In his new book Art's Properties, art historian David Joselit takes on one of the defining debates of our time.

In her new essay collection, "On Freedom: Four Songs of Care and Constraint", Maggie Nelson offers an unconvincing argument in favor of indeterminacy.

Here's what we're reading this morning.

Petzel gallery previously represented her in New York.

Guston encourages artists to change their work, to examine their relationship to evil, and to revel in their own ambivalence about the meaning of art.

"The question is, how do you paint people as real, as suffering, without exploiting them emotionally?" the artist said.

All around the country, directors are grappling with questions of equity, diversity, and inclusion.

The twelve paintings on view at Petzel were spectacular demonstrations of Dana Schutz's virtuosic painterly gifts.

Artists Dana Schutz, Lorna Simpson, and Lynda Benglis are among the speakers in the program's inaugural cycle.

The former New York dealer also provides some advice to new gallerists.