
Brevity is the Sol Lewitt
Criticism / Existentialism / Absurdism
Criticism / Existentialism / Absurdism
Girl ages a lifetime in 5 minutes.
Doll as muse
MoMA exhibit explores the nature of print
That is the question…
Fahrenheit 451 to be released as an eBook…
Connecting the dots between art and commerce…
In yesterday’s New York Times there is an interesting article that describes how Woody Woodpecker animator Shamus Culhane hid snippets of modern art and…
Walking down a rain-pelted Sutter Street today I spotted this message in a gallery window, inscribed in neon: WAIT HERE I HAVE GONE TO…
Just a reminder to document your Spreadin the Luv stickers this week and email a photo of what you did with it. You can…
One of Colbert’s finest segments, now in an extended (unedited) version. I’ll let this speak for itself except to mention that, like so many…
Robert Indiana’s iconic LOVE painting was designed in 1964 as a Christmas card for the Museum of Modern Art. In 1973 it became the…
Friday, November 12, 2010 4:00 PM Earlier this year I had the pleasure of meeting the artist Tucker Nichols. Tucker is one of those…
No one knows who the street artist Banksy really is, so what better place for him (her?) to flex his street art chops than…
I’ve always been kind of fascinated with the absurdity of certain “collectibles.” Things like collector plates and spoons and shot glasses, Hummel figurines, commemorative…
The London Underground discovered a trove of posters in an unused portion of its Notting Hill station some months ago. Then Mike Ashworth discovered…
All Dalton Ghetti needs to create his art is a sewing needle, a razor blade and a carpenter’s or No. 2 pencil. He uses…
The Journal of Neurosurgery has a fascinating analysis of Michelangelo’s painting “Separation of Light and Darkness.” In it the authors argue that the master…
The Tate’s Turner Prize finalists were announced today. As per custom, Banksy was not on the list. Also as per usual Jonathan Jones has his…
“I am not an artist” is a peculiar little project by a team of designers from ELISAVA, a design school in Spain that describes…
I don’t normally use this space to share my own professional work, but here’s a rare glimpse into an extra curricular project I just…
I’m fascinated by the idea behind this Kubrick-esque sculpture by artist Caleb Larsen. Every ten minutes the black box connects to a server to check…
You’re probably familiar with Sheperd Fairey’s iconic HOPE poster for the Obama campaign. You may remember Hillary Clinton’s quip that Obama’s alleged plagiarism of…
We will have a discussion about this interview (and this one) on Wednesday. You may also wish to inform and inspire yourselves by visiting…
Yvonne Lee Schultz is an arms dealer, of sorts. Her most recognizable art consists of a series of handguns (I’m pretty sure they are…
Don Fisher founded The Gap in San Francisco back in 1969. Around the same time he and his wife Doris began collecting art. They…
Tobias Wong makes engagement rings that can kill you. The inverted diamond sets the point side up , turning it into a potentially lethal…
There was a cool Tom Bonaura opening tonight (free) at the Curiosity Shoppe. If you missed it (you did) you can swing by anytime…
The Rotating Kitchen by Zeger Reyers was put into motion during the opening of the exhibition Eating the Universe at the Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Germany, last…