(Laura Collins-Hughes's article appeared in The New York Times, 8/21; via Pam Green.) The screen and stage star is making his Broadway debut as the bottled-up husband wearing a "mask of cont…
"In a 5-0 decision, the appeals court rejected artists' contentions that the limits covering Central Park south of 86th Street, Battery Park, High Line Park and Union Square Park violated th…
The Art Loss Register is a resource that can be accessed by anyone who requires it, but those who make the most efficient use of it are arguably law enforcement departments and, of course, t…
An illuminating program of experimental work from across Australia and the Asia Pacific, Performance Space has revealed the 2019 Liveworks Festival of Experimental Art, which takes place at …
My latest essay is up at Art Times:The holy grail of New York theater is a rave review in the New York Times. It doesn't guarantee success (and a pan doesn't guarantee failure), but a …
Charles Desmarais: "As important as the Arnautoff murals are, as art and as American history, the issues raised by the attempt to destroy or obscure them are larger than this single controve…
"I turned the essay in at the end of June, substantially the same as what appears here. A regretful Folio Society editor told me that Marvel Comics (evidently the co-publisher of the book) i…
How long can this last? "This market brings together two groups who normally don't socialize: critics and collectors. There are the exotic-seeming rich people, as any reader of Henry James w…
In Brisbane, the Trace show is taking art to bakeries, luggage repair shops, and mechanic shops. The point? To "democratize" the art. " The Guardian (UK)
This week in comics news: "Cartoonist Art Spiegelman, who won a Pulitzer Prize for his graphic novel Maus, withdrew his introduction to a new Marvel comics collection after its publisher …
The cartoonist's essay about the rise of superheroes is online, and he makes his opinion clear: "International fascism again looms large (how quickly we humans forget " study these golden ag…
Rebecca Biscuit and Louise Mothersole's latest show started off exploring Brexit, then turned darker. No wonder they hand beer to the audience and down shots on stage
To try and win the lott…
"What mobile AR adds is the ability to changefocus by actively moving around a simulated object in real space. The technology wants you to do that. So it may just not be the ideal way to exp…
Those who prefer theatre that takes formal risks, comments on pressing societal concerns and pushes the art form in new directions will likely find it hard to invest much in 'Art,' writes Ka…
The person who gave that quote actually meant it. Tim Jonze talks to three professional figure models about the worst and best parts of their jobs. " The Guardian
 Arabesque: "One of the basic poses in ballet, arabesque takes its name from a form of Moorish ornament. In ballet it is a position of the body, in profile, supported on one leg, which c…
So many of the metaphors which we use to describe art are biological in nature, from calling a work "my baby" to William S. Burroughs' contention about language's viral nature. How some peop…