So much art is called “avant garde” these days that my tireless staff of thousands wonders whether it’s just a label. Some think that the entire culture, no matter how far out, has gone mainstream and that there’s nothing legitimately avant garde anywhere — not since the good old days of Dada, surrealism, cubism, futurism, […]
Archives for February 2017
This Dog Has the Right Idea
My tireless staff of thousands sent a one-minute video. Banksy doesn’t do it better. The little flourish at the end is priceless. And for your further diversion, catch this: The Statue of Liberty’s Burka. EmailFacebookTwitterReddit
‘Why Are Americans So Stupid?’
![VG: 'Why Are Americans So Stupid?' [Sept. 30, 2004]](https://www.artsjournal.com/herman/wp/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Why-Are-Americans-So-Stupid-VG-headline-200x200.jpg)
My staff of thousands has reminded me of an opinion piece that appeared a little more than a dozen years ago in the Oslo-based Norwegian newspaper VG. I had stashed it away and forgot about it. Notice the dateline: September 30, 2004. Since my piece never appeared in English, here it is — a little […]
James ‘No Name’ Baldwin, the Maverick
In his critique of “I Am Not Your Negro,” the movie bringing renewed attention to James Baldwin, Hilton Als comments on a key moment: It’s the summer of 1979, and Baldwin is working on a book that he does not want to write but knows he must write. Titled “Remember This House,” it will tell […]
The Gilded Toad & Social Corrosion
Poem by Heathcote Williams Video Montage and Narration by Alan Cox • From IT: International Times, The Newspaper of Resistance • EmailFacebookTwitterReddit