Tag Archive "peter-plagens"

Lynda Benglis and Philippe Parreno at the Irish Museum of Modern Art

Lynda Benglis produced a series of work, beginning in 1968, that upset contemporary notions of what was acceptable as high art: forms that appeared soft and oozing when art was supposed to be rigid and geometric; polychrome and even fluorescent when the prevailing color was gray; sparkle-y when such effects were associated with ballroom dancing and parade costumes.

The Art Critic: Peter Plagens’ new online novel

Peter Plagens, painter, novelist, art critic for Newsweek and convener of the Art in America blogger’s roundtable Libby and I participated in last year (now online at Find Aricles!) emailed us to say he’s got a new online novel, The Art Critic, being published as 24 weekly installments at artnet. The first installment is up and it’s a wry piece whose main character is Arthur, a longtime and relatively dyspeptic New York art critic for a weekly newsmagazine who’s a fan of abstract art and is mostly annoyed with everything and everyone he sees on his rounds in Chelsea. The ... More » »

Art in America hearts artblog!!

Cover of this month’s Art in America, which features us!!! Emails are pouring in. Here’s a sample from Frank Bramblett CONGRATULATIONS you superstars!!! the spirit of two of you are inevery word! thanks multos. frank Want to know why? We’re in Art in America — again!!! See page 61 of the November, 2007 issue for the blogger roundtable, The New Grass Roots, organized by Peter Plagens and featuring Regina Hackett, Tyler Green, Jeff Jahn, Ed Winkleman and none other than Roberta Fallon and Libby Rosof. We all go on and on for pages and pages about the business of blogging ... More » »