The following is an excerpt from Denis Johnson’s novel The Name of the World (New York: HarperCollins, 2000), pp. 12-13, in which the main character, […]
Author: Sharon Butler
Oly curates show at Bibro
“Winter Salon: Gallery & Invited Artists,” curated by Denise Bibro, Almitra Stanley, and Olympia Lambert. Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York, NY. Through Feb.2. Blogger […]
Leonard Ruder’s basement paintings
“Leonard Ruder: Evidence of a Life’s Work,” guest curated by Silas Cook. Art Gym at Marylhurst University, Marylhurst, OR. Through Feb. 13. 90-year-old painter Leonard […]
Striking nude models in Rome
Richard Owen and Ben Hoyle report in the Times that the nude models are striking for better pay and improved working conditions. “Doing nothing for […]
Painting in Seattle: Darren Waterson, The Prom
“Darren Waterson: Last Days,” Greg Kucera, Seattle, WA. Through February 9.“The Prom: A Semi-formal Survey of Semi,” curated by Alex Ohge. Lawrimore Project,, Seattle, WA. […]
Introducing my electronic mob
Although off the subject of painting, I must comment on Lee Siegel’s new book Against the Machine: Being Human in the Age of the Electronic […]
Alan Saret at The Drawing Center
“Alan Saret: Gang Drawings,” The Drawing Center, New York, NY. Through Feb. 7. Alan Saret was part of the Soho alternative art scene in the […]
Parlato and Saccoccio: retooling gestural abstraction
“Jackie Saccoccio: Interrupted Grid,” Eleven Rivington, New York, NY. Through Feb. 9.“Carolanna Parlato: Nature Games,” Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY. Through Feb. 2. In […]
PaintersNYC returns with Karen Kilimnik
After a six week respite, a new painter has been forced to walk the plank at the unsparing art-crit blog PaintersNYC. Karen Kilimnik, whose paintings […]
National Portrait Gallery hangs Steve Colbert
According to USA Today, comedian Stephen Colbert convinced one of the nation’s premier museums to hang his portrait — in the hallway next to a […]
Alberto Burri: surgeon turned artist after WWII
“Alberto Burri,” Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York, NY. Through January 19. Alberto Burri (1915 � 1995) was born in Citt� di Castello, Italy. He earned […]
Brick Banksy on eBay
BBC News reports that online bidding for a wall painted on by graffiti artist Banksy has closed with a final bid of �208,100. However, neither […]
How Pattern and Decoration broadened the artworld’s horizon
�Pattern and Decoration: An Ideal Vision in American Art, 1975-1985,� curated by Anne Swartz. Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY. Through Jan. 20. Check out Librado […]
Remember Miami?
This weekend was the first art walk of the new year in Wynwood. See Elvis Ramirez’s slide show from the New Miami Times. “Anyone passing […]
Morris Louis investigation
“Morris Louis,” Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, NY. Through Jan. 19.Widely recognized as an influential American post war painter, Morris Louis became an inspirational figure […]
