Market Monday: Mixed Media
This week, folding much of what I read, watched, and heard into a single serving...
Read Moreshining a light on the shadowy fine art industry
Sarah Sze, A Certain Slant, detail, 2007. Image credit: The National Academy.
This week, folding much of what I read, watched, and heard into a single serving...
Read MoreGlenn Ligon, Untitled ("I am an invisible man"), detail. Image credit: Artspace.
This week, three different forms of narrative-building in our industry of choice...
Read MoreMike Kelley, "Switching Marys," 2004-2005. Image credit: The Red List.
This week, thoughts on the intertwined good and bad of contemporary arts patronage...
Read MoreCover artwork: Joey Parlett. Cover design: Garrett Haas.
Since I desperately needed a weekend off but couldn't leave you wanting for some sweet, sweet weekly content, below is an excerpt from the final chapter of my book The Great Reframing, now available in Amazon's Kindle store. You can find more information about the book, including a detailed description and links to two previous excerpts, here on the blog.
Read MoreRobert Rauschenberg, "Booster," 1967. Image credit: MoMA.
This week, gazing past the surface in pursuit of deeper relevance...
Read MoreSol LeWitt, "Six Geometric Figures (+Two) (Wall Drawings)," 1980-81. Image credit: Tate.
This week, digging into public statements in search of a fuller truth…
Read MoreRobert Longo, "Untitled (Ferguson Police, August 13, 2014)," 2014. Image credit: The Broad.
In this week's back-from-vacation mega-edition, a trio of stories where comparisons brought devastating clarity…
Read MoreBetty Tompkins, "We the People," detail, 1983. Courtesy the artist [NSFW].
In this edition, stories that hinged on the fine print––or lack thereof...
Read MoreMichelangelo Pistoletto, "Standing Man," 1962, 1982. Image credit: Tate.
This week, stories that pose eye-opening questions about art-world identities...
Read MoreSascha Braunig, "Big Nets," 2013. Image credit: Artspace.
This week, three industry stories featuring trends that synced to the wider world...
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