Apollo’s Lyre and Pandora’s Box: Douglas Crimp on the Neoconservative Museum

7th November 2017Minus Plato TodayApollo, documenta 7, Douglas Crimp, MoMA, Museum, neoconservative, Pandora, ZeitgeistMinus Plato

In preparation for his talk at the Wexner Center for the Arts next week, I have been reading Douglas Crimp’s On the Museum’s Ruins. The book, published in 1993, gathers together essays that Crimp had previously published (especially in October) in the 1980s, alongside a selection of Louise Lawler’s photographs. Mid-way through the introduction (“Photography […]

The university will not completely die: Horace’s Rome, MoMA and the Weight of Value

20th September 2017Minus Plato TodayAdam Pendleton, Come Along With Me, Donald Black Jr, Fred Moten, Horace, Liquid Antiquity, MoMA, On Value, Ralph LemonMinus Plato

Over the past few days, several things have occurred that have set me to worrying (somewhat more than usual) about the future of the university. I am not only thinking about some immediate and disturbing developments at my own specific institution (Ohio State University), but also about the very survival of the university as an […]