Fine Art

Shelf Life: On Philip Guston, Carolee Scheemann and Ilya Kabakov Shelf Life: On Philip Guston, Carolee Scheemann and Ilya Kabakov

The truly consequential choices an artist makes are never experienced as choice but as necessity.

Dec 22, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

Options Open: On Kurt Schwitters and Blinky Palermo

Options Open: On Kurt Schwitters and Blinky Palermo Options Open: On Kurt Schwitters and Blinky Palermo

Kurt Schwitters and Blinky Palermo made art that was deliberately elusive, that does not want to be pinned down.

Dec 16, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

No Images of Man: On Nancy Spero

No Images of Man: On Nancy Spero No Images of Man: On Nancy Spero

Nancy Spero began using only the female figure in her paintings to push back the limits of her world.

Nov 10, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

Old Vagabond: Paul Gauguin at Tate Modern Old Vagabond: Paul Gauguin at Tate Modern

In his paintings and travels, Paul Gauguin sought a corner of himself that was still unknown.

Oct 13, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

Good-Enough Objects: On Craft Good-Enough Objects: On Craft

How did craft become a calling that dare not speak its name?

Sep 22, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

An Art of Time An Art of Time

Rafael Ferrer and Christian Marclay prize an aesthetic of spontaneous responsiveness irrespective of subject.

Aug 25, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

America: Now and Here

America: Now and Here America: Now and Here

A vast new art exhibition will attempt to reconnect the heartland to our nation's artistic genius.

Aug 12, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Simon Maxwell Apter

A Calamity of Heart

A Calamity of Heart A Calamity of Heart

An essay for “America: Now and Here.”

Aug 12, 2010 / Books & the Arts / E.L. Doctorow

Shelf Life

Shelf Life Shelf Life

Art School (Propositions for the 21st Century); Ch-ch-ch-changes: Artists Talk about Teaching; Curating and the Educational Turn

Aug 11, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

Scattered Threads

Scattered Threads Scattered Threads

This year's Whitney Biennial fails to address the question of which art pertains to our time rather than any other.

Apr 8, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

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