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
What Are They Reading? What Are They Reading?
Since I'm from California, I sometimes dare to dispute the seemingly popular East Coast belief that my home state is a cultural wasteland.
Apr 13, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Abby Aguirre
Staring at the Sea Staring at the Sea
Toward the end of January, I received an invitation to a press opening for "Manet and the Sea," at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Apr 1, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Arthur C. Danto
Bad Boy, Good Manners Bad Boy, Good Manners
Few of the good things that reward the rising--or risen--young artist have not fallen to John Currin in recent days.
Jan 15, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Arthur C. Danto
The Abstract Impressionist The Abstract Impressionist
I have always marveled at the way in which Abstract Expressionism was able to transform a disparate group of painters, none of whom had shown any particular promise of artistic g...
Dec 11, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Arthur C. Danto
Art Therapy Art Therapy
While filming in Western Australia in May 1999, the critic Robert Hughes survived--barely--a head-on collision with another car.
Nov 20, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Arthur C. Danto
Shooting Wars Shooting Wars
In her new book, Regarding the Pain of Others, Susan Sontag's focus is upon theaters of war and the way in which photographers have interpreted their role in the production of ...
Sep 18, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Peter Wollen
Regarding the Pain of Others Regarding the Pain of Others
In Plato's Republic, Socrates illustrates his theory of the parts of the soul with the story of Leontius, who saw some corpses rotting outside the walls of Athens and was torn ...
Aug 28, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Arthur C. Danto