Art
The Venice Biennale offers a more pleasant and far more potent experience after the feverish Vernissage. During those frenzied preview days in April, critics from around the world descend on the vast and venerable art exhibition, many vying to come up with the most searing slam-dunk dis or stinging verdict.
Art
Those who knew him, even on a professional level, as I did, recognized that his eccentric, dynamic personality—full of wit and caustic humor—was reflected in all his artistic endeavors, including the works on view here.
Art
Those who knew him, even on a professional level, as I did, recognized that his eccentric, dynamic personality—full of wit and caustic humor—was reflected in all his artistic endeavors, including the works on view here.
Literature
Earthy, ephemeral-looking, elegant papers of different stocks, textures, and hues that mimic dramatic elements of nature are interwoven throughout the volume.
Literature
Earthy, ephemeral-looking, elegant papers of different stocks, textures, and hues that mimic dramatic elements of nature are interwoven throughout the volume.
Art
Xingzi magically conjures that awful sense of being left behind—the palpable depression of missing the one you love.
Art
Xingzi magically conjures that awful sense of being left behind—the palpable depression of missing the one you love.
Art
In so doing, she simultaneously points to how “grooming” can refer to either preening oneself to attract a partner or manipulating a child into sexual abuse.
Art
In so doing, she simultaneously points to how “grooming” can refer to either preening oneself to attract a partner or manipulating a child into sexual abuse.
Film
Little-seen still photos and film footage of Rauschenberg at work make Taking Venice requisite viewing for anyone interested in American art of the 1960s and is an invaluable addition to the still-unfolding history of that pivotal moment.
Film
Little-seen still photos and film footage of Rauschenberg at work make Taking Venice requisite viewing for anyone interested in American art of the 1960s and is an invaluable addition to the still-unfolding history of that pivotal moment.
People
Known for abstract paintings, sculptures, and installations in encaustic, glass, marble, and experimental materials such as natural resins, Pavel Kraus died suddenly of a heart attack on April 15. He was 77. Kraus’s work and career, extending over five decades, encompassed a thorough assimilation of mid-twentieth-century Eastern European avant-garde