10 Smart Tips (and Reasons) for Using Social Media

10 Smart Tips (and Reasons) for Using Social Media

10 Smart Tips (and Reasons) for Using Social Media When I was writing regularly for ARTnews and the Wall Street Journal, I checked into Facebook only sporadically, usually when I was in the middle of transcribing a dull interview or blocked in writing a story. It was...
Afterthoughts on the 2015 Venice Biennale

Afterthoughts on the 2015 Venice Biennale

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...
Scams and Shams Part 2

Scams and Shams Part 2

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...
On the Shoulders of Giants

On the Shoulders of Giants

On the Shoulders of Giants By Annie Shaver-Crandell   “If I have seen further (than you and Descartes) it is by standing upon the shoulders of Giants.” Sir Isaac Newton, in a letter to Robert HookeI feel somewhat this way about being a painter after...
Artist and Critics: Part 4

Artist and Critics: Part 4

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...