Articles by Tom McCormack

The 1913 Armory Show: America’s First Art War

by Tom McCormack | Mar 8, 2017

The 1913 Armory Show: America’s First Art War

by Tom McCormack | Mar 8, 2017

Tom McCormack recounts the events leading up to the 1913 Armory Show, and the impact the fair would have on the art world for centuries to come.

Questionnaire for Ed Halter

by Tom McCormack | Jun 17, 2011

Questionnaire for Ed Halter

by Tom McCormack | Jun 17, 2011

Founded in 2008, Light Industry, which is run by Ed Halter and Thomas Beard, is already thought by many to be one of the premiere venues for cinema and new …

Internet Connoisseurship

by Tom McCormack | Jun 16, 2011

Internet Connoisseurship

by Tom McCormack | Jun 16, 2011

Since the 60s, cinephilia—obsessive movie love—has proved to be a particularly popular, durable, and visible form of connoisseurship. Susan Sontag wrote that camp aesthetics tried to address the question of …

Cory Arcangel and New Media One-Liners

by Tom McCormack | Jun 10, 2011

Cory Arcangel and New Media One-Liners

by Tom McCormack | Jun 10, 2011

New media artist Nick Briz has defined a “new media one-liner” this way: The new media one-liner is a sub-genre of new media art. Enthusiasts and practitioners of the new …

Street Photography and Google Street View

by Tom McCormack | Jun 7, 2011

Street Photography and Google Street View

by Tom McCormack | Jun 7, 2011

In her essay “Certainties and Possibilities,” Janet Malcolm offers a brief genealogy of what she sees as a particularly American form of street photography. Malcolm starts by talking about European …