"I want to refuse modes of interpretation that are ultimately aimed at putting the art object to work."
Rizvana Bradley (@rizvanabradley) in conversation with Jennifer Krasinski (@prettymetals) for @thenovembermag
https://t.co/JVT6E8JM3M
“Speeding through a long history at a high velocity, the book makes vivid how the ‘Village Voice’ held power accountable for its inevitable corruptions and how effective it was at changing New York politics.”—@prettymetals on “The Freaks Came Out to Write” https://t.co/n3pfPWs9vm
"We know that we don’t know, and by seizing elision rather than suffering from it, we access a space in which to conceive as-yet-untold possibilities for the future."
Jennifer Krasinski (@prettymetals) reviews Anne Carson's WRONG NORMA @bookforum
https://t.co/5FXNKQ9CTY
“Carson perfectly captures the chop of thought in sentences that peak, foam, and break, each in their own time.”
Read @prettymetals on Anne Carson’s WRONG NORMA (@NewDirections) in the new issue of Bookforum: https://t.co/cdX3i6KLZW
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“The exhibition presents a continuously flourishing lineage—perhaps even call it a birthright—of artistic self-possession and resistance.”—@prettymetals reviews “Indian Theater: Native Performance, Art, and Self-Determination since 1969,” from the archive https://t.co/kXRGdcZqCo
Nothing but admiration and respect for @jazzedloon and @jamiekeiles, whose decision to sign the @wawog_now letter was consistent with who they are as people *and* as magazine writers:
When I was proudest to be part of Columbia: the 1985 blockade that resulted in divestment from apartheid. Outrageous that Columbia has banned @ColumbiaSJP & @jvpliveNY . May the time between institutional intransigence & justice be brief.
@ColumbiaAlumniA#FreePalestine
The Artforum boycott appears to be widening as more than 300 sign a letter to also stop working with other Penske publications like ARTnews and Art in America.
"We want independent forums for art," the letter says.
https://t.co/vrPG4IvyFJ
Artforum should have re-published this memorial which is as newsworthy as the shoddy letter that caused the firing of David Velasco, a great editor, and the resignation of its best staff. Who wins? Russia, Iran