Every year at this time I write a blog post about the best art I saw throughout the year. This has not been a normal year, so this won’t be a normal list. I used to travel a lot, I’d see exhibitions all over the country and all over the world; New York, Miami, LosContinueContinue reading “The Best Art I Saw in 2020 (sort of), part 1”
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Is ArtPrize Over?
(Image: Ran Ortner views Anila Quayyum Agha’s Intersections) ArtPrize 2020, like so many big events, fell victim to the wave of Covid-19 cancellations. ArtPrize might be known more for big crowds than for art, and gathering crowds in this pandemic is dangerous, so the cancellation wasn’t surprising. The way ArtPrize 2020 was canceled, however, putsContinueContinue reading “Is ArtPrize Over?”
Stone-Baked Sourdough Pita Bread
I recently got a book called Do: Wild Baking by Tom Herbert. It has lots of ideas and recipes for cooking outside in rustic conditions. One of the things he recommends is heating a flat stone on the coals of a campfire and cooking food directly on it. I decided to give it a try.ContinueContinue reading “Stone-Baked Sourdough Pita Bread”
Quarantine Baking and my Master Sourdough Recipe
Near the beginning of coronavirus quarantine, I was invited to write a piece for Rapid Growth about baking bread while stuck at home. The essay includes my master sourdough bread recipe. It was first published on March 31, 2020. The Coronavirus pandemic is here and suddenly we’re all spending a lot of time at home.ContinueContinue reading “Quarantine Baking and my Master Sourdough Recipe”
Top Ten Exhibitions and Artworks I Saw in 2019
Every year since 2015 I’ve written a round-up of the best exhibitions and artworks I saw that year.
The Top Ten Exhibitions and Artworks I Saw in 2018
It’s become my own little tradition to round up my favorite exhibitions and artworks of the year. I know, I know… listicles. But the format is convenient, and it’s a way for me to reflect on what I saw and what stuck with me. This list is not meant to summarize the best exhibitions ofContinueContinue reading “The Top Ten Exhibitions and Artworks I Saw in 2018”
Procedurally-Generated Adventurers
My favorite pen and paper roleplaying game is Dungeon Crawl Classics. It’s similar to Dungeons & Dragons, but combines the mechanics and ease of play of recent versions of D&D with the artwork style, reliance on random tables, and story flavor of old school D&D from the 70’s. Compared to contemporary vanilla D&D, it’s funnier,ContinueContinue reading “Procedurally-Generated Adventurers”
The Top Ten Exhibitions and Artworks I Saw in 2017
Each year I do a list post about the best art I saw over the past twelve months. I don’t claim that these are the best exhibitions of 2017, because I don’t see nearly enough to make that claim. But I still think it’s worth keeping a log of the exhibitions and artworks that movedContinueContinue reading “The Top Ten Exhibitions and Artworks I Saw in 2017”
Art is a Waiting Room – thoughts on documenta 14
Last month I attended the professional preview of documenta 14 in Kassel, Germany. The venerated, uber-important exhibition happens only once every five years in an otherwise unremarkable town. This year the artistic director Adam Szymczyk decided to split the exhibition between Kassel and Athens. There have been a lot of reviews published already, and IContinueContinue reading “Art is a Waiting Room – thoughts on documenta 14”
Some Thoughts on ArtPrize in a New Political Reality
(image: Dewitt Godfrey) This is a blog post about ArtPrize, money, and politics. In the past I haven’t addressed these things with this level of clarity, but now is not a time for silence. We put out a statement on the ArtPrize blog about recent political developments (read it here), but I thought I’d addContinueContinue reading “Some Thoughts on ArtPrize in a New Political Reality”
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