Art

Some Thoughts on David Hockney (1937-2026)

My social media feeds have been full of the news all morning: the brilliant, prolific artist David Hockney died yesterday.

Jun 12 • Garth Greenwell

Talking About Art with Carmen Maria Machado

On Curating Rocío García’s “The Object of Power Is Power” at the Leslie Lohman Museum

May 16 • Garth Greenwell

How Small a Thought: On Ruth Asawa

MOMA’s retrospective; relating art & life; the meaning of “genius”

Feb 23 • Garth Greenwell

On Beauford Delaney

Courage & Desire in Baldwin's "Principal Witness"

Sep 30, 2025 • Garth Greenwell

Order and Disorder

Trying to see Édouard Vuillard

May 29, 2025 • Garth Greenwell

Some Notes on Beauty

Elaine Scarry’s "On Beauty and Being Just"; also: a class on writing sex

Nov 19, 2024 • Garth Greenwell

Hot Death Summer

Peter Hujar & Mark Armijo McKnight

Aug 27, 2024 • Garth Greenwell

A Brilliant Hauntedness: On Darrel Ellis

Regeneration at the Bronx Museum; the ethics of writing from intimate life; why my books aren’t “autobiographical”

Sep 16, 2023 • Garth Greenwell

Passionate Ambivalence

Julius Eastman at 92NY; Cecily Brown at The Met

May 11, 2023 • Garth Greenwell

Edward Hopper, Alex Katz, Emma O’Halloran

Painting psychology, composing sex, condensing time

Jan 27, 2023 • Garth Greenwell

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