Fine Art

The Philosophy of Art The Philosophy of Art

Arthur Danto talks about art in America, the rise of pluralism and how The Nation changed his life.

Aug 18, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Natasha Degen

The Optical Unconscious The Optical Unconscious

Max Ernst at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

May 19, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Arthur C. Danto

Flyboy in the Buttermilk Flyboy in the Buttermilk

Basquiat in Brooklyn.

Apr 21, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Arthur C. Danto

American Graffiti American Graffiti

In the works that made him famous, Jasper Johns realized an ancient dream by painting things that overcame the distinction between reality and representation--numerals, for examp...

Mar 3, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Arthur C. Danto

Pop and Circumstance Pop and Circumstance

You may recall the to-do occasioned two winters past by a certain shift in the mise-en-scène at the United Nations.

Nov 24, 2004 / Books & the Arts / J. Hoberman

What Bearden Taught Me What Bearden Taught Me

Also in this issue, an essay on Romare Bearden by Arthur C. Danto .

Nov 18, 2004 / Books & the Arts / The Nation

An Artist Beyond Category An Artist Beyond Category

Also in this issue, Branford Marsalis talks about Romare Bearden with Adam Shatz.

Nov 18, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Arthur C. Danto

Darkness Visible Darkness Visible

The remarkably gifted artist Francesca Woodman abruptly ended her brief life and career on January 19, 1981, leaping to her death from a window in her New York studio.

Oct 28, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Arthur C. Danto

What Are They Reading? What Are They Reading?

Before you place a bid on that original Jeff Koons ceramic Puppy vase, you might want to take a peek at Donald Kuspit's The End of Art.

Sep 23, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Habiba Alcindor

A Tribe Called Quest A Tribe Called Quest

Walking through the retrospective exhibition of Lee Bontecou, on view at MoMA-Queens, is uncannily like visiting an out-of-the-way museum of natural history, as if her entire wor...

Sep 9, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Arthur C. Danto

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