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& she stood naked by the window waiting to be struck perhaps where her white breasts were red

Robert Katz’ book ‘Naked by the Window: The Fatal Marriage of Carl Andre and Ana Mendieta’ is evocative and horrifying, and thirty years after its publication, the death of Ana Mendieta is still a very contested narrative. I offer a response here.

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The Problem of Performance: or why your intrepid #artcriticfromhell too often finds it full of sound and fury signifying nothing.

There’s been several conversations I’ve had with various artists and cultural workers over the past year, regarding ‘the problem of performance art.’ I gather some of these ideas – and opinions – here, to proffer some praise and dismissal of the often controversial platform of performance art.

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The distance between us: thoughts on The Florida Project and The Square

Your intrepid #artcriticfromhell delves into film criticism (not a new space for me, but one I revisit now and again) for two films that offer different attractions. One lampoons – or realizes – the contemporary art world, and another indicates that realism is not so much a genre, as an attitude.

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