In Romain Veillon’s most recent body of work, Secret Gardens, the enigmatic allure of abandoned greenhouses takes center stage. Traveling to derelict sites to immortalize forgotten corners of the world, the French photographer invites viewers into spaces where humans...
There must be a certain level of anxiety that comes with living in Naples, in the shadow of Vesuvius. It’s not just that it’s an active volcano that can blow its top at any minute, but also that it’s done so time and again throughout history, and that the most famous...
LOS ANGELES — The Hammer Museum’s biennial, Made in LA, provides a snapshot of the state of contemporary art throughout the greater region, attempting to give coherent form to its sprawling and heterogeneous artistic landscape. With this year’s edition, opening to the...
In a bustling Thursday night preview of the International Center of Photography’s (ICP) annual Photobook Fest, held at the institution’s Lower Manhattan location through Sunday, October 5, a few booths seemed to capture and quell the anxieties of the...
This very short story originally appeared on my personal Substack, Clinsights, here.Editor’s Note: In two days, this post will be locked and is available only to paid members because we don’t want this duplicate content on the open web in a way that might...
Imprinted: Illustrating Race — assembled by the Norman Rockwell Museum with co-curator Robyn Phillips-Pendleton (University of Delaware) — examines more than three centuries of American illustration and how widely circulated imagery has reflected and shaped...
Alexander Calder’s most widely recognized creation is perhaps the mobile. The lauded artist was a titan of Modernism whose desire to “draw” three-dimensional objects spirited the invention of what went on to become both an art historical achievement and a...