Update: the original video was pulled from YouTube by Fox. Here’s a bootleg version: —— Banksy does The Simpsons…
There and Not There: the World Trade Center Towers in Art
Below are three works of art that include, as part of their subjects, the World Trade Center towers. I. This…
the inside and the outside: marina abramović and her dresses
One thing I like about Marina Abramović’s performance – ‘The Artist is Present’- at the MoMA (till May 31st –…
the sacred and the profane: a look at the cover of a book by rachel b. glaser
There might be more than one way to understand the cover of Pee on Water, the collection of short fiction…
a grievance in search of a reason: notes about the failed artist
I’ve been watching the movie Amadeus (1984, directed by Milos Forman), in which the life of Mozart is told in…
the second naïveté: notes about the artist who retreats
Below is a painting by Syd Barrett (1946-2006), a founding member of the English band Pink Floyd who left the group…
sexism and the system: the art of ida applebroog
Though she has said she dislikes labels – that to identify oneself as a ‘feminist’ artist “ghettoizes” the artistic process…
marilyn manson and the veil of veronica
Marilyn Manson, the musician, painted ‘Trismegistus’ (Thrice-Great) in 2004. See how it both draws on, and departs from, religious iconography…
Black Family by the Sea: a Note on Interpretation and Race
Below is a photograph by William Eggleston that I saw on the cover of a book called ‘How to Read…
fervor vs. dispassion: variations on the depiction of saintliness
Below are two renditions of a scene from the life of St. Anthony of the Desert, who once was a…