The notion that collectors sit atop the hierarchy of today's art world is axiomatic. They build private museums and control the boards of traditional ones. Through their acquisitions, they determine…
As A.i.A. senior editor William S. Smith pointed out in his essay on Michael Heizer (whose 1970 installation Actual Size: Munich Rotary is on view at the Whitney Museum of American Art through April…
In big country you do not see in the ordinary way. There is no "middle distance," only "near" and far," the dust at your feet and the haze on the horizon.
In the world according to Dave Hickey, everyone is either a Pirate (a plundering, boundary-defying individualist) or a Farmer (a fence-building nurturer).
"Banksy's street pieces have an ephemerality that tugs its forelock to Conceptual art in that it goes away," Hickey told A.i.A. when reached by phone. "But I know about a thousand better taggers…
The first retrospective in 30 years devoted to Andrew Wyeth is a sign of increasing interest in the artist on the part of critics and curators. And it may help answer a perennial question: how good a…