12/21/2014
Category: Visual Studies
Dispatches from exhibitions around the world.
10/22/2014
Looking Good
by James Polchin
§12/20/2013
Burn the Paintings
Is iconoclasm anything more than the senseless destruction of art?
by James Polchin
§11/25/2013
In the Buff
The naked woman in art isn’t unusual, but we have trouble viewing the male body as a sexual, or artistic, object.
by James Polchin
§11/03/2013
Culture Shock
It’s tough to define art, especially because every culture has a different definition. Maybe you just know it when you see it.
by James Polchin
§10/08/2013
A Way of Looking
Julia Margaret Cameron challenged the arbitrary aesthetic boundaries for photography in the 19th century. In doing so, she’s made us ask: What is the true definition of “focus?”
by James Polchin
§09/18/2013
The Detroit Effect
Life through a camera lens
by James Polchin
§08/28/2013
Defining the Masses
Modern society through a camera lens
by James Polchin
§07/17/2013
Social Scenes
L.S. Lowry’s work may depict the smoggy Industrial Era, but it makes us nostalgic for a disappearing class.
by James Polchin
§06/24/2013