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There is something a little bit intimidating about reading aloud one of the greatest works of classical mythology to a Tadao Ando-designed room of St. Louisans, plenty of whom are following along...
The National Gallery of Art has acquired its first Fred Sandback sculpture, Untitled (Grey Corner Construction of 1968. It is on view in the NGA's East Building.
The NGA has been on a minimalism...
Artists ask the bravest, toughest questions. Because artists want their questions heard and considered, typically they've asked them with equally big, direct, look-what-happened-here! canvases: Goya asked if the French army acted appropriately on the...
"I woke up, naked, strapped to a bed, in a very white room. The room measured approximately 4m x 4m. The room had three solid walls, with the fourth wall consisting of metal bars separating it from a larger room. I am not sure how long I remaine...
In 1931 Paul Cadmus, 26, made this painting of his lover Jared French. The painting, Jerry, remained in the French family until recently, when it was acquired by the Toledo Museum of Art. The...
I'm delighted to see that the NYT's Deborah Sontag and Robin Pogrebin have picked up the New Museum story that MAN has been pushing covering. Here's a quick, chronological, linksy roundup of my posts on the issue:
MAN's Oct. 1 Q&A with New Museum...
The response to the news that the Dia Art Foundation was returning to New York City has been predictably ebullient. The journalistic response has been even less surprising: The New York Times repurposed Dia's press release and revealed little about the...
"Like LA's MOCA, Brandeis' Rose Art Museum suffered from not permanently displaying its permanent collection." -- Christopher Knight via Twitter.
'Twas a weekend during which closely-related stories came together to reveal an under-considered truth:...
In the LAT, Sharon Mizota discusses how a show at LA's Sam Lee Gallery picks up where the New Topos (now at LACMA) left off.Kenneth Baker reviews Anne Appleby's latest San Francisco show. Appleby might be the best American painter (mostly) ignored by...
