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
Body and Soul Body and Soul
In the 1960s, the New York Jewish Museum became the unlikely leading venue for contemporary avant-garde art in America.
Jul 1, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Arthur C. Danto
Artists Without Borders Artists Without Borders
Three years ago I saw a work by the late Swiss-German artist Dieter Roth that so captivated me that I am determined to write a book just to be able to reproduce it on the jacke...
May 13, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Arthur C. Danto
The Kids Are Alright The Kids Are Alright
Several of the recent Whitney Biennials have aspired to something more than a display of "the latest in American Art," to cite the phrase used to advertise the current sh...
Apr 29, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Arthur C. Danto