“The Details”: Mark Bradford
For me, it's always a detail—a detail that points to a larger thing. It can be text; it can be a quote.
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Faye Hirsch
“What Inspires Me is Feeling”: Jeff Koons
What inspires me is feeling. I'm talking about a sense of excitement, of awe and wonder. As a child, you have a kind of openness. As you grow, that openness turns to sexual excitement, toward an expa…
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A Post-Pavilion Biennale?: An Interview with Alfredo Jaar
The Chilean pavilion at the 55th Venice Biennale opens with a large lightbox bearing the image of the Italian artist Lucio Fontana stepping gingerly through the ruins of his Milan studio after World W…
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Correspondences: An Interview with Berlinde De Bruyckere
"Cripplewood is not dead wood," writes J.M. Coetzee in the text for the book accompanying Berlinde De Bruyckere's installation Cripplewood-Kreupelhout at the 55th Venice Biennale (through Nov. 24)…
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New Foundations: An Interview with Katrin Sigurdardottir
To visit Katrín SigurÄ?ardóttir's installation Foundation at the Venice Biennale, you must travel to the Palazzo Zenobio in the city's Dorsoduro quarter. There you traverse a courtyard garden, beyond…
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Venice Biennale, The Nationals: U.S.A.
Sarah Sze's exhibition "Triple Point" occupies the American Pavilion in the Venice Biennale.
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John Lehr
The nine color prints on view in John Lehr's recent exhibition suggest the fantastic potential reality holds, given a photographer's ability to bypass ocular limitations.
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Opus Posthumous
Irreverent to the end, Franz West was instrumental in conceiving a major retrospective that opened after his death.
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Cinematic Scope
"Cinematic Scope" gathers six artists in their 30s and 40s from Germany, Austria and ex-Yugoslavia whose practices are "expanding" media in the 21st century.
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In the Studio: Wael Shawky
Wael Shawky's one-hour video Cabaret Crusades: The Path to Cairo (2012) features intermittent close-ups of taut strings quivering in a fire-lit night.
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