“� Murakami,“curated by Paul Schimmel and organized by Mika Yoshitake. Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, Los Angeles, CA. October 29- Feb. 11. Takashi Murakami, conflating the […]
Author: Sharon Butler
Seurat’s light and shadow
“Georges Seurat: The Drawings,” curated by Jodi Hauptman. Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY. Through Jan. 7. This exhibition, the first NYC show of […]
Jed Perl on R.B. Kitaj
R. B. Kitaj died on Sunday, October 21, at seventy-four years old. Jed Perl writes in The New Republic: “Kitaj was a connector, an engager, […]
Frida in Minneapolis
“Frida Kahlo,” curated by Hayden Herrera and Elizabeth Carpenter. Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN. Through Jan. 20. Scheduled tour: Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA, […]
Google Search: Rufino Tamayo
This week , Carol Vogel reported in the NYTimes that a colorful painting found in the trash was in fact painted by well-known Latin American […]
In Boston: Robert Ferrandini, William Bailey
“William Bailey,” Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA. Through Nov. 7.“Robert Ferrandini: New Paintings on Paper”, Gallery NAGA, Boston, MA. Through Nov. 3. In the Boston Globe, […]
Jonathan Jones dubs “Renaissance Siena” souvenir shop kitsch
“Renaissance Siena: Art for a City,” National Gallery, London. Through Jan. 13. A hundred paintings, sculptures, drawings, manuscripts and ceramics are presented. Artists include Matteo […]
Worshipping Van Gogh online
In the Sunday Times, Matthew Campbell reports that the Auberge Ravoux may someday be a video cyber shrine to former resident Vincent Van Gogh. “Dominique-Charles […]
Lucy Hunnicutt’s words
Self-taught painter Lucy Hunnicutt is profiled by Arnold Wengrow in the Asheville Citizen-Times. “Hunnicutt’s house had a wood stove. ‘It was a real cold winter,’ […]
Lawrence Weiner’s words
“Lawrence Weiner: As Far As The Eye Can See,” co-curated by Donna De Salvo, Whitney Museum Chief Curator and Associate Director for Programs, and Ann […]
NYTimes Art in Review: Chris Ofili, Elif Uras, Thomas Eggerer
“CHRIS OFILI: Devil�s Pie,” David Zwirner, New York, NY. Through Nov. 3. Holland Cotter reports: “Mr. Ofili has always been forthright about the devotional spirit […]
Act your age
“The art student was shocked. The carefully prepared presentation collapsed under a surprisingly simple if not quite obvious question the visiting guest professor posed: Why […]
Interview with Lari Pittman
In the LA Times, Dean Kuipers spends 60 seconds with Lari Pittman. Pittman will be featured on PBS Art: 21 on Oct. 28 and has […]
In Boston: Hannah Barrett and Sharon Horvath
Sharon Horvath’s new series of densely layered line paintings at Victoria Munroe Fine Art is made with dispersed pigment and polymer on canvas. In the […]
Georg Baselitz, Ellsworth Kelly, Giuseppe Penone, and Dorothea Rockburne select
“Drawing Connections: Baselitz, Kelly, Penone, Rockburne, and the Old Masters,” curated by Isabelle Dervaux. Morgan Library and Museum, New York, NY. Through Jan. 6. “Drawing […]
