<em>Salvatore Scarpitta: Racing Cars</em>, installation view, Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, January 19–April 22, 2018. Photo: Tom Van Eynde.
Salvatore Scarpitta: Racing Cars, installation view, Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, January 19–April 22, 2018. Photo: Tom Van Eynde.

Checking for Dents

One of the first things to do when art arrives for the next exhibition is to create a condition report. Actually, CAM Assistant Curator Misa Jeffereis tells me, she waits twenty-four hours after the work is on site to allow the art to “climatize.” Objects, like us, after a long…

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Artwork and image courtesy Edo Rosenblith
Artwork and image courtesy Edo Rosenblith

Can You Find Toto?

St. Louis artist Edo Rosenblith’s artwork for Art Up Late: Faster is an image you can fall into as you explore its details. A cute, fluffy dog; a frowning traffic cone; billows of purple fumes; bugs; a heart-shaped auto grill; a man running away in a state of panic, smiley…

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