Bio: Chris Vitiello lives in Durham and writes for INDY Week on art, music and hockey.
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The Commons Crit: Justin Tornow Is Trying to Uncouple Expectation and Outcome, Consumer and Commodity
What if a "performance" could be less like passively receiving a predetermined takeaway and more like life, where anything can happen? Read more
Photo by Chris Vitiello
The Commons Crit: Justin Tornow Is Creating a “Space in Which Nothing Is Wrong”
How can the concept of "audience engagement" expand beyond grant-application bait? Read more
Pphotos courtesy of the North Carolina Museum of Art
Wim Botha Searches for the Secret Marks that Instill Classical Images with Agony and Power
Looking between the sculpture and the drawings, one can imagine Botha asking himself: “If I remove this line, or change its relationship to that line, is it still the Laocoön?” Read more
Photo by Tim Walter
As the Local Dance Scene’s Borders Expand, Its Center Can Be Harder to Find. So Renay Aumiller Created Her Own Connections in RAW.
Plus, an explainer on what DIDA's been doing instead of presenting shows this fall. Read more
Photo by Jeremy M. Lange
Our Top 5 Art Shows of 2018
From overstated sculpture to understated water art, these five exhibits stood out as particularly challenging, dazzling, or both. Read more
Photo courtesy of Brit Worgan
With a Fresh Vision, and an Impending Remodel, the Ackland Art Museum Bounds into the Future
Plus, our editor’s picks for five art exhibits and five art festivals you can’t miss this fall. Read more
photo by Sara D. Davis
ADF Review: Pilobolus's Crowd-Pleasing Dance Is Apolitical. Unfortunately, the World It Inhabits Is Not.
Still from "Muslims at the Mall"
Removed from YouTube, The Muslims Take Their Protest Punk to Facebook Live
photo by Audrey Ingram
ADF Review: Dayton Contemporary Dance Company Offers a Muscular, Political, Restless Evening of Virtuosic Dance
photo by Luke Barker
Dance Review: Anna Barker Burns Toxic Masculinity and Self-Doubt as Fuel for a Work Full of Humor and Beauty
courtesy of RJD Gallery
CAM Raleigh Director Gab Smith Speaks About the Margaret Bowland Controversy and the Museum's Desire to Listen and Learn
loan courtesy of Gregory Shannon
We Think CAM Raleigh Hasn't Answered the Community's Questions About Its Controversial Margaret Bowland Show. Curator Dexter Wimberly Says We Just Don't Like the Answers.
Curator Stacey L. Kirby and Her Collaborators Make a Map of Inclusive Community in Feminine Spectrum
Photo by Erin Bell of Bull City Photography
The Commons Crit: How Do You Measure the Success of a Performance You Created?
Structured by prompts from historical "happenings," the entire content of Justin Tornow's Commons showing was improvised by attendees, wreaking havoc on concepts like "performer," "performance," and "audience." Read more
