Timothy Francis Barry

Book Review Round-Up: Why Art Books, and … Why Now?!?

January 23, 2022
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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?

Book Review: Man Ray — He Could Have Been a Contender

October 7, 2021
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The biography raises the subject of Man Ray’s Jewish roots, but the matter is dropped pretty quickly.

Visual Arts Review: “Harry Dodge: Works of Love” — Meaning Comes Extra

February 27, 2019
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I fell for the Harry Dodge exhibition, but I confess to not entirely ‘getting the picture.’

Visual Arts Interview: New Publics — Art for a Modern India, 1960s-’90s

May 19, 2018
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What was the influence of Western modernist imperatives on an art-making culture far removed from Europe and the US?

Visual Arts Review: “Art in the Age of the Internet, 1989 to Today”

March 3, 2018
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Yes, digital technology can add real value to museum art exhibitions.

Feature: 2017 Best Of/Worst Of — And a Look Ahead

December 30, 2017
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The increasingly baffling and ever-arcane world of the visual arts continues to offer considerable potential.

Book Review: Last Night A Book Saved My Life or….What To Read, or Not

September 17, 2017
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I asked the venerable progressive publisher New Directions to send me what it has done for literature lately.

Visual Arts Feature: Artist John O’Reilly — Art History and Private Drama

June 6, 2017
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For John O’Reilly, encountering mental states of disorder and nightmare created a yearning for a kind of clarity.

Book Review: “The Mary Julia Paintings of Joan Brown” — In a Pantheon All its Own

February 9, 2017
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Poet William Benton’s slender and beautiful book can safely be described as sui generis.

The Annual Arts Fuse Holiday Gift Roundup — Tips From Enthusiasts

December 8, 2016
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Wondering about what to give the arts and culture lover on your gift list? Some suggestions.

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