Oaths? Questions? First spread of a collaborative book by Marjorie Welish and James Siena. Oaths? Questions? Second spread. Oaths? Questions? Third spread. […]
Month: December 2009
The continued under-valuation of art bloggers
Last year we all cheered when New York’s Creative Capital/Warhol Foundation, which “aims to support the broad spectrum of writing on contemporary visual art,” included […]
Art for Darwinian times
Matthew Miller, “Untitled (Self-Portrait), 2009. Detail. In the latest edition of The Brooklyn Rail I reviewed “Social Curiosities,” a show at the New York Academy […]
“I�m not an original thinker, but I think I�m an original painter.”
Sylvia Plimack Mangold, “Summer Maple,” 2008, drypoint and aquatint on paper, 16 3/4 x 21 in Sylvia Plimack Mangold, “Maple Tree Detail 2008,” 2008, oil […]
NY Times Art in Review: Fischer, Halvorson, Santore
Dan Fischer,”Mondrian Studio II,” 2008, graphite on paper, 2.125 x 9.625.” DAN FISCHER: Unique Forms of Continuity in Space,” Derek Eller Gallery, Chelsea. Through Dec. […]
18 painters selected for 2010 Whitney Biennial
According to Carol Vogel in the NY Times, the 2010 edition of the Whitney Biennial will not only try to chronicle current goings-on in contemporary […]
Returns Department
Thanks Princeton Architectural Press, for sending a copy of Joe Fig’s new book, Inside the Painter’s Studio. Throughout the blogosphere artists and critics are raving […]
Slack Tide: William Lamson at Artspace
Stills from Lamson’s performance video of “Play/Pause.” This week in the New Haven Advocate, I review Brooklyn-based artist William Lamson’s Artspace exhibition Time Is […]
Book excerpt: A PAINTER’S LIFE by K.B. Dixon
UPDATE (May 11, 2010): Dixon’s book has been selected as a finalist for the 2010 Eric Hoffer Book Award for independent publishing. According to their […]
OMG: A painter wins the Turner Prize
Turner Prize 2009: intricate gold leaf painting by Richard Wright. Photo: Heathcliff O’Malley Painter Richard Wright won this year’s Turner Prize for his elaborate, gold-leaf […]
Antidote to Miami: The Degenerate Craft Fair
Jerry Paffendorf/LOVELAND at the Degenerate Craft Fair Everest Hall/Yadir Quintana at the Degenerate Craft Fair Billed as a”sort of anti-art-fair” featuring over […]
Selected paintings from Scope, Aqua, Pierogi, and Pulse
As I walked through the fairs in Miami, I concentrated on the quieter paintings that didn’t attract as much attention as, say, the installation that […]
Tommorow!
Free prints of this amazing drawing will be available tomorrow at our panel discussion. Via ArtLurker: Art Bloggers @, an organization founded by Sharon Butler […]
Images from Art Basel Miami Beach and Amy Sillman Giveaway!
Contributed by Sharon Butler / I arrived yesterday, picked up my press pass, and headed down to the selling floor at Art Basel Miami Beach. […]
Miami Update
I’m heading for Miami this morning. Look for micro updates on @ Bushwick & Main, my Tumbler studio blog. I’ll be at Art Burn this […]
