by Ann Landi | Jan 21, 2016 | Features
Afterthoughts on the 2015 Venice Biennale By Kim Levin Most reviews of the 2015 Venice Biennale came down hard on the curator’s “didactic,” “glum,” “joyless,” and un-spectacular show of conceptual, socially oriented works. It also disappointed those addicted to...
by Ann Landi | Jan 21, 2016 | Features
Scams and Shams in the Art World: Part 2 The Bogus Biennial About a decade ago, in the wake of yet another failed romance, I decided to visit the Florence Biennale, an art extravaganza that has been in the works since 1997. A fellow art journalist was going, meeting...
by Ann Landi | Jan 14, 2016 | Features
Artist and Critics: Part 4 Feuds and Flaps and How Do I Get Noticed? There was a time, not so long ago, when physical assaults were almost a routine art-world ritual, between artists and critics, artists and artists, and occasionally even critics and critics. The...
by Ann Landi | Jan 13, 2016 | Features
How To Explain Pictures to a Difficult Date I live in a tiny town in northern New Mexico, one where the chances of meeting an available man of a certain age are, shall we say, extremely limited. So when you do encounter one who owns a car, has a college degree,...
by Ann Landi | Dec 22, 2015 | Features
Artists & Critics: Part Three The Critics Speak When I first started working on staff at ARTnews, a little more than 20 years ago, I was on the brink of a divorce after several years of freelancing and corporate wifedom (at which I was not very good). The magazine...
by Ann Landi | Dec 21, 2015 | Features
Scams and Shams in the Art World: Part One There's a Con in Every Corner Several years ago, I heard about a woman, a self-styled art adviser, who would invite artists to a plush hotel room and for a fee of $500 lend an hour of her time to look over portfolios and then...
