Hic Terminus Haeret: Daniel Spoerri’s Garden

I first encountered Daniel Spoerri’s work through one of his “snare-paintings.” This object (actually, a set of objects) consisted of a wall-mounted tabletop onto which the remains of a meal had been fixed: drinking glasses, cigarette butts, an ashtray, cutlery, dishes, and some residual food all clung to the wooden surface, sealed within transparent glue.

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PhD Studio Programs

Artists create their own credentials. Art schools and universities offer an array of degrees and certificates, and various artist societies allow members to tag on some initials after their names, but artists are esteemed based on the quality of their work, its influence on other artists, and where it has been shown and collected.

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Olafur Eliasson: Impresario of the Senses

“Take Your Time: Olafur Eliasson” opened on an auspicious morning at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the sun rising as a huge red ball in a hazy sky. The fierce glow, which resulted from wildfires around the Bay Area, bore an uncanny resemblance to Eliasson’s 2003 breakout work at the Tate Modern, The Weather

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