On a recent visit to the Morgan Library and Museum to see the Delirium: The Art of the Symbolist Book exhibition I started thinking about the relationship between museums
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Open Sessions Studio Visit: Mustafa Faruki
Mustafa Faruki. Rubber-Daaree Motorized Beardmaking Spindle from 'terminal 4 jetway' series.
On April 4th, The Drawing Center’s Open Sessions artists met at OS resident Mustafa Faruki‘s studio to discuss his recent projects. Mustafa Faruki is an architect and founding partner
‘Marisa Merz: The Sky Is a Great Space’ at The Met Breuer
Marisa Merz (Italian, born 1926) Untitled, 2010. Mixed media on paper mounted on wood with iron and copper frame, beams, and wax, 100 3/8 × 110 1/4 in. (255 × 280 cm) V-A-C Foundation, Moscow
The Met Breuer’s current exhibition Marisa Merz: The Sky Is a Great Space—on view in the museum’s second floor gallery—presents the Italian artist Marisa Merz’s ascendant art practice from over
Raymond Pettibon: A Pen of All Work at the New Museum
“Raymond Pettibon: A Pen of All Work,” 2017. New Museum, New York. Photo: Maris Hutchinson / EPW Studio
Gathering together Raymond Pettibon’s wide range of interests in politics, culture, religion, sports, and literature, A Pen of All Work at the New Museum demonstrates how the simplicity of the
‘Francis Picabia: Our Heads Are Round so Our Thoughts Can Change Direction’ at The Museum of Modern Art, New York
After visiting Francis Picabia: Our Heads Are Round So Our Thoughts Can Change Direction, on view at The Museum of Modern Art through March 19, it should come as no
‘Delirium: The Art of the Symbolist Book’ at The Morgan Library & Museum
The ever present challenge of mediating an abstract concept hangs over Delirium: The Art of the Symbolist Book at The Morgan Library & Museum. The small exhibition makes particular note
‘A Curious Hand: The Prints of Henri-Charles Guérard’ at the New York Public Library
Les graveurs du XIXe siècle, a guide to printmakers published in 1885, describes Henri-Charles Guérard as an artist characterized variously as a “modernist, Impressionist, ‘Manetist,’ one who depicts landscapes and
‘Epic Tales from India’ at the Princeton University Art Museum
From the colorfully rendered drawings of everyday life to the portrayals of mythological creatures and gods like Krishna and Vishnu, the artistic elegance of Indian art showcase the varied and
‘Marilyn Minter: Pretty/Dirty’ at the Brooklyn Museum
Marilyn Minter is known for creating work that is sensual, fashionable, and visceral. But, Marilyn Minter: Pretty/Dirty, an exhibition currently on view at the Brooklyn Museum, renders all these
OS 9 Public Program: ‘Cartography of Ghosts’
Last Thursday, the artists of Open Sessions 9: Cartography of Ghosts organized a program with three presenters to reconsider the role of architecture in demarcating social conditions and power dynamics,