Can somebody tell me, tell me please, why there’s suddenly such a profusion, a torrent… almost a glut, of significant art history books entering the marketplace right about now?
Visual Arts
Visual Art Review: Krzysztof Wodiczko — The Art of Interrogative Design
Both of these exhibits are examples of the artist as a 21st century shaman — a prophetic, as well as a creative, force.
Visual Arts Review: Helina Metaferia’s “Generations” — A Story of Heritage and a Call for Change
The social message of Generations is powerful and clear: it is time to be AWAKE + OUTRAGED.
Visual Arts Commentary: NFT Art — Disinterested Creativity or an Investment Strategy?
Clearer heads conclude that there will be plenty of cultural space for both physical art and this highly monetized new digital art.
Visual Arts Review: “By Her Hand” — A Show of Women Artists that Surprises and Delights
There were so many women artists here whose work surprises and delights. And the Wadsworth Atheneum’s decision to showcase them makes an important contribution to our evolving understanding of art and its history.
Book Review: “Museum of Fine Arts Boston: 1870 to 2020, An Oral History” — Questioning the Elite
This is an invaluable gathering of interviews, an impressive excavation of institutional memory that not only recognizes the MFA’s grandeur but its many deficiencies as well.
Visual Arts Review: The Photographs of Deana Lawson — Portals to Possibilities
Viewers are invited to make what they will of the show’s images — to let their imaginations come up with their own expansive and beautiful stories.
Visual Arts Review: “Ceramics in the Expanded Field” — Playing with Clay
The curator’s intent is to stretch and subvert received notions of ceramics with their overtones of craft and functionality
Letter from New York — Dresden Treasures, and Lots of Picasso
New York has come back to life, so there is more art to see than anyone has time to visit or write about.
Cultural Commentary: Goodbye Columbus — Mexico City’s “La Joven de Amajac” and “Tlalli” Sculptures
Mexico City settles on Columbus’ replacement, but finds that removal and substitution is agonizing in society which hasn’t changed all that much.