Roy Stryker, the man who ran the Historical Section of the Farm Security Administration (FSA) and sent some of the best-known 20th century photographers out on their first assignments, “didn’t give a damn about a picture at the time it was made.” According to aerial photographer Charles Rotkin, he began archiving before the photos had [...]

As part of this year’s Frieze Art Fair, Simon Fujiwara, the winner of the 2010 Cartier award, has conjured up a faux-archaeological Roman site, bits of which are sometimes exposed in the main body of the fair. It’s all genial and non-threatening fun-poking (there’s the unearthed house of a female collector, full of coins and [...]

Swiss Institute in New York currently presents one of the rare solo exhibitions of Roman Signer in the United States. For the show titled Four Rooms, One Artist, the Swiss artist has created a series of new works, installations and videos. On display are Piano (2010), a grand piano that is filled with table tennis [...]

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