In Cabinet Magazine Michael Sappol, curator-historian at the National Library of Medicine (National Institutes of Health) and author of A Traffic of Dead Bodies: Anatomy […]
Author: Sharon Butler
Unsuspecting family learns that heirloom is by Martin Johnson Heade
Maddie Hanna reports in the Boston Globe that the owners of an unknown Martin Johnson Heade painting had no idea that the piece, which had […]
Two restoration tales: Ad Reinhardt and Imi Knoebel
In July issue of The Brooklyn Rail, I wrote about an Imi Knoebel installation at Dia:Beacon. The installation, billed as a restoration of Knoebel’s 1977 […]
Wendy White: One more day
Tomorrow is the last day to see Wendy White’s show at Leo Koenig, Inc.–my apologies for not posting it sooner. White’s loud abstract language alludes […]
Everybody hearts painting, 4eva
“Painting: Now and Forever, Part II,” billed as “a highly subjective, celebratory survey of contemporary painting,” is a wonderfully seductive, understated show, at least the […]
Damage report
In The Guardian Laura Barnett reports that sometimes visitors damage artwork, but more likely gallery staff are to blame. “Incidents of damage involving gallery visitors […]
Studio pin-ups from Germany
The little pictures and postcards that artists hang on our studio walls create a visual guide to our artistic DNA. Over in the corner, or […]
Bussing in Harlem
On Saturday, August 9, everyone is invited to Harlem for a tour of the art galleries. Home of Romare Bearden (master collagist), Norman Lewis (abstract […]
Sharon Louden lights up Birmingham
In The Birmingham News Michael Huebner reports that The Birmingham Museum of Art has commissioned New York artist Sharon Louden to create 12 paintings that […]
Roberta Smith’s advice to young artists: Learn to paint
In the NY Times, Roberta Smith reports that the artists included in “How Soon Is Now?” the 28th version of the annual culmination of the […]
Holland Cotter says weird can be cool but….
Gavin Brown Enterprise and Maccarone released an interesting curatorial statement for their star-studded joint group show, “Pretty Ugly.” “When you wake up in the morning, […]
Anthony Lane’s tour de force
Anthony Lane’s seriously funny New Yorker review of “Mamma Mia!” is a must-read for anyone who likes criticism.”Like many people, I was under the impression […]
John Moores Painting Prize: Shortlist released
The shortlist for the John Moores Contemporary Painting Prize, the UK�s largest contemporary painting competition with a first prize of �25,000 and total fund of […]
Revisionaries: Tad Wiley, Laurie Fendrich, and Luke Gray at Gary Snyder
Gary Snyder/Project Space, which has primarily focused on historically rooted abstract art, is having its first exhibition of contemporary painting. In the NY Sun Stephen […]
Shipping Guernica
At Looking Around, Richard Lacayo has a good summary of the situation with Picasso’s “Guernica,” and a little history lesson about the Spanish Civil War […]
