Weekend
May 2, 2020
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What This Artist Needs to Make Work During a Pandemic
Tony Tasset’s use of inexpensive graph paper suggests that drawing is a way to remain open to ideas, whims, passing thoughts, even dreams.
John Yau
Mickalene Thomas Makes the White Cube a Domestic Oasis
Thomas’s Femmes Noires reframes the gallery space, allowing viewers to alter their behavior from what’s expected in an art institution.
Megan N. Liberty
The Writer as Citizen of the World
Charles North is one of the rare citizens of the world in that he remains open to it.
John Yau
When Philosophy and Art Intersect
Maria Bussmann’s elusive drawings acknowledge the impossibility of fixing philosophical terms in imagery, like bugs in amber.
David Carrier
Artists Quarantine With Their Art Collections
“Ordinarily, I feel a sense of solidarity in isolation with other artists. I feel it even more during our enforced isolation.”
Stephen Maine
Required Reading
This week, why we love writers’ homes, reviewing Jerry Saltz’s new book, why are there no photos of people dying of COVID-19, a missing piece of the Venus de Milo, and more.
Hrag Vartanian
From the store...
"The Dinner Party" Coasters
This set of four corkboard coasters is based on Judy Chicago's The Dinner Party, a massive ceremonial banquet arranged on a triangular table with a total of thirty-nine place settings, each commemorating an important woman from history.
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