Photo by Chris ZieglerIn law—on those occasions when it's working properly—intent is the difference between not guilty and... More >>

Photo by Jack GouldCarrie Mae Weems must be a terrific artist. Art in America says so, sorta, with qualifications, at length. She's a political... More >>

Photo by Jack GouldThere's a cherished prejudice in our culture: artists should be nuts. If Van Gogh had been a stolid, phlegmatic middle-class... More >>

Diego Rivera's 46 sketches at the Museum of Latin American Art are not the most beautiful things in the world. They're full of scribbles, and... More >>

Image by John Pope"I remember being in a college photography class and being so turned-off by the whole scene," John Pope says as he scratches... More >>

Photo by Jack GouldRicki Vincent pierced some genitals on his birthday two weeks ago—someone else's genitals, not his own. (It hadn't... More >>

Photo by Jack GouldSince the Laguna Art Museum and the Orange County Museum of Art painfully divorced after their ill-starred merger some years... More >>

What happens when language comes apart? That's the question conceptual artist Theresa Hak Kyung Cha poses in "The Dream of the Audience: Theresa... More >>

Photo by Liezel RubinSo how do we start telling you about Liezel Rubin? Do you want to hear about the time she visited some Manson Family girl in... More >>

Photo by Keith MayI hate Keith May. Oh, I don't hate him as a person or anything. It's just that Keith May got paid to ride across the country on... More >>