Busy Signals: Paul Sietsema in Conversation with Connie Butler
The Los Angeles artist discusses his latest work, and bidding on art at auction.
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Beyond Vernacular: An Interview with John Outterbridge
High-profile exposure has been a long time coming for Outterbridge, underscoring the critical ghettos into which the mainstream American art world continues to relegate much black American art.
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When Formalist Criticism Fails
Claims of racism and sexism in an art critic's recent reviews have spakred an ongoing art-world controversy.
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Reading With One Eye Closed
Since my preview of "The Female Gaze" and my review of "Now Dig This!" are readily available online at the New York Times website and elsewhere, I hope readers will judge for themselves whether or…
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Ken Johnson Sparks Debates
"Johnson's now infamous commentary gets at the heart of the matter--what does our society really value in terms of culture?"
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Ken Johnson Is Psyched
"If you remember the '60s," the old joke goes, "you weren't there." Ken Johnson, today a widely respected art critic for the New York Times, was not only present but—despite inhaling and taking a…
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Seriously Funny
Swiss prankster Olaf Breuning navigates between the sublime and the ridiculous in films, sculptures, and multimedia works that take on everything from Easter Island to Woody Allen.
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You Had to Be There
More and more artworks exist not as objects but as ephemeral events—a conversation, a thunderclap, a slow-motion kiss—that insist viewers take part.
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