Weekend Reading List
From Umberto Eco on fascism to Thomas Pynchon’s stand-in: what to read this weekend
From Umberto Eco on fascism to Thomas Pynchon’s stand-in: what to read this weekend
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An autobiographical and critical piece from Umberto Eco on the persistence of fascist ideas after the decline of fascism.
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African American abstraction: the hand-drawn infographics of W.E.B. Du Bois.
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‘Its subject is reason itself’ – from the frieze archives, Brian Dillon presents nine theses on the art of slapstick.
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In criticizing political populism, do we risk reinforcing some very undemocratic institutions?
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The paradox of decency: remembering historian and literary theorist Tzvetan Todorov.
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‘We are all aware that our society is in transition, and there is no normalcy to return to’ – an interview with artist and author Alasdair Gray.
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Thomas Pynchon’s stand-in, ‘Professor’ Irwin Corey, has sadly passed away. Read about their brilliant literary prank.
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Dennis Cooper revisits the work of forgotten filmmaker Arthur Lipsett.
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What can painting, rather than discourse theory, tell us about colonial and postcolonial representation?
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From frieze.com: each day we post a new review. Read reports on recently opened exhibitions in New York, Sydney and Vienna.
