Joe Post

Joe Post holds an MFA in Art from California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) and has done additional graduate work at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He founded Art Design Ideas to write about design as cultural argument — the decisions, contradictions, and assumptions built into the objects we live with.

Josef Albers Studies for Homage to the Square color interaction
Josef Albers: Color as Perception, Perception as Argument

Josef Albers: Color as Perception, Perception as Argument

Joe PostJoe PostMay 3, 2026
Mapping the Terrain book cover, Suzanne Lacy
New Genre Public Art

New Genre Public Art

Joe PostJoe PostSeptember 28, 2026
What the form claimsIdeas

What the form claims

Joe PostJoe PostApril 27, 2026
The lineage problemIdeas

The lineage problem

Joe PostJoe PostApril 27, 2026
Rabbit R1 Teenage Engineering
The furniture phaseIdeas

The furniture phase

Joe PostJoe PostApril 24, 2026
The American Horse 24 foot bronze sculpture by Nina Akamu at Frederik Meijer Gardens Grand Rapids Michigan
Largest Equestrian Statues in the United States, RankedIdeas

Largest Equestrian Statues in the United States, Ranked

Joe PostJoe PostSeptember 20, 2026
Anoka Faruqee moire painting, abstract op art canvas
Anoka Faruqee: Painting as Perception

Anoka Faruqee: Painting as Perception

Joe PostJoe PostMay 3, 2026
La Pelle exhibition catalogue cover, Luc Tuymans
The Best Books on Contemporary Painting

The Best Books on Contemporary Painting

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The Best Books on Conceptual Art

The Best Books on Conceptual Art

Joe PostJoe PostJuly 31, 2026
Edouard Manet, Olympia, 1863, oil on canvas, Musee d'Orsay
Art After Photography: Why Painting Changed

Art After Photography: Why Painting Changed

Joe PostJoe PostMay 3, 2026