Art World What I’m Looking at: Delcy Morelos Reinvents Earth Art, ‘Wild Style’ at 40, and Other Stuff at the Edge of Art Highlights from New York galleries from the past few weeks. By Ben Davis, Nov 21, 2023
Opinion The World’s Most Popular Painter Sent His Followers After Me Because He Didn’t Like a Review of His Work. Here’s What I Learned The reaction from Devon Rodriguez's followers shows why developing a critical analysis of "parasocial aesthetics" is important. By Ben Davis, Oct 19, 2023
Art Criticism TikTok Star Devon Rodriguez Is Now the Most Famous Artist in the World. But What About His Work? "Underground," Rodriguez's show at UTA Artist Space, is a chance to observe the rise of Influencer Art. By Ben Davis, Oct 6, 2023
Reviews What I’m Looking at: Michael Rakowitz Makes a Meta-Monument, the Debate Over ‘Art Without Men,’ and Other Things at the Edge of Art Highlights from New York galleries and the art magazines from the last few weeks. By Ben Davis, Sep 22, 2023
Reviews The 1930s Have Been Viewed as a Time of Simple-Minded Art. ‘Art for the Millions’ Shows Just How Dazzlingly Complex It Was The Metropolitan Museum of Art's exhibition shows that meaning of this time period for art was in debate, even as it happened. By Ben Davis, Sep 19, 2023
Opinion The ‘Quasi-Theological’ Turn in Art Criticism Is a Mirage Leading Us the Wrong Way "Negative Reviews? Part 2," from a 2-part essay on contemporary art writing. By Ben Davis, Aug 30, 2023
Opinion Is Art Criticism Today Too Affirmative? That’s the Wrong Question to Be Asking "Negative Reviews? Part 1," from a 2-part essay on contemporary art writing. By Ben Davis, Aug 28, 2023
Reviews What I’m Looking at: Odd Apparitions at White Columns, Google’s Art Market Hallucination, and Other Things at the Edge of Art Highlights from New York galleries from the last few weeks. By Ben Davis, Aug 10, 2023
Pop Culture Creepily, the Woody Allen Romp ‘Vicky Cristina Barcelona’ Channels the Book That Outed Picasso’s Treatment of Women Penelope Cruz's character is a lot like Dora Maar. By Ben Davis, Aug 4, 2023
Science & Tech Influencers Are Realizing That A.I. Might Not Be a Magic Money-Making Machine For Artists After All The curious odyssey of Patryk Marketer. By Ben Davis, Jul 14, 2023
Reviews What I’m Looking at: Chryssa’s Electric Tribute to Times Square, the MyPillow Guy’s Office Paintings, and Other Things at the Edge of Art Highlights from New York galleries from the last few weeks. By Ben Davis, Jul 13, 2023
Art Criticism How the Many Dilemmas of Hannah Gadsby’s Anti-Picasso Show Feed Our Contemporary Cultural Doom Loop "It's Hannah-matic, Part 2," from a 2-part series on "It's Pablo-matic" at the Brooklyn Museum. By Ben Davis, Jun 22, 2023
Art Criticism The Brooklyn Museum’s Much-Criticized ‘It’s Pablo-matic’ Show Is Actually Weirdly at War With Itself Over Hannah Gadsby’s Art History "It's Hannah-matic," Part 1 of a 2-part series on "It's Pablo-matic" at the Brooklyn Museum. By Ben Davis, Jun 20, 2023
Reviews Art Duo Komar and Melamid Were Laughed Out of the Soviet Union. Are They Having the Last Laugh on Us? What is the lesson of these proto-postmodern artists for us today? By Ben Davis, Jun 7, 2023
Opinion Why Andy Warhol’s ‘Prince’ Is Actually Bad, and the Warhol Foundation v. Goldsmith Decision Is Actually Good We need to reboot the arguments we make about appropriation art. By Ben Davis, Jun 1, 2023
