I fell for the Harry Dodge exhibition, but I confess to not entirely ‘getting the picture.’
Timothy Francis Barry
Visual Arts Interview: New Publics — Art for a Modern India, 1960s-’90s
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”
Yes, digital technology can add real value to museum art exhibitions.
Feature: 2017 Best Of/Worst Of — And a Look Ahead
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
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
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
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
Wondering about what to give the arts and culture lover on your gift list? Some suggestions.
Visual Arts Review: “Doris Salcedo” — Memorializing the Innocent
Doris Salcedo’s mourning for the dead takes material shapes, a menagerie of curious sculptures.
Visual Arts Book Review: Critic Douglas Crimp — “Before Pictures”
Critic Douglas Crimp’s autobiography provides an absorbing, microcosmic look into the early days of the 1970s New York art scene.
