Artist Gerhard Richter works in his studio in 1984. Gerhard Richter took a pronouncedly dead medium and brought it back to life. To be fair, painting had been claimed to be on its last legs time and time again, onlyRead more…
Future of Museum: Surviving the Age of Money
Over the last few months, I had a chance to hear and read about institutional struggles of museums – the problems of fundraising to marketing, and the need to educate and familiarize newcomers to museums were all parts of it.Read more…
Hamilton: Who Lives Who Dies Who Tells Your Story
The Interested Story-Teller Alexander Hamilton walked down the ladder carrying a book in one arm and a sac in the other, curious and thrilled. He just finished the journey from an obscure Caribbean island to New York. He walkedRead more…
Telling a Story Through Abstract Expressionism
Any experience at the Guggenheim Museum in New York City begins the moment its unique exterior comes into view–once you cross the street and are faced with the circling levels of architecture in front of you. Standing in line andRead more…
What Happened to J. Hoberman?
James Lewis Hoberman, more commonly referred to as J. Hoberman, was laid off as senior film critic of the Village Voice in 2012. Hoberman is unquestionably one of the most influential critics of the last forty years. Once the newsRead more…
“To Listen to change–listen in order to change–listen for change:”
Sonic Meditations XIII (1974) By Pauline Oliveros Read more…
Animals in the Age of Their Technological Reproducibility
The baby sea iguana holds perfectly still on the pebbles, blinking, waiting for the right moment to make its move. The ground is slithering with hungry predators, but if the iguana up can reach the rocky outcrop, it will beRead more…
Protected: A Return to Duchamp: Reflecting on What it Means to Complete the Work
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Ordinary People and the Contemporary Museum: The Sculptures of Duane Hanson
The contemporary wing of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art greets the visitor with a medley of ubiquitous sights. Unlike the rest of the marble-pillared and gold-leafed building, the room immediately envelopes you into tall bright white walls dashed with stanchionsRead more…
Curating Cultural Criticism on Facebook
Facebook users spend an average of 50 minutes a day on the site [1]. That is enough time to scroll through dozens of photos and status updates, maybe even read an article or two, comment on a friend’s documented travelRead more…
The Impossible Dream of the Google Art Project
I arrived in Venice alone on November 12, 2015. I had been abroad for about two months, and this was the moment I had been waiting for. My scrappy, industrious European adventure would make me feel without a doubt thatRead more…
What belongs in a museum?
Is there such a thing as popular art? The term “popular” leaves a sour taste in the mouths of those trying to win respect from established institutions that seem to determine artistic merit. These institutions are towering monoliths that surroundRead more…
The Politicization of Music in the Face of Bush-era Crypto Fascism
Say what you will about Yasiin Bey (and many do), but his 1999 track “Mathematics” was nothing if not prescient. While much of the track was railing against the lasting effects of Bill Clinton’s 1994 Omnibus Crime bill, one lineRead more…