June 11, 2020 by
The times are not unprecedented, thoughts on Lorna Simpson, the archive, double consciousness

At this traumatic time art can feel frivolous, but these two exhibitions spark a necessary conversation about Black fragmentation and subverting the archive.

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April 2, 2020 by
Legoland Brutalism and the building blocks of urban development

Dereck Stafford Mangus shares his thoughts on current trends in urban development and the connection with Brutalism and Legos.

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March 6, 2017 by
Yayoi Kusama’s mind-bending mirrors at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

The Hirshhorn exhibition, curated by Mika Yoshitake, is serious and respectful of the artist, even if it overemphasizes the more spectacular work, and it accommodates an intimidating number of visitors with well thought-out and executed logistics. It offers those unfamiliar with Kusama an introduction to her world, and will undoubtedly leave everyone wanting more.

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October 18, 2013 by
Jake Grossberg, artist and teacher, on art and life in New York in the 60s-80s
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One panel comic from the Artblog comic series "Grand Ballroom of Doom" in which seven men are sitting at a long conference table, discussing their plan to lobby congress into refusing to protect labor workers, in favor of instead using that profit to have cocaine and orgies on a 'big fuckin' boat.'
 
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