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3 things about Scott Gracheff’s HOW DARK MY LOVE

Posted on October 11, 2025 by robchristopher

How Dark My Love [2025] 1. After purchasing a few of Coleman’s paintings, Iggy Pop gets rid of his TV set. He can just sit at home and watch the art. 2. Heated discussion about stiletto heels squashing small fish. … Continue reading →

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3 things about Jack Hazan’s A BIGGER SPLASH

Posted on July 30, 2025 by robchristopher

A Bigger Splash [1973] 1. Sitting on a leather sofa. One blue sock, one red sock. 2. After studying the painting of himself he takes a few sips from a drinking fountain. A Warhol picture is visible in the foreground. … Continue reading →

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3 things about DK Welchman & Hugh Welchman’s LOVING VINCENT

Posted on March 15, 2025 by robchristopher

Loving Vincent [2017] 1. Watching the rain through the cafe windows. 2. He takes a few paintings in lieu of a bill. 3. A chair at the edge of a field.

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3 things about Quentin Dupieux’s DAAAAAALI!

Posted on October 15, 2024 by robchristopher

Daaaaaalí! [2023] 1. A very long hotel corridor. 2. Vile stew. 3. She brings him the telephone. Which is unplugged—the cord isn’t long enough.

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3 things about Julian Schnabel’s BASQUIAT

Posted on June 7, 2024 by robchristopher

Basquiat [1996] 1. He stares at the empty room and then a stack of tires materializes.2. “Are you a black painter?”“I use a lot of colors, not only black.”3. Deciding he’d like the entire tin of caviar he asks Andy … Continue reading →

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3 things about Leslie Buchbinder’s WESTERMANN: MEMORIAL TO THE IDEA OF MAN IF HE WAS AN IDEA

Posted on October 21, 2023 by robchristopher

Westermann: Memorial to the Idea of Man If He Was an Idea [2023] 1. An elegant wooden box, on the lid of which is EDS VARNISH. 2. “He made two hundred gifts a year and two works of art.” 3. … Continue reading →

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3 things about Errol Morris’s THE B-SIDE: ELSA DORFMAN’S PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY

Posted on September 10, 2023 by robchristopher

The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman’s Portrait Photography [2016] 1. Poets dropping by the office regularly to use the free copier. 2. Borrowing a shopping cart for extended periods of time to display her wares. 3. A final answering machine message from … Continue reading →

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3 things about Laura Poitras’ ALL THE BEAUTY AND THE BLOODSHED

Posted on May 3, 2023 by robchristopher

All the Beauty and the Bloodshed [2022] 1. A Nan Goldin slideshow double-billed with John Waters’ Desperate Living. 2. “He wanted to blind me.” 3. Forced to witness testimony via Zoom.

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3 things about Kelly Reichardt’s SHOWING UP

Posted on April 27, 2023 by robchristopher

Showing Up [2022] 1. “I get up, I do a little of this and a little of that, and before you know it, it’s time to watch TV again.” 2. Namedropping Tim Hunter. 3. Power lines and tree branches.

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3 things about Leslie Buchbinder’s HAIRY WHO & THE CHICAGO IMAGISTS

Posted on November 9, 2019 by robchristopher

Hairy Who & the Chicago Imagists [2014] 1. “Chicago is and always has been a Surrealist town.” 2. A talking mustache. 3. Comic book-style program in lieu of an exhibition catalog.

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