"this and that"

“This and That” is an occasional series of paired observations. -Ed. Today: Prescience As seen in the exhibition Josef Albers in Mexico, on view at the Guggenheim Museum through February…

In 1977, guests at an exhibition at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston famously got involved in a food fight using the work of Antonio Miralda, the pioneering food artist. The…

“This and That” is an occasional series of paired observations. -Ed. Today: Misplacement Occasionally, objects are intentionally placed in a way that doesn’t make sense. Other times, however, the misplacement is…

“This and That” is an occasional series of paired observations. -Ed. Today: Store Bought This weekend the New York Times published an article about Claes Oldenburg which included a slideshow…

“This and That” is an occasional series of paired observations. -Ed. Today: Two Men Walk Into An Artwork This week The Yes Men are giving a talk at the University…

“This and That” is an occasional series of paired observations. -Ed. Today: Chromophobia Earlier this year, Princeton University Press published Red: The History of a Color, the latest in their series of…

“This and That” is an occasional series of paired observations. -Ed. Today: Playing with Light       ************* No matter how original, innovative or crazy your idea, someone else…

“This and That” is an occasional series of paired observations. – Ed. Today: Independence It’s the 4th of July. In the spirit of self-evidence, we’ve rounded up the American flag artworks…

This and That” is an occasional series of paired observations. – Ed. Today: Bullet Catching This week a couple seeking Youtube fame attempted a shooting stunt, and a man holding a…

“This and That” is an occasional series of paired observations. -Ed. Today: Seams       ************* No matter how original, innovative or crazy your idea, someone else is also…

“This and That” is an occasional series of paired observations. -Ed. Today: Light Pillars In this week’s Top 5 we included the Magdalena Fernández installation Rain at the Houston Cistern, which…

“This and That” is an occasional series of paired observations. -Ed.   Today: Mugshots This weekend the New York Times published an article questioning whether mug shots taken at the time…

“This and That” is an occasional series of paired observations. -Ed. Today: Wall Drawings Below are two images: one is an installation shot of the recent Sol Lewitt exhibition Glossy and Flat…

“This and That” is an occasional series of paired observations. -Ed. Today: History Below are images from a recent hard hat tour of the Menil Drawing Institute in Houston, designed by Johnston…

“This and That” is an occasional series of paired observations. -Ed. Today: Cornered       ************* No matter how original, innovative or crazy your idea, someone else is also…

“This and That” is an occasional series of paired observations. -Ed. Today: Disaster Time Last fall, the artist Jonathan Schipper made Cubicle, an installation at Rice Gallery of a nondescript office…

“This and That” is an occasional series of paired observations. -Ed. Today: House Paint The New York Times recently reported on First City Project, a graffiti-covered mansion from 1810 on…

“This and That” is an occasional series of paired observations. -Ed. Today: Bathroom Humor       ************* No matter how original, innovative or crazy your idea, someone else is also…

“This and That” is an occasional series of paired observations. -Ed. Artist Kader Attia has done today’s This and That for us. We’re sure you can see the similarities.

“This and That” is an occasional series of paired observations. -Ed. Today: We Can Do It   The iconic spread featuring Lynda Benglis from the 1974 issue of Artforum has…