Graham Nickson, "Turtle: Bathers: Orange Chevron" (2002/2022), acrylic on primed linen, 120 x 240 inches (all images courtesy the artist and Betty Cuningham Gallery) Graham Nickson’s paintings open ...

Read the first part of this series, here. What I am calling Debt Aesthetics—how financial speculation and economic bifurcation have flattened art into a new form—are not limited to Zombie Formalism.

What was Zombie Formalism? If you’re not an avid follower of art-world trends, you may have no idea. Don’t worry: From an aesthetic standpoint, you didn’t miss much. In an economic sense, though, ...

This course introduces students to a wide range of critical theories that English majors need to know. We’ll begin with some basic questions about literary texts: How can we understand documents from ...