Photographer Larry Sultan Dies at 63

Photographer Larry Sultan Dies at 63

Photographer Larry Sultan has died at the age of 63. The New York Times reports that the cause was cancer. From his obituary: Larry Sultan, a highly influential California photographer whose 1977 collaboration, “Evidence” – a book made up solely of...
Liz Nielsen on Chicago Apartment Galleries

Liz Nielsen on Chicago Apartment Galleries

Editors’ Note: Liz Nielsen’s is the last post in our week-long series on Apartment Galleries in Chicago, all of which were originally written for Floor Length and Tux’s “Untitled Circus” event a few weeks ago. A number of essays on...
Rebus Issue # 4 and Matthew Bowman

Rebus Issue # 4 and Matthew Bowman

The New Issue of Rebus is out! For those of you who don’t know but ought to, Rebus is an online journal of art history and theory organized and published by doctoral students out of the University of Essex, UK. I’ve been a fan of Rebus since I was first...
2010 Whitney Biennial Artists Announced

2010 Whitney Biennial Artists Announced

The New York Times has just posted the full list of participants for the 2010 Whitney Biennial. As you may recall, next year’s biennial will be curated by former BaS guest Francesco Bonami and Gary Carrion-Murayari. Congratulations to Julia Fish, Curtis Mann,...
Some Notes on Hosting

Some Notes on Hosting

Guest Post by Jennifer Breckner Some Notes on Hosting Brian O’Doherty, in his seminal 1976 book, Inside the White Cube: The Ideology of the Gallery Space, takes the traditional gallery space to task, critiquing the manner in which its white walls became the de...