1. Art fairs, like biennials, seek to create large-scale environments that exert their own gravitational pull. For a short period…
Copy and Original: Drawings
A while back, I posted two sets of drawings on Instagram. Each pair consisted of a copy after an Old…
Like A Dream : Li Qingzhao’s Poetry
Part I : Encounters I first encountered Li Qingzhao’s poetry in Robert Hass’s translation workshop at Berkeley. I was very…
Due North – A Long Weekend in Portland, Maine
The heat came early this spring. By May, it was already hot. I was happy to head north in early…
Copy and Original
Set A A.1 : Albrecht Durer, Christ Washing the Feet of the Disciples, from The Small Passion. c. 1508. Woodcut. Sheet:…
New York in the Pandemic Years: 2020-2022(?)
I studied photography in college. I loved the process: going out to shoot, developing the film in my kitchen, quiet…
Stack (after Felix Gonzalez-Torres)
Somewhere in my things, I think I still have a sheet from of paper that I took from a Felix…
The Leonardo Business
There’s been a bit of noise in the media around the high prices achieved during the Spring 2022 Auction Week…
Held on the Tongue
When the war began, I realized that I knew almost nothing about Ukraine. I could barely find it on a…
Old Master Drawings – Pricking and Pouncing
A few weeks ago, I finally took the plunge and started taking a wax carving class. I’ve wanted to learn…
it might be art 