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The Trash of the System

Dan Duray

November 20, 2017

Is the art world total bullshit? Two new films offer an enthusiastic, "Yes!"

New Iconoclasms

Jonathon Sturgeon

September 13, 2017

The modern history of art is a history of its removal and destruction.

Tears of a Crazy Clown

Judy Berman

September 12, 2017

Is “Twin Peaks: The Return” a masterpiece of thwarted nostalgia or a sentimental joyride?

Art After Social Collapse

Jonathon Sturgeon

August 10, 2017

The belief that art should become therapeutic, or that it should devote itself to comfort, is everywhere in society.

The Tarot of Alejandro Jodorowsky

Michelle García

July 18, 2017

What happens when one of the world’s biggest cult icons finds himself in the New York art world? Not psychomagic.

Nail Art Power

Niela Orr

July 05, 2017

TNT's new show ”Claws” privileges rebellious and resourceful art made in an all-female space.

Medusa’s Stare

Amber A’Lee Frost,  Sam Kriss

April 10, 2017

Episode 3: Amber and Sam discuss free school meals, Britain's war with Spain, and the art of projection.

The Art of War

Siddhartha Deb

April 06, 2017

So many American writers and artists are critical of Trump but not of the American state, or even of America itself.

The Capsizing of Damien Hirst

Will Harrison

April 03, 2017

Once reportedly the richest artist in the world, Hirst’s market value and reputation have sunk.

Useful Idiots of the Art World

Megan Nolan

March 08, 2017

In a gallery in East London, in the summer of 2016, something strange was taking place. LD50 was about a year old by then, run by Lucia Diego, and had hosted shows by prominent artists at varying stages of their careers—Dinos and Jake Chapman, John Russell and Joey Holder, ...

A Tax on Shivering

Siddhartha Deb

January 09, 2017

If one of the functions of writing is to make the reader see, and see again, here is a brief list of what John Berger made visible. Paintings, photographs, advertisements, motorcycles, swimming pools, the aging body, migrating workers, and mass demonstrations; the intricate ...

The Specter of Snapchat

Zachary Fine

September 04, 2014

There is a peaceful mutiny swelling in the world of images today, roiling on smartphones, in the pockets of passersby. For now, it travels inconspicuously under the sign of a faceless ghost—that logo for the international communications phenomenon called Snapchat. A leader in ...