It’s time for a cherished annual tradition, recounting the best art I saw this year. These are listed in the order I saw them, they’re not ranked. I’m not attempting to make a definitive list of the best art of the year overall, I never see enough for that. These lists always end up reflectingContinueContinue reading “The Best Art I Saw in 2025”
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The Best Art I Saw in 2024
Every December I write a blog post about the best art I saw that year. My previous job used to take me to contemporary art hotspots like the Venice Biennale, New York, and Art Basel Miami Beach. I don’t often make it to those places in my current line of work, but I still getContinueContinue reading “The Best Art I Saw in 2024”
What Gets Broken, What Gets Saved, Part 2: Syria on Screen
This is part two in a series of blog posts about the anxious political moment on the eve of the second Trump presidency, and how it’s reminding me of Documenta 13 (in 2012) with its themes of destruction, survival, and renewal. Documenta is an exhibition that happens every five years in Kassel, Germany. Part 1ContinueContinue reading “What Gets Broken, What Gets Saved, Part 2: Syria on Screen”
What Gets Broken, What Gets Saved
This is the start of a series of blog posts. What follows is an introduction and Part 1. I believe that artworks can only really connect with people at particular times in their lives. Ideally, a work of art has a profound impact the moment you see it for the first time, but this isContinueContinue reading “What Gets Broken, What Gets Saved”
The Best Art I Saw in 2022
For years I always wrote a post in late December about the best art I had seen that year. When I worked for ArtPrize I got to travel to art fairs, biennials, and various cities where I visited museums and galleries. When Covid hit in 2020 ArtPrize was canceled and I left that job. IContinueContinue reading “The Best Art I Saw in 2022”
The Best Art I Saw in 2020 (sort of), part 2
It’s been an unusual year, and this is an unusual version of my annual blog post about the best artworks I saw. Most are not really artworks at all, and I spent some time explaining my thinking around that in Part 1. Here’s Part 2: 6. Factorio My base in Factorio A few months agoContinueContinue reading “The Best Art I Saw in 2020 (sort of), part 2”
The Best Art I Saw in 2020 (sort of), part 1
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”
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”
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”
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