Richard Serra, the artist who reinvented the world’s conception of large-scale sculpture, died from pneumonia at his home in Long Island, New York, on Tuesday. Much has been written about the ways in which Serra, who was 85, transformed the landscape of the art world (and, in many cases, physical landscapes, from Spain to California … Read more
And then there are the still lives—oh, those still lives! With their witty, jarring, and wholly original arrangements of the organic and the inanimate, they are as masterly and timeless as anything from 17th-century Holland. (They were also fertile ground for a ton of great stories, some of which are documented by legendary Vogue editor … Read more
As London slowly emerges from winter, a bevy of stars—from Hollywood stalwarts to theater veterans and emerging talents—are lining up to storm the West End stage. They’re set to reimagine Shakespearean classics; delight audiences with showstopping musical numbers, both new and familiar; make us weep with their takes on Arthur Miller and Eugene O’Neill; and … Read more
When author and illustrator Beatrix Potter would trudge through England’s Lake District in her favorite wood-sole clogs and heavy tweed skirt (a piece of sacking added to fend off the rain), she often carried a walking stick with a magnifying glass in the handle—the better to inspect specimens of yellow cowslip or twisting meadowsweet. “I … Read more
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That said, Les Walk-Ins, as he mentioned, will be a little different from the past. For one thing, those walking into Mariposa to be drawn will have been cast already and have made an appointment to come by. And for another: Carr is open to working outside the gallery environment before bringing the art back … Read more
By Chuck Chiang The Canadian Press Posted February 9, 2024 5:53 pm Updated February 9, 2024 9:03 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Organizers of the Vancouver Chinatown Lunar New Year parade have changed course and rescinded their rejection of two progressive and LGBTQ+ groups that they previously barred … Read more
When Loie Hollowell and I first start discussing her mesmerizing work, which combines the gestures of great feminist artists with the luminous, inherent sexuality of Neo-Tantric painters, I can almost feel her blushing through the telephone. “I call my abstract paintings ‘Linked Lingams,’” says the California-raised, New York-based artist, 40. She describes her visual vocabulary … Read more
William Brickel’s elongated, sometimes contorted, often intense figures possess an ambiguous beauty that is a bluntly modern nod to 16th-century mannerist styling, offering a whiff of Paul Cadmus, Lucian Freud, or even Egon Schiele. Mostly, though, they hold your eye with their strong and distinctive presence; they crackle with feeling, pulling you in with their … Read more
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A new work on the New York stage by the sublimely gifted composer, performer, and high priestess of modern-day ritual Heather Christian is always a cause for celebration. But in the midst of this winter of our discontent, her latest piece, the ravishing Terce: A Practical Breviary, now playing at the Space at Irondale in … Read more
If you’ve ever been on the Sleep No More side of the internet, you know this character isn’t the one who brings you up to the hidden sixth floor experience. But what she did do was shepherd me through a story— just her and me, alone for nearly an hour. She was in control of … Read more
