Baldessari’s Last Series
July 26, 2021
Patrick Pardo— The sixth and final volume of the John Baldessari Catalogue Raisonné covers the years 2011 through 2019. It was published in late January 2021, roughly a year after Baldessari’s… READ MORE
Category: Art & Architecture
Robert Walser and the Russian Ballet
July 14, 2021
Susan Bernofsky— In the spring of 1909, thirty-one-year-old novelist Robert Walser, then living in Berlin, saw a performance by one of the greatest ballet dancers of the twentieth century. Anna… READ MORE
Sounding Alma Thomas
July 8, 2021
Jonathan Frederick Walz— Perspicacious art historian Melissa Ho—who, in her role as curator of twentieth-century art at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, oversees the largest public collection of Alma Thomas… READ MORE
Travel, Photography, and the (Familiar) New
June 15, 2021
Monica Bravo– After a long period of staying at home, social distancing, and masking up, we are told—at last—that the world is opening up. Breathing a collective sigh of relief… READ MORE
Why Feminist Artists Found an Ally in Antonin Artaud
June 10, 2021
Lucy Bradnock— Instances of feminist artists citing Artaud are curious and not a little confusing. The French poet and dramaturg died in 1948, leaving behind a legacy that was both… READ MORE
Sol LeWitt: In All Directions (Part 2)
June 9, 2021
In the introduction to Locating Sol LeWitt, editor David Areford advocates for a “plural LeWitt,” that is, a more expansive view of the artist and his practice, one that fully embraces… READ MORE
Sol LeWitt: In All Directions (Part 1)
June 2, 2021
In the introduction to Locating Sol LeWitt, editor David Areford advocates for a “plural LeWitt,” that is, a more expansive view of the artist and his practice, one that fully embraces… READ MORE
On the Viewing Platform: The Panorama and its Afterlives
May 19, 2021
Katie Trumpener– “Panoramas”, gigantic paintings in the round, were first created and exhibited in Britain in 1792. Rapidly taken up across Europe, then around the world, they remained a central… READ MORE
Metro Pictures, Gallery of the Pictures Generation, Calls it Quits
May 17, 2021
Andy Grundberg– The announcement that Metro Pictures will close its gallery in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York at the end of the year emphatically signals – if any emphasis… READ MORE
No Fixed Points
April 26, 2021
Nancy Reynolds and Malcolm McCormick— The twentieth century was an era of revolutionary changes occurring with explosive rapidity. In the political arena, we saw two world wars, “ten days that… READ MORE
From 9/11 to 9/11: The Widening of the Atlantic