The art: Leon Golub, Interrogation I, 1981.
The news: “Crazy Talk on Torture? Blame Obama,” by Andrew Cohen for TheAtlantic.com.
The source: Collection of The Broad Art Foundation, Santa Monica, Calif. Michael Glover breaks down the painting for The Independent (UK).
The art: Barbara Kruger, Untitled (Questions), 1991. (The work is photographic silkscreen on vinyl, 66 3/16 by 92 5/8 by 2 1/2 inches.)
The news: “Getting Away With Torture: Dick Cheney’s memoir shows the importance of the law, not torture,” by Dalia Lithwick for Slate.
The source: Collection of the Hessel Museum of Art, Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY. This work will be included in the MoMA PS1 exhibition “September 11,” curated by Peter Eleey. The show opens on Sept. 11.
The art: Adam Helms, Untitled (48 Portraits, 2010), 2010. Installation view. The news: “The History of Torture - Why We Can’t Give It Up,” by Colin Woodard for The Quarterly Journal of Military History and HistoryNet.com. The source: Marianne Boesky Gallery.
The art: Daniel Heyman, The Broomstick Was Metal, 2008.
The news: “NYT and ‘torture’: Searching for a justification,” by Glenn Greeenwald in Salon. Christopher Knight reviewed Heyman’s exhibition, “Bearing Witness,” at the Laband Art Gallery at Loyola Marymount University in the Los Angeles Times. On Modern Art Notes, I discussed the acquisition of his work by the Library of Congress.
The source: Laband Art Gallery, Loyola Marymount University.
