World Arts Review

Paul Morrissey | Flesh - drop your pants, joe! by Douglas Messerli Paul Morrissey (writer and director) *Flesh */ 1968 After the intelligent writing and co-directing with Andy War...

Douglas Messerli | "When the Piano Won't Speak" (on David Lang's face so pale) - when the piano won’t speak by Douglas Messerli David Lang *face so pale*, a work of six pianos / presented by Piano Spheres on YouTube, September 8, 2020 ...

Douglas Messerli | "The Missing" (on Don Skiles' Across the Street fromt he Ordinary) - the missing by Douglas Messerli Don Skiles *Across the Street from the Ordinary *(Claremont, California: Pelekinesis,2020) A blurb for Don Skiles’ previo...

"A Study in Contradictions" by Douglas Messerli - A STUDY IN CONTRADICTIONS by Douglas Messerli Jean Genet *The Criminal Child: Selected Essays *(Charlotte Mandell and Jeffrey Zuckerman, translators) (New ...

Douglas Messrli | Robert Hunter: Poet - robert hunter: poet by Douglas Messerli Yesterday, for the first time I listened to three songs by The Grateful Dead, “Scarlet Begonias,” “China Cat Sunfl...

Douglas Messerli | Gordon Parks (The Flavio Photographs at the Getty Museum) - Here is my essay on Gordon Parks' Flavio photographs as show at the Getty Museum in Los Angeles. https://hyperallergic.com/512312/when-gordon-parks-photogra...