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Though it's not the only subject of this wonderful exhibition, co-curated by Ronni Baer of the Boston MFA and Sarah Schroth of the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, one of the show's plain lessons is that during Philip's reign, Spanish painters perfected the means of bringing recognizable human beings into their art. Spain may have been a center of Catholic piety, its eyes always fastened on heaven, but its paintings were full of vital, supple people made of real flesh and blood...
This is our third annual special issue on the environment but also a historic first: for this one issue, we've exchanged our trademarked Red Border for a green one. By doing so, we are sending a clear--and colorful--message to our readers about the importance of this subject, not just to Americans but to everyone else around the world as well...
...doesn’t have a cell phone or a computer, has purposely impaled his doorbell with a screwdriver so as not to be bothered, and uses a periscope perched on his window to verify the identities of those who knock. He is perhaps best known as either the subject or photographer of illicit acts. Almost one full year ago I visited one of his new installations, made with Dan Colen, at a gallery in my neighborhood. “Nest” was an adaptation of the “hamster nests” that the two artists...
...It’s not a critique of any real life situation politically. That’s the beauty of a fable.”The questions provoked by the novel however, are certainly real. It asks searching questions about the corruptive nature of power. Tackling such a weighty subject, Dovey hopes to transcend the label of “female author.” “You’re always in danger of being framed in an uncomfortable way as a young female author, where the implication is, ‘Oh, you only got published because...
...charge of navel-gazing? How does this affect the cultural or political work that your book might perform, if at all?KG: This happens to be the stuff that right now I can write best about and with the most insight and the most depth of any other subject in the world. This happens to be what I know. It’s possible that I’ll learn other things in the future—I hope—but this is the book that I could write right now. I think, if you’re honest...