Remember Andy Warhol’s “Time Capsules?” This serial work, spanning a thirty-year period from the early 1960s to the late 1980s, consists of 610 standard sized […]
Author: Sharon Butler
Sanford Wurmfeld’s non-mimetic panorama painting in Edinburgh
At the Edinburgh Art Festival, which starts this Thursday, Sanford Wurmfeld is presenting an E-Cyclorama – a 21st Century version of the once popular 19th […]
Could Reality TV be (gasp) good for the artworld?
When I first graduated from art school, Stefan Stux looked at slides of my work and proclaimed, “This may be good, but it’s not going […]
Retinal probe at Laguna Beach
In “In the Land of Retinal Delights: The Juxtapoz Factor,” The Laguna Art Museum presents the work of 150 artists who have a visual affinity […]
NY Times Art in Review: Hopper, Ellis, “Constraction,” Pearlstein
“Edward Hopper: Etchings,” Craig F. Starr Gallery, New York, NY. Through Aug. 15. Ken Johnson: “Early in his career, when the demands of commercial illustration […]
Imi Knoebel’s restoration at Dia: “24 Colors–For Blinky”
In the July/August issue of The Brooklyn Rail, check out my article about Imi Knoebel’s 1977 installation, which, thanks to generous funding from Gucci, has […]
Cy Twombly’s juggling act
In the NY Sun David Cohen writes that the Cy Twombly retrospective at Tate Modern is a reminder that no matter how intellectually ambitious, above […]
Retro fashion: John Armleder, Olivier Mosset, Haim Steinbach
In Time Out Nuit Banai reports that this “gang of old-timers” at Nicole Klagsbrun are back in fashion. “While not veering far from their respectively […]
Elizabeth Peyton’s status update
Elizabeth Peyton’s paintings, based on photographs, can be read in chapters, each of which feature portraits of friends, family, personal heroes, and, of course, fleeting […]
Eric Elliott and Carlos Vega in Seattle
In the Seattle P-I Regina Hackett writes that James Harris Gallery’s two solo shows are worth checking out. “History floats in the collages of Carlos […]
Kehinde Wiley: Likenesses
In Time Out, Sophie Fels writes that painter Kehinde Wiley is like the hero of a children�s story. “Wiley grew up as one of six […]
Studio update: Studio visits, exhibitions, new work
In preparation for a studio visit from collectors (and friends) over Fourth of July weekend, I manically re-organized the warren of attic rooms I’ve adopted […]
NY Times Art in Review: Danica Phelps and Ata Kwami
“Danica Phelps,” Zach Feuer, New York, NY. Through July 18. Karen Rosenberg: “For the last decade Danica Phelps has chronicled her personal and financial lives […]
Gary Hume’s hospital doors
Twenty years after Gary Hume emerged onto the British art scene with his Door Paintings, Modern Art Oxford presents the first survey of the series. […]
Landscape girls at Jeff Bailey
According to Andrew Johnson in The Independent, art dealer Iwan Wirth, who represents Louise Bourgeois, admits that women artists face prejudice and discrimination, with their […]
