Articles by Jessica Lott

Alchemy of Inspiration

Accidental Activists: SuttonBeresCuller

by Jessica Lott | May 19, 2014

Alchemy of Inspiration

Accidental Activists: SuttonBeresCuller

by Jessica Lott | May 19, 2014

An artist collective is turning a derelict gas station in Seattle, WA into a living work of art.

Alchemy of Inspiration

Translating a City Back to Itself

by Jessica Lott | Feb 12, 2014

Alchemy of Inspiration

Translating a City Back to Itself

by Jessica Lott | Feb 12, 2014

Columnist Jessica Lott travels to Barcelona and observes “Making Neighborhoods,” a multidisciplinary project with the city’s African immigrant population.

Booked

An Excerpt from “The Rest of Us”

by Jessica Lott | Oct 1, 2013

Booked

An Excerpt from “The Rest of Us”

by Jessica Lott | Oct 1, 2013

An excerpt from Jessica Lott’s debut novel, “The Rest of Us,” a love story set in New York City’s art world.

Alchemy of Inspiration

Difficult Relationships at the Whitney

by Jessica Lott | Aug 20, 2013

Alchemy of Inspiration

Difficult Relationships at the Whitney

by Jessica Lott | Aug 20, 2013

Columnist Jessica Lott reviews the Whitney Museum’s exhibition “I, YOU, WE,” a throwback to the 1993 Whitney Biennial.

Alchemy of Inspiration

Alchemy of Inspiration I All About the Blues

by Jessica Lott | Apr 16, 2013

Alchemy of Inspiration

Alchemy of Inspiration I All About the Blues

by Jessica Lott | Apr 16, 2013

Columnist Jessica Lott visits the Whitney Museum’s “Blues for Smoke,” a wide-ranging exhibition exploring the definition of the blues and blues aesthetic.

Alchemy of Inspiration

Alchemy of Inspiration I Sex, Skater Kids, and Gap Plaid: NYC in 1993

by Jessica Lott | Feb 19, 2013

Alchemy of Inspiration

Alchemy of Inspiration I Sex, Skater Kids, and Gap Plaid: NYC in 1993

by Jessica Lott | Feb 19, 2013

Jessica Lott reviews the “richly compelling, cohesive, and yet evasive” exhibition “NYC 1993,” now on view at the New Museum.

Alchemy of Inspiration

Alchemy of Inspiration I Looking Ahead to 1993…

by Jessica Lott | Jan 15, 2013

Alchemy of Inspiration

Alchemy of Inspiration I Looking Ahead to 1993…

by Jessica Lott | Jan 15, 2013

We’re a couple of weeks into the new year, and so in the interest of getting organized, here’s a preview of what to see in New York in the upcoming …

Alchemy of Inspiration

Alchemy of Inspiration I Baryshnikov in Conversation: “Art I’ve Lived With”

by Jessica Lott | Dec 11, 2012

Alchemy of Inspiration

Alchemy of Inspiration I Baryshnikov in Conversation: “Art I’ve Lived With”

by Jessica Lott | Dec 11, 2012

Jessica Lott talks to famed dancer/choreographer Mikhail Baryshnikov about his art collection, on view now in the exhibition “The Art I’ve Lived With” at ABA Gallery in Manhattan.

Alchemy of Inspiration

Alchemy of Inspiration I “Fore”ward at The Studio Museum in Harlem

by Jessica Lott | Nov 20, 2012

Alchemy of Inspiration

Alchemy of Inspiration I “Fore”ward at The Studio Museum in Harlem

by Jessica Lott | Nov 20, 2012

Jessica Lott looks at The Studio Museum’s “Fore,” a group exhibition of young emerging artists of African descent whose works draw from multiple art historical traditions and lineages.

Alchemy of Inspiration

Alchemy of Inspiration I Picasso Redux

by Jessica Lott | Oct 16, 2012

Alchemy of Inspiration

Alchemy of Inspiration I Picasso Redux

by Jessica Lott | Oct 16, 2012

Jessica Lott looks at “Picasso Black and White,” on view at the Guggenheim Museum in New York through January 23, 2013.

Alchemy of Inspiration

Alchemy of Inspiration | The Mind’s Lovers

by Jessica Lott | Sep 18, 2012

Alchemy of Inspiration

Alchemy of Inspiration | The Mind’s Lovers

by Jessica Lott | Sep 18, 2012

The debut of the Art21 Blog’s newest column takes a look at Yayoi Kusama’s recent retrospective at the Whitney Museum of American Art.