Colliding indoors: Ai Weiwei’s “Hansel & Gretel” at NYC’s Park Avenue Armory Mac Taylor August 28, 2017 0 Comments The following was written after the author’s visit to Ai Weiwei’s new exhibit “Hansel and Gretel” at New York City’s Park Avenue Armory, which ran from June to August 6.... Read More »
More than just flowers: Georgia O’Keeffe at the Art Gallery of Ontario Olivia Popp July 30, 2017 0 Comments The Georgia O’Keeffe exhibit at the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) seeks to explore more than her legacy as an artist. Although distinctly known best for her many paintings of flowers, Georgia... Read More »
Cold jazz: Stuart Davis is ‘In Full Swing’ at the de Young Carlos Valladares April 26, 2017 0 Comments The Stuart Davis exhibition, “In Full Swing,” does anything but. It’s a retrospective (up until August 6 at the de Young) of a virtuoso painter, known for his jamming of chic European modernism... Read More »
At the de Young: Danny Lyon’s “Message to the Future” and “The Summer of Love” Carlos Valladares April 26, 2017 0 Comments Montage is at the heart of three compelling exhibitions at the de Young Museum. In Danny Lyon’s photo gallery “Message to the Future” (closing this Sunday, April 30), the source of the pathos is... Read More »
Alexander Nemerov: Stanford’s art history preacher Carlos Valladares April 7, 2017 0 Comments How does a bulldog, Yale chap, son of a poet, and an arts man, nephew of the late Diane Arbus from Vermont and St. Louis — Rachmaninoff and heavy metal lover — grow up to be our hero and a... Read More »
At the Cantor: ‘Warhol Unframed’ dismantles pop image of pop legend Eva Hong March 5, 2017 0 Comments “You know what that is?” a stranger at the gallery cautiously nudges, pointing at what appears to be functionless lines of reddish glitter. We both stand in confusion and in laughter, trying to... Read More »
Video: Anderson Collection visitors make their own “soundsuits” Angela Luo December 12, 2016 0 Comments Visitors of all ages channelled the work of Nick Cave and created their own "soundsuits" by decorating old clothing at the Anderson Collection's family pop-up on Saturday, Dec. 10. (ANGELA LUO/The... Read More »
‘Object Lessons’: A crash course in modern Chinese brush painting Eric Huang November 29, 2016 0 Comments The Cantor Arts Center is currently featuring a series of exhibitions entitled “Object Lessons: Art & Its Histories,” which is organized around foundational art history courses at Stanford.... Read More »
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