Kaelen Wilson-Goldie's new book, "Beautiful, Gruesome, and True" considers how art may operate as a proxy for political discourse in places where free speech has been suppressed.
Ever since the work of the now legendary Chicago-based outsider artist and writer Henry Darger came to light in 1977, four years after his death at age 81, there has been wild art world speculation…
At nearly 500 pages, TheGlobal Contemporary and the Rise of New Art Worlds is heftier than the average laptop computer—and more difficult to "operate."
The current century is only slightly more than a decade old, yet there are already signs that the cultural community has come up with substantially new ways of assessing art and the aesthetic experi…
At the center of William Marotti's Money, Trains, and Guillotines: Art and Revolution in 1960s Japan is the artist, award-winning novelist and brilliant critical wit Akasegawa Genpei, who in 1967…
Imagine an "expert listener" ensconced in an ideal listening environment: a medium-size room with a carpeted floor and an array of sound-absorbing acoustical foam.