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3 weeks ago | 
nytimes.com | Dan Nadel
R. Crumb's underground comics were instrumental in shaping the counterculture of the 1960s and beyond, Dan Nadel shows in an exemplary new biography. When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. CRUMB: A Cartoonist's Life, by Dan NadelR. Crumb, the underground cartoonist, bumped into things when he was young. Before his eyes were tested in first grade, and he was fitted for Coke-bottle glasses, he could perceive neither depth nor distance.
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4 weeks ago | 
kirkusreviews.com | Dan Nadel |Stephanie Johnson |Brandon Stanton |
A blissfully vicarious, heartfelt glimpse into the life of a Manhattan burlesque dancer. Awards & Accolades Likes 129 Our Verdict GET IT New York Times Bestseller A former New York City dancer reflects on her zesty heyday in the 1970s.
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1 month ago | 
lithub.com | Dan Nadel
Elvis Presley was on the air, Allen Ginsberg was diagnosing the country, and the “sick” comedy of Lenny Bruce, Mort Sahl, Jonathan Winters, and Stan Freberg was rising. Unlike the reassuring jokes of, say, Bob Hope, these comedians peeled back the American skull to reveal confusion about sex, psychology, authority, technology, and industry.
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1 month ago | 
thespec.com | Dan Nadel
Long before comics started being referred to as graphic novels, the medium had a few titans in North America to express the art form’s potential for adults. Robert Crumb was certainly in that mature-comics vanguard, but for all that, his childhood did much to mould him as an artist and is frequently detailed in his work.
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2 months ago | 
artnews.com | Dan Nadel |Hito Steyerl
Doom at the Park Avenue Armory The stately and enormous drill hall of New York’s Park Avenue Armory will host the largest-yet performance event by Anne Imhof, who won the Golden Lion for her bracing work Faust in the German Pavilion at the 2017 Venice Biennale.
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Dec 11, 2024 | 
artforum.com | Jeff Gibson |Ellen Tani |Rachel Wetzler |Dan Nadel
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
artforum.com | Júlia Ribeiro |Ellen Tani |Rachel Wetzler |Dan Nadel
Julia Ribeiro is a painter who lives in Brooklyn, NY. She is an Associate Editor at Artforum. “Just on the Other Side,” Taj Poscé’s New York solo debut, was the last exhibition I saw before this year’s presidential election. The artist’s process-based practice utilizes nontraditional materials (industrial plastic sheeting, tar paper, diamond dust, flames, etc.) inspired by his family’s history working in construction.
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Dec 5, 2024 | artforum.com | Júlia Ribeiro |Ellen Tani |Rachel Wetzler |Dan Nadel
Julia Ribeiro is a painter who lives in Brooklyn, NY. She is an Associate Editor at Artforum. “Just on the Other Side,” Taj Poscé’s New York solo debut, was the last exhibition I saw before this year’s presidential election. The artist’s process-based practice utilizes nontraditional materials (industrial plastic sheeting, tar paper, diamond dust, flames, etc.) inspired by his family’s history working in construction.
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
artforum.com | Barry Schwabsky |Ellen Tani |Rachel Wetzler |Dan Nadel
Barry Schwabsky is coeditor of international reviews for Artforum. His recent books of poetry are Feelings of And (2022) and Water from Another Source (2023). Would you believe one of the best things that happened to me this year was my flight from Milwaukee back to New York being canceled? That’s because, when I was standing in line to rebook, the back of the head in front seemed familiar: And yes, it really was one of the greatest living American poets, Milwaukee’s own John Koethe.
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Dec 1, 2024 | 
artforum.com | Franklin Sirmans |Ellen Tani |Rachel Wetzler |Dan Nadel
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