“We mine, carve, and covet them — and now edify them with pedestals and wall captions.” In my first piece … More
Category: Art
The Clockwork Job Thief
Ornamental yet functional, mobile yet fragile—do these aesthetic humanoids belong more to the realm of novelty or art?
A Brief History of Sketchbooks
If you trace the history of sketchbooks, you’ll find that although paper wasn’t always bound up into leather Moleskines, sketchbook contents haven’t … More
What a Wes Anderson-Curated Exhibit Means for the Art World
If we have to accept it, Wes Anderson seems like our best option for a director-turned-curator. The man certainly has … More
Doll House: Jeweled 19th Century Record-Setter Gets a New Home
“‘Unfortunately a lot of museums look down on dolls as being a collectible, not a work of art,’ Mr. Holbrook … More
War & Alchemy: The Story of Prussian Blue
I’m happy to announce that I have a new column in Londnr magazine, the “Colour Column.” My first article of … More
Marina’s Macaron
See my article about Marina Abramovic’s customized macaron flavor published in The Paris Review Daily! Photo via Instagram: @Kreemart
Dentist Office Art
Foam greens and ice blues. Fluoride colored, as if ions were individual units of aquafresh. Nothing red or geometric, sanguine … More
Swapping Ballet for Brushes: In Conversation with Painter Carlos Cortes
It was not an attractive face. From the corner of a booth at New York City’s Affordable Art Fair, I … More
Golden Country
Today I’m going to buy sunflower oil. I’m imagining a small glass vial filled with viscous, tinted liquid. The color … More
