David Carrier
David Carrier has taught philosophy in Pittsburgh and art history in Cleveland. He has published books about art writing; about the methodologies of art history, Poussin’s paintings and Baudelaire’s art criticism, and Rosalind Krauss; and about comic strips, the art museum, and world art history. He is co-author with Joachim Pissarro of Wild Art (2013); their The Blind Spots of Art History: How Wild Art Came to Be - and Be Ignored is forthcoming. He is writing a book about the art gallery.
Author painting by Luca del Baldo
Author painting by Luca del Baldo
Featured Articles by David Carrier
Thursday, September 27th, 2018
Works from the painter’s last three years, on view on the Lower East Side
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Wednesday, September 12th, 2018
Irish-honed literary skills placed at service of cosmopolitan visual culture
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Friday, July 13th, 2018
Flesh, on view through September 16
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More Articles by David Carrier
Saturday, June 5th, 2021
The People’s MoMA
A provocative, personal essay from Dr. David Carrier tries to envision “the” museum without plutocratic support
Monday, March 18th, 2019
Postwar: A Revisionist Vision from Munich
This review from 2017 is offered as tribute to the late Okwui Enwezor
Wednesday, May 16th, 2018
A Scrambling of Clues: Paul Resika, Geometry and the Sea
A two-part show at Bookstein Projects and Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects
Tuesday, March 27th, 2018
The Museum Reimagined: “Carta Bianca” at Museo di Capodimonte
Locals let loose with famed Naples collection, through June 17
Saturday, February 10th, 2018
The Volunteers: Graphic Arts by Käthe Kollwitz and Sue Coe
An exhibition of powerful political work at Galerie St. Etienne, through March 10
Friday, December 15th, 2017
The Ideal Site: Graham Nickson at Betty Cuningham
His show is on view through December 22
Thursday, November 23rd, 2017
Dispelled Illusions: Kenny Scharf takes on Color Field
on view at Jeffrey Deitch in Soho through December 22