After I saw this shelf of vintage paperbacks, I imagined my own fantasy bookshelf full of volumes that reflected the reality of our own times.
Flowers for Jack T.
One of the things I remember from my 1986 trip to Soviet Armenia was Martiros Saryan’s large painting dedicated to the Armenian soldiers who died in World War II. It struck me as a beautiful way to remember them as cut flowers in jar-like vases. Humble and ephemeral, the colored plants suggest the special spark and fragility of life.
Pulitzer Prizes Announced, But Not Everyone Has Always Wanted One
Today, the 2010 Pulitzer Prizes were announced and you can find a complete list of winners on the Pulitzer website. While authors, cartoonists, and photographers must apply for the prize nowadays, that wasn’t always the case. In 1940, Armenian-American writer William Saroyan turned down the prize for his play The Time of Your Life (1939) […]
The Renaissance Street, According to Sigfried Giedion
In grad school, I remember how important Sigfried Giedion’s book Space, Time & Architecture was to a small group of us in the Art History program who found in it a treasure trove of information, even though it was hard to read cover to cover. I recently picked it up again and was quickly reminded […]
Watch the Online Video of the #smARTcamp Art Blog Panel
I’m moderating and left to right is, #artstech honcho Julia Kaganskiy, me, Andrew Goldstein of Artinfo, Tyler Green of Modern Art Notes, and Carolina Miranda, WNYC art critic, freelancer and THE C-Monster. Watch us, we’re being smart at smARTcamp.