Adventures in a material world: In Alison Watt’s monumental canvases, simple folds of cloth magnified assume an irresistible life force [Guardian]
Hue, Too: “Color Chart: Reinventing Color, 1950 to Today,” at MOMA, is a smartly analytical show worth thinking about. Some of it is good to look at, too. [New Yorker]
Rewind and play: 40 years of California video art: SO, you think it’s easy to organize a big show on the history of California video? Just round up a bunch of old tapes and let them roll? [LA Times]
Cai Guo-Qiang has a blast with explosive art: The Chinese artist, whose pyrotechnics will feature heavily at the Beijing Olympic ceremonies, is the focus of a major exhibition at New York’s Guggenheim Museum. His favorite medium: gunpowder. [CSM]
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