A Q&A with conceptual artist Jennifer Weigel.
Beauty in Decay
Book Review: “The Managerial Revolution: What Is Happening in the World”
Who does half-smart like a renegade Trotskyite? From what I can tell of his biography, James Burnham didn’t come to Trotskyism the way you think a political figure born in the first decade of the twentieth century might — after becoming a Communist and growing disgusted by Stalinism. No, he...
Hagia Sophia
You don’t sing anymoreyour bells don’t ring on Sundaysand your icons don’t chantwhen the dawn returns from its walk in the darkByzantium is but the shadow of a whisperthat holds your hollow ghost like the dead hold their bonesyour eyes are dry, for life has escapedthrough cracks that were supposedto show pilgrims parts of a... Continue Reading →
All the Pretty Paintings
So we go to this gallery—me, Marie, the kids—and it’s not only what I expect, it’s worse. Awful, pointless, white. Everywhere white, the art and the crowd. “Incredible,” says Marie, in her signature monotone, swiveling her head left then right, which means she approves. “Dumb,” says Mikey, which means that in two minutes flat, he’ll... Continue Reading →