“Key West’s brand of camp reflects Wolkowsky’s understanding — never on the nose, always sideways, a place where anonymity feels like an innate right.”
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Posted inArts & Culture, Books, History, Story
The Camouflage Artist: Two World Wars, Two Loves, and One Great Deception
In the first war, Joseph Gray used his art to reveal his fellow soldiers. In the next war, he used it to hide them.
Posted inArts & Culture, Business, Culture, Story
Tax-Free Storage Wars
Arcis is a new art storage facility in Harlem that offers its clients a Foreign Trade Zone. But are they selling the art world a luxury tax haven, or just banking on confusion?
Posted inBooks, Nonfiction, Story
‘Open Casket’ and the Question of Empathy
Did Dana Schutz’s painting engage with her subject, Emmett Till, ethically and responsibly?
Posted inBlog Post, Commentary, Unapologetic Women
The Manipulative Power of ‘You Understand’
A reminder, courtesy of Pussy Riot’s Nadya Tolokonnikova.
Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Quotes
Turning Love and Grief into Outsider Art
How one London man transformed his house into a work of art, and a physical love story to the people he’s lost.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books, Nonfiction, Story
Kara Walker’s Subtlety
In the summer of 2014, Kara Walker’s sphinx posed a riddle about women, sweetness, and power.
Posted inArts & Culture, Profiles & Interviews, Story, Uncategorized
What Happens Between What Seems Like All the Facts: On Interviewing Artists
Curator Michael Auping on the forty years he spent interviewing artists in their studios.
Posted inBusiness & Tech, Uncategorized
Art in the Age of Blockchain
Why a rare Pepe meme is now easier to authenticate than a Leonardo.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story
Dance Me to the End of Love
Abigail Rasminsky dreamed of becoming a professional dancer. Then she got hurt.