Split Decisions: When Critics Change Their Minds
What makes art critics revise their opinions? Some mind-changing critics explain Read More
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Author Archives: Ann Landi
‘You Had to Have a Veronese’
A survey at the Ringling chronicles the career of the Renaissance painter American collectors coveted Read More
Nari Ward: Poetic Justice
With haunting juxtapositions of objects at once fragile and grandiose, the Jamaica-born artist comments on liberty, democracy, and his own story as an immigrant Read More
O’K Corrals
A new book chronicles the transformation of two New Mexico properties into distinctly O’Keeffian studios and residences Read More
Auto-Destructive Tendencies
Whether by burning, cutting, shredding, or simply leaving them at the curb, artists have various reasons for disposing of their own works Read More
Out of this World
Space travel has become an obsession among contemporary artists who are reenacting journeys to Mars, making replicas of astronaut gear, and even training with NASA Read More
Double Exposure
In paintings, photography, sculpture, and performance, artists are summoning the age-old distinction between naked and nude to comment on gender roles, sexual politics, stereotypes, and more Read More
How to Keep Museum-goers Happy
As visitors crowd into blockbusters at rates of more than 800 people per hour, museums are working behind the scenes to keep guests patient, informed, and calm Read More
When Satire Becomes Art
The long and lively history of political caricature Read More
The Joke’s on Us
Scholars are looking at the history of modernism through the history of its pranks Read More
