Smithson Trumps Snooki: New Jersey is State of the Art
Princeton gives Jersey its props, MoMA’s Capital Exchange program drops, Cleveland rocks a mega-multi-touch-screen, and more museum news Read More
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That Seventies Sensibility
A wave of exhibitions shows how the open-ended, experimental, hardscrabble, less cynical esthetic of the ’70s is appealing to artists and curators Read More
Separating the Trees from the Forest
Alan Sonfist has built a career as an urban land artist. Read More
Britain’s Curator of Garbage
Mike Nelson’s multiroom installations hint at marginal lives and fallen ideologies. Read More
Turning Over a New Leaf
Inspired by the ecological crisis, artists are seeking to connect with nature on a personal level—listening to glaciers, talking to plants, or taking biospheres for a walk. Read More
Moving Mountains, Walking on Water
As artists like James Turrell and Michael Heizer continue to toil on their massive Earthworks, caretakers of other examples of Land Art are facing questions of conservation, access, and environmental impact. Meanwhile, more ecologically conscious artists have been updating the genre. Read More
