On the Passing of Robert Hughes

August 8, 2012

Remembering a critic who knew there was good art and bad art, and wanted us to know the difference.

Central America to Rome and Back Again

January 31, 2012
America. Europe. Freedom. Liberation. From Mexico to the streets of El Salvador, these words make mouths water. But the reality is often more complicated than it seems.

The Center of Our Loss

January 11, 2012
 What Hammond’s Fallen says about American soldier-centered mourning.

From the Grave, de Kooning Challenges the “Death of Painting”

September 13, 2011
Is painting dead? The Willem de Kooning retrospective opening at New York City’s Museum of Modern Art on September 18th re-opens the debate.