated me that I am determined to write a book just to be able to reproduce it on the jacke...
May 13, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Arthur C. Danto