PARIS — Where the newness of art comes from (when it comes) is something of a conundrum.
Georges Bataille
What the Lascaux Caves Facsimiles Fail to Capture
PARIS — For many, the Lascaux caves are the honey pot for what became artistic in the Western tradition.
Annika Larsson’s Bodies Politic
ROME — In Annika Larsson’s Introduction at the Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Roma (MACRO), the recent political unrest in Europe is cast between the historical and the personal, with two video works accompanying a vast arrangement of printed matter.
The Best Show At MoMA Is Not What You Think
With the hype surrounding the Cindy Sherman blockbuster retrospective on the 6th floor, which critics have almost unanimously praised, I was surprised to find that the most invigorating, exciting and generally mind-blowing exhibition at MoMA right now is Exquisite Corpses.