Timothy Francis Barry

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Doris Salcedo’s mourning for the dead takes material shapes, a menagerie of curious sculptures.

Critic Douglas Crimp’s autobiography provides an absorbing, microcosmic look into the early days of the 1970s New York art scene.

Ross Weinstein July 9, 2020 at 6:47 pm on Visual Arts Commentary: “Placemaking” — Thoughts on the Virus and Our Current Public EnvironmentVery insightful article!
Steve Provizer July 9, 2020 at 4:29 pm on Film Commentary: Fellini at 100 — How the Mighty Have TumbledMatt-You write that we're in serious trouble if people don't watch Fellini's movies anymore. I realize there's at least a...
Matt Hanson July 9, 2020 at 1:46 pm on Film Commentary: Fellini at 100 — How the Mighty Have TumbledThe new poster I bought of the French edition of 8 1/2 would be very mad at me if I...
Roberta Silman July 9, 2020 at 7:36 am on Film Commentary: Fellini at 100 — How the Mighty Have TumbledWhat about Amarcord? It seemed to come from a special place in Fellini’s heart yet isn’t mentioned. And sometimes greatness...
Harvey Blume July 8, 2020 at 9:00 pm on Film Commentary: Fellini at 100 — How the Mighty Have TumbledSeems to me that dethroning Fellini is like toppling statues of Jefferson et al. Where does it stop? What is...