Reviews
In the history books, Agnes Denes will rank as both a key practitioner of Conceptual Art and as a pioneer of Land Art, that is, of art at its most heady and dematerialized and of art at its most materially rooted. The entirety of the blithely polymathic...
For Europeans at the end of the 16th century, the enormity and diversity of the world was gradually sharpening into focus. Where once oceans fell off into “here be dragons” territory, whole continents had emerged with jagged edges creeping along maps,...
PARIS — Photographer Corinne Mercadier has always had a preference for solitary, shadowed landscapes — where, as in dollhouses or daydreams, scenarios might play them out in just a few mysterious moments, without any final resolution. Set...
If the 1920s and 30s represent the true arrival of photography as an artist medium, they also represent a crucial stage in women’s freedom. Which is what makes it refreshing to see such a wide range of female photographers included in the current Pompidou...
PARIS — Though not quite as well-known as his compatriot Martin Parr, Paul Graham, winner of the 2012 Hasselblad Prize, may possibly be one of the greatest visionaries in contemporary British photography. Over his prolific career as an artist, he has...
Let’s get this straight: Fluxus is not an artistic movement, or a school. It’s a state of mind and an art of living that “makes life more interesting than art,” to quote Robert Filliou’s famous description. “Fiat Flux: La Nébuleuse Fluxus, 1962-1978,” which...
PARIS — French artist Adel Abdessemed, who has a solo show at the Pompidou Center through January 7, is barely 40 but has already had a storied international career: He’s represented in New York by David Zwirner, showed his work at MoMA PS1 in 2007, has...
As always with Sophie Calle, the idea is as simple as can be — expressed in just a few lines. For “Dernière Image” (“Last Image”) (2010), which combined text and photography, she went to Istanbul to meet blind people who had suddenly lost their sight and...
While Chelsea may be chock full of galleries, the far west neighborhood can often seem absent of decent places to eat after a Thursday night gallery hop. That’s why we've put together a list of restaurants — just in time for the new season — that we find...
When it premiered in 1963, experimental filmmaker Jack Smith’s black-and-white sexual comedy “Flaming Creatures” ignited cultural fires. The banned film’s polymorphous pan-sexuality, scenes of flopping genitalia, and once-shocking references to fellatio-proof...
