Category Archives: Art and Museums

Through a Lens Darkly Offers Insight, but Little Art

Posted on August 21, 2014 by

Thomas Allen Harris’ Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People feels more like an element of an art exhibit more than a stand-alone film. It’s unsurprising to learn that it is adapted from a book … Continue reading →

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Art Investigated in Pair of DOC NYC Titles

Posted on November 15, 2013 by

It’s somewhat fitting that I saw Finding Vivian Maier and Levitated Mass together. While both deal with the world of art, it’s the fine print that makes them somewhat ideal twins. Both are finely told tales, one all about the … Continue reading →

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Snow White’s Sadistic Sister

Posted on July 16, 2013 by

If one is to view Paul McCarthy’s latest large-scale exhibit at the Paul Avenue Armory as a treatise on the mass corporatisation of Disney then, well, he must hold them pretty low esteem. With “WS”, the 67-year-old Californian artist has … Continue reading →

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Deep in Vogue with Punk’s Couture

Posted on May 31, 2013 by

Music icon Malcolm McLaren (he died in 2010) was an integral early element in multiple counter cultures and upcoming genres throughout his career. In the late 1980s he helped spearhead the mainstream knowledge of the New York drag ball scene … Continue reading →

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More to “The Maybe”

Posted on May 30, 2013 by

There’s more to “The Maybe” than simply Tilda Swinton sleeping in a box. It’s a curious experience to visit Tilda Swinton’s art installation “The Maybe” in its current incarnation at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). Previously exhibited in 1995 … Continue reading →

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