The Color Black
Sam Gilliam works with form and hue, but we always see history in it.
Blake Gopnik is a former contributing critic to The Daily Beast and writes on art and design for a wide range of publications. He previously spent a decade as chief art critic of The Washington Post and before that was an arts editor and critic in Canada. He has a doctorate in art history from Oxford University, and has written on aesthetic topics ranging from Facebook to gastronomy.
Waiting in Vain
Greg Miller catches school children as they wait for their bus to come in.
Form Feed
In 1969, Frederick Hammersley was already playing with CPUs and printers.
Best in Show
Richard Serra repeats the right stuff, at last.
Tchotchkes
At the Met, jewels by JAR may be tacky junk, but they tell us about ourselves.
Two endurance movies go head-to-head