Fine Art

Big MoMA’s House

Big MoMA’s House Big MoMA’s House

MoMA’s new expansion plans represent avant-gardism at its most deracinated.

Feb 19, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Michael Sorkin

Permission to Fail

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 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 Monumental, Imperial

The beauty and muchness of Ai Weiwei’s art is often underwhelming.

Nov 25, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

Arthur Danto: A Critic With ‘a Beatific Sense of Wonder’

Arthur Danto: A Critic With ‘a Beatific Sense of Wonder’ Arthur Danto: A Critic With ‘a Beatific Sense of Wonder’

If, in an age of mechanical reproduction, art had lost its aura, he restored that aura; he enchanted an unenchanted world.

Nov 6, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Elizabeth Pochoda

Abandoned Futures: On Carol Bove

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 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 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 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 Transient States: On Mary Cassatt

In her printmaking the artist searched for a constantly elusive vision.

Jun 5, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

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