Letters Letters
Hunger games?… Snowden: necessity defense… “permission to fail”… “Czars & Samovars” redux…
Feb 19, 2014 / Our Readers and Barry Schwabsky
Permission to Fail Permission to Fail
MFAs aren’t a problem: it’s artists being content with what they know.
Jan 22, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Surviving the Moment Surviving the Moment
Do our financial wizards, like vampires, leave no reflection in the mirror of art?
Dec 18, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Monumental, Imperial Monumental, Imperial
The beauty and muchness of Ai Weiwei’s art is often underwhelming.
Nov 25, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Letters Letters
Horror in Afghanistan… the great Charlie Mingus… field trip to the South Bronx
Oct 16, 2013 / Our Readers and Barry Schwabsky
Abandoned Futures: On Carol Bove Abandoned Futures: On Carol Bove
Sculpture as a study in disintegration.
Oct 1, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
More of Less More of Less
Thomas Hirschhorn’s unmonumental monument to egalitarianism and Antonio Gramsci.
Sep 4, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Showing, Saying, Whistling: On Lorna Simpson and Ahlam Shibli Showing, Saying, Whistling: On Lorna Simpson and Ahlam Shibli
Two photographers focus on the difficulties of putting words to what one sees.
Aug 13, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
For and Against Method For and Against Method
A painter who never lost sight of life’s being perpetually in transition.
Jul 31, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Transient States: On Mary Cassatt Transient States: On Mary Cassatt
In her printmaking the artist searched for a constantly elusive vision.
Jun 5, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky