From the Chair

May 1, 2017 | Essay, From the Chair

“What I never wanted in art — and why I probably didn’t belong in art — was that I never wanted viewers,” he said. “I wanted an interaction.” Vito Acconci 1940-2017 Daily life seems overrun with interaction; the general forms of communication that track our movements...

From the Chair

Apr 24, 2017 | Essay, From the Chair

I spent three days last week directing a conference that focused on Jewish Identity in the Arts. As often does at such gatherings, the spectre of the Holocaust hovered over the proceedings and questions about (to quote Adorno) how one can make art after such evil...