Arts & Culture
Bzura
She has three last names none real. One for each marriage and one mangled from a trip through Ellis Island (as if that kerchiefed head could pass for English) the injured one lasting a century a name taken from the … Read More
In Memoriam: Welcome to Bob Dylan’s “Modern Times”
When Mikhal Gilmore of Rolling Stone asked Bob Dylan about the significance of the release of his album Love and Theft on September 11, 2001, Dylan offered a metaphor capturing the essence of his artistic vision: I mean, you’re talking … Read More
Banksy Backlash
Comment is Free, a Cruel Mistress: Recently, our hero’s made headlines by sneaking a dummy dressed in Guantánamo rags into Disneyland (once again fearlessly exposing Mickey Mouse’s disgusting war criminal past), and defacing several hundred copies of Paris Hilton’s new … Read More
Candles of 9/11
There was a short time, five years ago, when we all flew the flag. This was before the "War on Terror" became a pretext, and before we Americans were afraid (or ashamed) to reveal our nationality abroad. New Yorkers remember … Read More
Biography as Destiny: Eva Hesse at the Jewish Museum
Around and around: the ongoing debates over Eva Hesse Regularly exhibited during her lifetime in the museums and galleries of New York and abroad, Eva Hesse is still considered one of the major international artists of the late 20th century. … Read More
Artneuland: Israeli Art without Borders
Yael Katz Ben Shalom and Eyal Ben-Dov are members of Artneuland, an Israeli collective of leading artists, curators, theoreticians, and intellectuals. Primarily focused on photography and video, Artneuland adapts its name ["the new art land"] from a play on words … Read More
