Author Archives: Jennifer Kabat

About Jennifer Kabat

A recent finalist for Notting Hill Editions’ Essay Prize, Jennifer Kabat (@jenkabat) is working on a book called Growing Up Modern, exploring art, ideology and the landscape from the modernist suburb where she grew up to the Western Catskills where she lives now. She’s been awarded a Creative Capital/Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant for her criticism and teaches at NYU. She contributes to BOMB, The Believer and Frieze and was once an editor at the legendary style magazine The Face in London.

Thoughts on Boston

Posted on April 16, 2013 by Jennifer Kabat

Jennifer Kabat on the marathon and its history in Boston, from its heroes to the existential test that the race exacts. Continue reading →

Posted in Appreciations | Tagged Boston Marathon, clarence de mar, greg meyer, hearthbreak hill, Joan Benoit Samuelson, shalane flanagan | Leave a comment

Snow Cowboys Farming The White Stuff

Posted on February 21, 2013 by Jennifer Kabat

Blinding cold, freezing chill, frostbite, darkness, icy slopes, and the threat of death at every turn — all in a day’s work for a snowmaker. Jennifer Kabat rides out with them to work. Continue reading →

Posted in Sports | Tagged Belleayre Mountain, Catskills, Dennis Oppenheim, Johannes Kepler, Peter Høeg, skiing, Snow, snowflakes, snowmaking, Vermont | 25 Comments

Notes from the Country: We Shoot It, Gut It, Hang It, Skin It, Cut It

Posted on January 3, 2013 by Jennifer Kabat

This winter Jennifer Kabat goes out hunting, not exactly hunting, sometimes more like hiking and hanging out, but learning to hunt. Continue reading →

Posted in Popular Culture | Tagged Catskill Mountain News, deer, delaware county, hunting, Margaretville | 7 Comments

All I Want For Christmas…

Posted on December 27, 2012 by Jennifer Kabat

But will it make you happy? In Jennifer Kabat’s case, probably not. And why she doesn’t want presents. Okay some presents. Okay I want the thing that will make me… Continue reading →

Posted in Christmas | Tagged Christmas, Hershey's Kisses, Lifesavers, pleasure, Raleigh bikes, the hedonic treadmill | Leave a comment

Peace on Earth

Posted on December 20, 2012 by Jennifer Kabat

Gun violence by the numbers: Jennifer Kabat looks at the stats and then gets personal. Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | Tagged Brady Campaign, Cabela's, firearms, Gun violence, Sandy Hook, the NRA | 2 Comments

Fill In The Blank: Colleen Asper

Posted on December 9, 2012 by Jennifer Kabat

Painting, language, realism and hyper detail – Colleen Asper paints the world minus the words, questioning them – even the power of Google. Continue reading →

Posted in Sundays in the Part with Art | Tagged 2-Up, Colleen Asper, google, Henry James, Lacanian Ink, Occupy, Zuccotti Park | Leave a comment

Make Me An Offer, Martha Rosler at MoMA

Posted on November 25, 2012 by Jennifer Kabat

When is trash art? The cast off raised up and revalued? Jennifer Kabat visits Martha Rosler’s Garage Sale now at MoMA in the run-up to Christmas. Continue reading →

Posted in Sundays in the Part with Art | Tagged Garage Sale, Jeremy Deller, Martha Rosler, MoMA, Rob Pruitt, the ICA | Leave a comment