Category: visual

“This is a piece of art given to the community for public enjoyment, and people will find it galling that you can only view this work at an expensive champagne reception, when it belongs with the people of north London, not a private owner.”

“Tate Britain’s reorganisation of 500 British artworks in chronological order has been praised by newspapers, with the Independent hailing a “triumphant new hang”.”

“From cultural and civic monuments to modest housing developments, Charles Correa’s influence and style has spread far beyond the subcontinent.”

“However pure his motives, traditional his ultimate values or exemplary his professed commitment to old-school American painting, Eric Fischl is destined to be ever cast as American art’s oldest living bad boy.”

“Even in the most locked-down spaces, people will still take pictures and you’ll still find a million of these images online. So why not support it in an open way that’s constructive and embraces the public?”

“Across the tristate area, dripping, silt-streaked canvases from galleries had to be parceled out to dry in warehouses in New Jersey and Long Island City, and corralled to contain mold spawned by moisture.”

“The sweetness of the small architectural intervention is sadly being offset these days by the weight of large public works gone wrong. The corruption charges levelled against Montreal politicians have contaminated the reputation of the venerable metropolis.”

“The stakes go beyond the Modern to civic health. Midtown and MoMA could both use more variety, serendipity and soul. The former folk art museum building, having all those things, isn’t an obstacle to progress but an opportunity.”

“It’s the most iconic subject matter Burden has tackled, and it’s also the most labor-intensive painting he’s ever produced. He started in February 2012 and finished in late November of that year, spending an estimated 1,200 hours on the painting and its elaborate frame, which is ornamented with resin Batman heads.”

“I’m working to bring celestial objects like the sun and moon into the spaces that we inhabit. I apprehend light — I make events that shape or contain light.”