John Cage
John Cage, Man of Music—and Mushrooms
In February 1959, John Cage appeared on the Italian television program "Lascia o Raddoppio" (Double or Nothing), a popular game show on which contestants had to answer obscure trivia questions about…
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‘Groundings’ at Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
See images from one notable show every weekday.
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All Together
The displacement of fixed centers and rigid boundaries is a consistent theme in "Merce Cunningham: Common Time," an exhibition on view concurrently this spring at two museums: the Walker Art Center…
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From the Archives: A Planned Coincidence
Dore Ashton, a prolific champion of the Abstract Expressionist movement, died on January 30 at age eighty-eight. Ashton was one of the most influential voices of the New York School, authoring over th…
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A Life’s Work: As Her Reputation Surges, Luchita Hurtado Discusses Her Long Career
Sometime in the mid-1940s, the artist Luchita Hurtado, then in her 20s, boarded a Madison Avenue bus in Manhattan to go to an opening at Pierre Matisse's gallery on East 57th Street. "There was a man…
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Breaking the Sound Barrier: Cellist Charlotte Moorman’s Avant-Garde Actions Remain Provocative
At the Grey Art Gallery, New York, through December 10
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From the Archives: TV—The Next Medium
On the occasion of the exhibition "Nam June Paik: In Character," at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (through January 1, 2018), A.i.A. delved into the archives. Writer John S. Margolies took on…
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From the Archives: Decoding O’Doherty
In our December 2007 issue, on the occasion of a traveling retrospective, critic Saul Ostrow parsed O'Doherty's oeuvre, which the artist has produced through five distinct alter egos, most notably Pat…
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Radical Statements: Four Reviews by Laurie Anderson
During the early ’70s, Laurie Anderson was a mainstay in this magazine’s reviews section, often writing several reviews every issue. With her criticism receiving a shoutout from Alanna Heiss in MoMA…
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Newswire
Eugene Levy movies: 20 greatest films ranked worst to best, including ‘A Mighty Wind,’ ‘American Pie,’ ‘Best in Show’ and more
Naya Rivera's 'Greatest Glee Legacy' Was the 'Humor and Humanity' She Brought to 'Brittana,' EPs Affirm
This city is being called the new epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic
Bikini Kill Reschedule North American Tour for 2021