Slow Looking
Art historian, author, educator
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Weekly |
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“Intense and relentless looking”
Push it. Examine all things intensely and relentlessly. Probe and search each object in a piece of art. Do not leave it, do not course over it, as if it were understood, but instead follow it down until you see it in the mystery of its ow...
Daffy Duck and de Kooning
Duck Amuck is an 8-minute long animated cartoon, produced by Warner Brothers and directed by Chuck Jones, and released in 1953.
Erased de Kooning Drawing is a 65cm x 25cm work on paper, made by Willem de Kooning and unmade by Robert Rausc...
The art of not knowing
“Painting is like hands stuffing a mattress”, said Franz Kline once. What does it mean? According to AI, it’s because “painting requires a similar heavy, tactile engagement with materials.” Thanks! but I don’t think this gets close to descr...
A Hinge in History
This article was published in the Summer 2026 issue of Gagosian Quarterly. View the article as it originally appeared here.
On 16th July, I’ll be giving a lecture on this topic at the Brown Collection, London. Details here.
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A beer-being-looked-at
The boundaries of bodies are the least of all things. Leonardo da Vinci
In Untitled (pint of Guinness) by Patrick Caulfield from 1966, a full pint of dark stout sits on a circular table. Beneath it are pools of spilled drink: this isn’t th...
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