Fine Art

The Whitney Museum and the ‘Pompous Doors’ of American Art

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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Pictures of Icarus

With his cutouts, Henri Matisse tried to free himself from gravity.

Oct 21, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

Under Pressure

Under Pressure Under Pressure

How much of the pressure of reality can a work of art bear before it ceases to be art?

Sep 23, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

Arthur Danto’s Critique of the ‘Aesthetic Terrorism’ of Jeff Koons

Arthur Danto’s Critique of the ‘Aesthetic Terrorism’ of Jeff Koons Arthur Danto’s Critique of the ‘Aesthetic Terrorism’ of Jeff Koons

A solo Koons exhibition, Danto wrote in 1989, was “a vision of an aesthetic hell.”

Sep 2, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Back Issues and Arthur C. Danto

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