Klimt’s “Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I” is certainly beautiful. It features a doe-eyed woman surrounded by and enclosed in gold, her hands clasped together awkwardly…
Junkspace: What The Mall Might Teach Us (Blog)
Rem Koolhaas’ luminescent essay Junkspace decries the mall as the slagheap of America. Gleaming and gaudy, the ill-conceived child of consumerism and commercial architecture, malls across…
A Casual Review of In the Studio: Paintings at the Chelsea Gagosian Gallery (Blog)
Let me start with what first drew me to this exhibition in particular. In part it was the artists being exhibited (Richard Diebenkorn and Robert…
The Morgan Library and Museum: A Review (Blog)
Perhaps it’s because I made a personal blood oath many years ago to distance myself from everything having to do with finance, but I only…
DOA: Defense of Autotune (Blog)
In my younger and more vulnerable years (namely NSOP), I offended a recently acquired acquaintance by stating that one of my favorite Kanye West albums…
“Transparent” is Anything But (Blog)
Josh Pfefferman and his younger sister Ali, both in their mid-twenties, sit on the floor of the living room in their childhood home. He holds…
Hasty Thoughts on Ryan Boudinot’s MFA Piece (Blog)
If you’re in the mood to bear witness to some pointless Internet rage, look no further than the recent controversy surrounding Ryan Boudinot’s piece on…