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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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
When Bad Is Good
Artworks that mimic soft porn, showcase embalmed animals, mock the Pope, and otherwise offend propriety are filling auctions, museums, and galleries. Is there anything left to be upset about? Read More
The Cindy Sherman Effect
By inventing her own genre, Cindy Sherman has influenced the way generations of artists think about photography, portraiture, narrative, and identity Read More
How Far Is Too Far?
Contemporary artists have made work depicting graphic sexual acts, damaging property, injuring their own bodies, or paying others to alter theirs. But when does art cross the line from avant-garde to unacceptable?. Read More
Are You Looking at Prices or Art?
Experts discuss how market appreciation is affecting art appreciation. Read More
Slides and Prejudice
The controversy around painting from photographs continues as new generations and new image-making technologies keep the debate alive. Read More
What’s So Funny About Contemporary Art?
Artists are finding inspiration in gags, slapstick, clowns, comics, and stand-up comedy. The results are sometimes satirical, sometimes ludicrous, and sometimes ‘so funny you could cry’. Read More
