“Michael Toenges and Peter Tollens,” Patricia Sweetow Gallery, San Francisco, CA. Through Feb 23. German painters Michael Toenges and Peter Tollens, in thrall to the […]
Author: Sharon Butler
Love letter to painting in LA
“Some Paintings: 2007 LA Weekly Annual Biennial,” curated by Doug Harvey. Track 16 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA. Through Feb.16. Artists include Lisa Adams, David Amico, […]
It’s so high school
“The Second Annual Williams School Student Exhibition,” Golden Street Gallery, New London, CT. Through January 25. “Whalers & Lancers,” Hygienic Art, Inc., New London, CT […]
Ken Kelly’s impulsively painted grids
“Ken Kelly: Future Perfect,” Howard House, Seattle, WA. Through Feb. 23. Ken Kelly’s paintings are red, black and white oil and enamel on canvas, and […]
Fathoming the depths of Schnabelia
“Julian Schnabel: Navigation Drawings,” Sperone Westwater, New York, NY. Through Feb. 16. In the catalog for the show, Sounding in Fathoms: Julian Schnabel�s Recent Navigation […]
Varnishing truth in LA
“Imitation of Life,” Kinkead Contemporary, Culver City, CA. January 12- February 9. “Imitation of Life” presents the work inspired and influenced by cinema. More specifically, […]
Copeland, Logan, Huey at Allston Skirt
“Strangefolks,” Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston, MA. Through Feb. 16. ASG presents a three-person show of big paintings by John Copeland, Logan Grider and Elizabeth Huey. […]
Joanne Tod’s portraits of Canadian soldiers killed in combat
Natalie Armstrong reports at Reuters UK that “Joanne Tod is sickened every time she hears about the death of another Canadian soldier in Afghanistan, even […]
In Plessen’s world
“Magnus Plessen,” Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York, NY. Through Jan. 12. �I have asked myself where the image is, is it in front of me […]
Abstraction and the Holocaust
“Abstraction and the Holocaust,” by Mark Godfrey. Yale University Press, 2007. Mark Godfrey examines how American abstract artists reacted to the Holocaust. Reviewed by Ross […]
Stress may lead to tasteless posts
Dan Fost reports in the NYTimes that maintaining a daily blog can be stressful.
For every abstract reference to migration, human beings are involved
“Migration: La Diaspora,” curated by Jack Rasmussen. Mexican Cultural Institute, Washington, DC. Through Feb. 2. Michael O’Sullivan reports in the Washington Post. “In a nutshell, […]
Who is Burton Silverman?
Burton Silverman, arguably the top newsmaker in the painting world last week, was the artist commissioned to paint the portrait of W. Richard West Jr., […]
Writerartists in Cambridge
“The Writers’ Brush, an Exhibition of Art by Writers,” curated by Donald Friedman and Jon Wronski. Pierre Menard Gallery, Cambridge, MA. Through January 15. The […]
Painter Michael Goldberg dies in his studio
Michael Goldberg , an 83-year-old Abstract Expressionist and husband of artist Lynn Umlauf, died in his Bowery studio on Sunday, apparently of a heart attack. […]
