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1 day ago · As the old adage goes, the revolution eats itself. So, on balance, why not leave psychedelic art in its naive and slightly unsophisticated aesthetic cocoon? Its goofiness and ephemerality are what made it priceless. This article was originally published in The Spectator’s June 2024 World edition.
"Citizen Spectator is a wonderful book--clever, learned, insightful, and surprising. Bellion writes brilliantly about art, illusion, optics, and perception, leading readers through the rich visual worlds of early national Philadelphia and into the tumultuous politics of the new American nation."--Ann Fabian, Rutgers, The State University of New ...
Oct 28, 2022 · Oct 28, 2022. Château Mouton-Rothschild is revered for its powerful expressions of Pauillac’s terroir, its art labels, its compelling history and its people. All were on fine display during a vertical tasting at the 2022 New York Wine Experience, where co-owner Philippe Sereys de Rothschild and estate manager Jean-Emmanuel Danjoy shared four ...
May 1, 2016 · Particular emphasis is placed on the emergence of the idea around 1800 that spectatorship is an art by itself, which a century later led to the discourse on ‘active’ vs. ‘passive’ spectators. With the help of examples from contemporary theatre, this essay traces the different ways in which the aesthetics of a performance can transfer ...
In this richly illustrated study, the first book-length explorationof illusionistic art in the early United States, Wendy Bellioninvestigates Americans' ex...
1 day ago · Around lunchtime on a late September day in 1944, a young woman stepped into one of the most fashionable cafés on the Champs-Élysées. Her eyes still scanned the room for threats, even though her war had been over for many months.
Oct 18, 2021 · The art world is cashing in on anti-capitalism. Anti-capitalist artists like Barbara Kruger and Santiago Sierra are very skilled at making money from the capitalist machine. October 18, 2021 | 10:00 pm. ‘I shop therefore I am’, 1987, by Barbara Kruger, has been printed on a bag that is selling online for $2,000 (DPA Picture Alliance/Alamy ...
