Lisa Blas

Lisa Blas

At the start of each week, subscribers to Lisa Blas’s RSS feed called “Monday’s Image” are treated to a visual puzzle, an intriguing exercise in compare and contrast, an introduction to a work by an artist you’ve probably never heard of before (paired with the front...
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...
Artists and Critics: Part 3

Artists and Critics: Part 3

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...