–Christopher Turner in conversation with Simon Schaffer on the absolutist promise of perpetual motion –Suzanne Karr Schmidt on volvelles, the paper wheels used in early modern computation –D. Graham Burnett on hubcap “spinners” and the automotive unleashing of blur –Jeff Dolven in conversation with John V. Fleming on wheels of […]
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Edited by Avis Berman, Contribution by Elizabeth Thompson Colleary, Heather Campbell Coyle, Judith F. Dolkart and Alicia G. Longwell A monumental new monograph accompanying the first major retrospective in fifty years of the work of William Glackens, an important American realist painter. This richly illustrated volume provides a comprehensive introduction […]
January in Artforum: The groundbreaking performances of Sarah Michelson: “Michelson’s works are indicative of a dancer for a new century—not an American century, but a century that belongs less to any state than to an economic order.” –David Velasco Catherine Opie brings her camera to Elizabeth Taylor‘s house: “Has Opie […]
The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage is pleased to announce the release of a new pocket-size book on curating, featuring interviews with 41 curators about their influences, aspirations, and professional challenges. Illustrated with drawings by Pew Fellow Sarah McEneaney, the book offers a candid assessment of the field at […]
In the January/February issue of frieze: 8 Painters on Painting: ‘I would like my work to slow the viewer down and delay the moment of understanding.’ (Ellen Altfest). Jennifer Higgie leads a survey of contemporary figurative painting, asking eight artists what defines their practice and why they continue to paint […]
Art’s presence in the field of new media has never been more pronounced. Access to media images and Internet-based research are among the most significant factors affecting contemporary art production. The art market has changed as well, gaining influence in the field of contemporary art; even art institutions are taking […]
Whither Architecture?—This is one of the central questions underlying the new issue of Texte zur Kunst. We situate architecture in the forcefields of art and aesthetics; the economy of the market and configurations of power; between social processes of displacement and collective political projects; between the materially articulated volumes of […]
Taking the work of Sanja Iveković as a point of departure to discuss urgent matters in feminism today, Sanja Iveković: Unknown Heroine – A Reader gathers commissioned essays by key feminist voices who contributed to a conference titled ’23%’*, which was held on the occasion of the exhibition Sanja Iveković: […]
Download the December issue of Artforum, available now on the iTunes newsstand. And get the iPhone application for artguide—the art world’s most comprehensive directory of exhibitions, events, and art fairs in more than 500 cities—here. This month in Artforum: · BEST OF 2013: Each December, Artforum invites prominent critics, artists, […]