Dentist Office Art
Foam greens and ice blues. Fluoride colored, as if ions were individual units of aquafresh. Nothing red or geometric, sanguine or sharp,...
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 saw lopsided eyes, a spindly neck,...
A Lesson in Physics and Heaven, Courtesy of Art
In a museum, the least striking exhibits are inevitably the ones I see last—usually whatever occupies the lowest floors since I typically...
Golden Country
Today, I’m going to buy sunflower oil. I’m imagining a small glass vial filled with viscous, tinted liquid. The color of Versaille’s...
Eat the Art, They Said
On Felix Gonzalez-Torres' Met Bruer Installation: "Untitled" (Portrait of Ross in L.A.) I'm holding a piece of someone's body in my hand....