Fashion’s Equivalent of the Blank Canvas
The little black dress, subject of a show curated by Vogue’s André Leon Talley, is uniform, sculpture, template–and, for some men, an aspiration Read More
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Author Archives: Robin Cembalest
MoMA Makes a Facebook for Abstractionists
A collaboration between MoMA curators and the Columbia Business School depicts early modernism as a vast social network. It’s the latest in a long line of charts showing that no ism is an island Read More
Engravings for the E.T. in All of Us
A small silicon disc on a space-bound satellite is a giant leap for public art–whether or not the aliens actually get it Read More
Making Yale Zig Zag
Robert Storr brings Jac Leirner back to art school. A paper chase ensues Read More
Fall Season: What a Disaster
The art of the apocalypse: exhibitions across the country address catastrophes from the destruction of Pompeii to the earthquake in Haiti Read More
Jackson’s Other Actions: Pollock’s Sculptures Resurface
Carvings, castings, and other sculptural objects created by Jackson Pollock are turning up in New York galleries—raising intriguing questions about how they relate to his paintings, and why they’ve been under the radar for so long Read More
Things Fall Apartheid
An ambitious, devastating, revelatory survey at the ICP is the first of several upcoming museum shows to explore how South African photography evolved from a document into a blunt instrument Read More
Brave New World
Three New York art museums take on the complex topic of the Caribbean Read More
‘The Last of a Kind’
Painter Antoni Tàpies, descendant of Picasso and Miró, did not leave an heir apparent Read More
