by Thomas Friel | Dec 18, 2013 | Blog
Miley Cyrus is growing up in a fishbowl, where every awkward moment and undeveloped thought is on display for the world to see, react to and comment on, endlessly. As a country, we construct the cult of Miley sometimes even more than she, her publicist or record label...
by Thomas Friel | Nov 20, 2013 | Blog
Purveyor of melancholy cartoon moments, amorphous shape and line, melting abstract symbolism and form fluidly, Arturo Herrera creates new meanings from global popular culture and the discarded memories available at thrift stores. With gorgeous abstract dialogue, he...
by Thomas Friel | Oct 16, 2013 | Blog
The Art Market is inflating out of control, making all but the wealthiest few cry foul. Like it or not, this is affecting the way contemporary art is viewed and thought about. Meanwhile, Jeff Koons continues to be the perfect Poster Boy for the inflation, and it just...
by Thomas Friel | Sep 18, 2013 | Blog
In the wake of the recently announced Detroit bankruptcy, and amid the uncertain fate of the Detroit Institute of the Arts’ collection, the Knight Foundation revealed the winners of Knight Arts Challenge: Detroit last week. 56 winners — from...
by Thomas Friel | Aug 22, 2013 | Blog
“I think I could turn and live with animals, they are so placid and self-contain’d, I stand and look at them long and long… No one is dissatisfied, no one is demented with the mania of owning things…” – Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass...
