On January 15 at Bonhams’ “Gentlemen’s Library Sale,” portrait paintings of pigeons go on the block. The winsome paintings, by French painter J Baldaus and […]
Author: Sharon Butler
Hugo Boss shortlist gives painters the brush
In the NYTimes, Carol Vogel reports that this year�s finalists for the Guggenheim’s Hugo Boss Prize “include some of the hottest names around, and their […]
Literally and figuratively in Houston
“Jackie Gendel and Valerie Hegarty,” CTRL Gallery, Houston, TX. Through Jan. 12. Brooklynites Jackie Gendel and Valerie Hegarty have shipped their paintings off to Houston […]
Larger-than-life drawing
“Big Drawing,” Lori Bookstein Fine Art, New York, NY. Through Jan. 19. This five-person group show features huge drawings by Sharon Horvath, Graham Nickson, Karlis […]
John Morris knocks on wood
“John Morris: Paintings on Panel,” D’Amelio Terras, New York, NY. Through Feb. 3. Selected by ArtCal as a top pick last week, John Morris, who […]
Michael Fallon: Chronicling artistic failure
In his art blog The Chronicle of Artistic Failure, Michael Fallon studies how art is failing in this country. Part journalism, part concentrated research, part […]
Michael Craig-Martin: U is for Cynic
“Michael Craig-Martin: A is for Umbrella,” Gagosian Gallery, London. Through Jan. 31. In The Observer, Rachel Cooke writes that Craig-Martin has been turning out work […]
Joe Amrhein still in Florida
“Joe Amrhein: New Work,” Red Dot Contemporary, West Palm Beach, FL. Through Jan. 5. In today’s Palm Beach Post, Gary Schwan’s audio Art Lesson! column […]
Remembering Robin Utterback
“Remembering Robin Utterback,” curated by Clint Willour. Galveston Arts Center, Galveston, TX. Through Jan. 5. On March 30, 2007, well-known Houston painter Robin Utterback was […]
Cranch’s transcendental landscape paintings at the Lyman Allyn Museum
“At Home and Abroad: The Transcendental Landscapes of Christopher Pearse Cranch,” curated by Nancy Stula. Lyman Allyn Art Museum, New London, CT. Through Feb. 24. […]
Jacob Lawrence: Painting as aesthetic object or historic narrative?
�Jacob Lawrence�s Migration Series: Selections From the Phillips Collection,� Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY. Through Jan. 6. �Undoing the Ongoing Bastardization of […]
Carousing with the Ashcan School boys
�Life�s Pleasures: The Ashcan Artists� Brush With Leisure, 1895-1925,� curated by James W. Tottis. New-York Historical Society, New York, NY. Through Feb. 10. Artists include […]
Gopnik asks why: John Alexander retrospective at Smithsonian American Art Museum
“John Alexander: A Retrospective,” curated by Jane Livingston for the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC. Through March 16. […]
Burgoyne Diller’s polite abstraction
“Burgoyne Diller and Hard-Edge Abstraction: Underpinnings and Continuity,” Spanierman Gallery, New York, NY. Through January 5. Along with examples by Diller, the exhibition includes art […]
Mala Iqbal’s radiant calamity at PPOW
“Mala Iqbal: Washed Away,” P.P.O.W, New York, NY. Through January 5. In The Village Voice, RC Baker’s picks this week include Mala Iqbal’s garishly vivid, […]
