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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A four-panel, black-and-white comic with the title, 3:00, meaning three o’clock, shows two women sitting on a bench in a park, with one reading a book and the other on her phone, and they are discussing what Twitter says about reading, which is that there’s no new book ideas and that fiction is for “midwits.”
 
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