The Elephant in the Gallery: Why Now, MoMA? Let’s start with the uncomfortable math. Jean-Michel Basquiat died in 1988. MoMA opened its first comprehensive solo…
Field notes from a recovering optimizer — one dated moment, one named root, one analog alternative.
The Elephant in the Gallery: Why Now, MoMA? Let’s start with the uncomfortable math. Jean-Michel Basquiat died in 1988. MoMA opened its first comprehensive solo…
The Numbers Don’t Tell the Story, But They’re Worth Mentioning Let’s establish the baseline: 133.5 million people watched Kendrick Lamar perform at Super Bowl LIX…
The Spectacle Nobody Wanted to Call What It Actually Was Let’s be direct: 133.5 million people watched Kendrick Lamar perform at Super Bowl LIX on…
The Court Decision That Shook the Art World Let’s be direct: the U.S. Court of Appeals just handed down a ruling that should matter infinitely…
The Hammer and the Gallery Wall In 1953, while Abstract Expressionists were getting drunk on their own mythology in Manhattan galleries, a group of Japanese…