Chris Burden and ‘The Other Vietnam Memorial’ Chris Burden and ‘The Other Vietnam Memorial’
Three million Vietnamese names, etched on copper plates 13 feet high.
May 11, 2015 / Jon Wiener
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
The Whitney Museum and the ‘Pompous Doors’ of American Art The Whitney Museum and the ‘Pompous Doors’ of American Art
The Nation's critic in 1931 said the museum would abet the snobbery that believes "American painting is a second-rate affair."
Apr 27, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and Back Issues
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
Egypt’s Revolutionary Artist Takes On the NYPD Egypt’s Revolutionary Artist Takes On the NYPD
Ganzeer’s new show opens today in New York.
Jan 16, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Ali Gharib
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
From the Dirty Silences From the Dirty Silences
Must art confront ugly realities with an ugliness of its own?
Nov 11, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Pictures of Icarus Pictures of Icarus
With his cutouts, Henri Matisse tried to free himself from gravity.
Oct 21, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky