September/October 2016
Fantasy Art Draft
In Texas, the Dallas Cowboys share a home with world-class works of art; recruited by owners Gene and Jerry Jones, curator Mary Zlot quarterbacks the collection.
Irony & Loss
An award-winning game designer and philosopher talks Pokémon GO, object-oriented ontology, addiction— and, most importantly, “stuff.”
with photographs by Brandon English
What Art Criticism Can Learn From Sports Writing
Sports coverage proposes a balm for overwrought critical prose, and sports psychology as a solution for painter’s block.
13 Ways of Looking at an Olympic Cauldron
An oddity to many, a problem to some, and an icon to few: Atlanta’s Olympic Cauldron, (fondly) revisited.
with photographs by Johnathon Kelso
LINSANITY
An artist processes the enduring impact and evolving mediatized identity of the NBA’s Jeremy Lin—in sports culture, and in his own artistic practice.