James Elkins

An essay on reasons to mistrust claims that that (Western) artists have used science in their art, or that current art and science are linked.

An essay on the ordinary condition of most artists: being average, statistically normal, moderately successful--and not an outlier like Pollock.

A brief essay on E.H. Gombrich's relation to the discipline of art history, with reasons why he would not have considered himself an art historian.

There is no such thing as "outsider art" because naive and untrained art has been a traditional accompaniment of modernism since its inception.

An essay on the concept of the sublime in art, rehearsing the history of the postmodern sublime, and calling for a moratorium on its use.

A book about people who have had strong emotional reactions (including crying) looking at paintings, and about the relatively tearless twentieth century.

A brief essay on the sometimes overlooked continuum between the most original work and the most literal copy.

An essay on the relation between Photoshop and the history of art, and a proposal for a book to be called The History of Photoshop.