Bookforum Magazine
Dial F for Father
8 min read · Oct 16th · Reconsidering the phallic art of Louise Bourgeois and Yayoi Kusama – Sarah Boxer
The New York Times
Who Is the Bad Art Friend?
20+ min read · Oct 5th · Art often draws inspiration from life — but what happens when it’s your life? Inside the curious case of Dawn Dorland v. Sonya Larson.
The New Yorker
Jasper Johns Remains Contemporary Art’s Philosopher King
5 min read · Oct 5th · A major retrospective shows that the ninety-one-year-old artist’s greatness endures.
artforum.com
Kaelen Wilson-Goldie on the art of Ouattara Watts
~16 min read · Sep 16th · MYTHOLOGIES RARELY SERVE the artists who inspire them. Ouattara Watts has now entered his fifth decade of painting. His oeuvre consists of the large-to-monumental canvases he has been making…
The Atlantic
NFTs Are an Art Project Gone Awry
8 min read · Apr 2nd · When we invented non-fungible tokens, we were trying to protect artists. But tech-world opportunism has struck again.
TIME
Teen Artists Are Making Millions on NFTs. Why?
6 min read · Sep 7th · For young artists, the volatile world of NFTs has been a powerful springboard for nascent careers
The Baffler
Against Artsploitation
20+ min read · Sep 7th · Somehow, the anti-austerity politics of our work didn’t apply to those of us working at the museum. Behind the New Museum’s veneer of social justice was rampant exploitation.
Artnet
Damien Hirst's NFT Project Is a Lot Like Mine. But the Differences Speak Volumes About Our Divergent Visions for Crypto-Art
6 min read · Sep 15th · Artist Sarah Meyohas explains the different visions for crypto-art in Damien Hirst's 'The Currency' and her own 'Bitchcoin.'
hyperallergic
Basquiat's Painting on an Apartment Door Acquired by Dallas Museum of Art
2 min read · Jul 1st · Jean-Michel Basquiat painted the portrait in 1985, on the door of a Dallas apartment where he was staying.
ARTnews
Street Art in the Age of Basquiat: Fab 5 Freddy and Lee Quiñones on Post-Graffiti Pop Soup
~18 min read · May 8th · An interview with key figures from Jean-Michel Basquiat’s downtown New York circle in the 1980s.
The Guardian
‘He was aware of racist pigeonholes’: how Basquiat took inspiration from jazz, hip-hop and no wave
4 min read · Jun 11th · Time Decorated: The Musical Influences of Jean-Michel Basquiat explores the artist’s relationship to music in three short films
Artsy
Jean-Michel Basquiat on How to Be an Artist
From 2019 · In the interviews he gave, Jean-Michel Basquiat offered profound glimpses into his artistic development and drive. We share some of his most inspiring words.
newcriterion.com
Culture as counterculture by Adam Kirsch
~14 min read · Aug 26th · Adam Kirsch on changes in the cultural climate.
The New York Times
Can We Ever Look at Titian’s Paintings the Same Way Again?
7 min read · Aug 13th · Great is what this art is, yet it raises doubts about whether any art, however “great,” can be considered exempt from moral scrutiny.
