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Field Notes · Visual Arts
The City Behind the Screen.
The room is its own room, set off from the rest of the floor, and that separation does work before any of the art does: it tells us to slow down and look at two cities. A model and its copy?...
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Los Angeles Art Week, or The Fair Is the Excuse
No one comes to Los Angeles for the art week. They come for the light. The art week just happens to be the reason they finally booked the flight....
Paris Art Week, or the Art of Never Looking Like You’re Trying
Paris doesn’t host an art week. It tolerates one; then quietly reminds visitors what cultural gravitas actually looks like. Every October, the ci...
An American (Cliché) in (Art Basel) Paris
As most non-french speaking would say, pardon my French, but “holy sh*t” what a spectacular place to get lost. From the outsider, Paris is a plac...