A staircase emerging from a river of feces, ancient Egyptian myths engaging in sexual intercourse in a bathroom, the double-amputee actress, model, and sports pioneer Aimee Mullins cutting herself with a knife. About four minutes into the screening of River

I recently stumbled upon an intriguing anthology of short fantasy stories edited by Ray Bradbury. Published in 1952, “Timeless Stories for Today and Tomorrow” features words by, among others, Cheever, Steinbeck and Kafka. In the book’s introduction, Bradbury writes: “We

After passing through the doors of Luhring Augustine’s vast gallery space in Bushwick for the reception of “Michelangelo Pistoletto: The Minus Objects 1965-1966,” I spent more than a half-hour leaning on a wall, trying to acclimate to the warmth of

In 1971, Robert Overby went to a derelict, burned-out building in Los Angeles called the “Barclay House”, painted thick layers of latex rubber directly on the building facades and architectural fragments, let the latex harden and then peeled it off.

If one takes a detailed look at all the reviews, the press releases, each of the critical texts written over the years on and around the work of Martin Creed, he or she will soon notice that two adjectives are

If you walk to the Centre Pompidou in Paris from the direction of the Seine, you will most likely end up in a little public square that stretches between the Beaubourg and the church of Saint-Merri: Place Igor Stravinsky. Here,

When I first heard of the new project by the young and promising Kristina Buch, my very first instinct was to climb my bookcase, reach onto the top shelf and sweep the dust from “Iconoclash: Beyond the Image Wars in

Walking up the steep stairs that lead up to the new expanded Murry Guy’s gallery space in Chelsea, one becomes immersed in a brightly lit, glaring white room. The blinding feeling is emphasized by the prints hanging on the walls,