“The Arts in Latin America: 1492-1820,” curated by Ilona Katzew. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA. Through Oct. 28 “La Presencia: Latin […]
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“Gateway Bombay” at the Peabody Essex Museum
“Gateway Bombay,” curated by Susan Bean with help from Beth Citron. Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA. Through Dec. 7, 2008. Ken Johnson writes in the […]
Good vibrations: Peter Young paintings pulsate in P.S. 1 retrospective
�Peter Young: 1963-1977,” organized by Alanna Heiss and David Deutsch. P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, Queens, NY. Through Sept. 24. �Peter Young: […]
NY Times Friday art reviews: abstraction and landscape
“LATE LIBERTIES,” John Connelly Presents, New York, NY. Through Aug. 24 / Bridget L. Goodbody reviews: “One can’t help but agree with Augusto Arbizo, a […]
Beryl Cook: 80-year-old self-taught painter’s work condemned by critics
“Beryl Cook,” Baltic, Gateshead, through September 2. In the Guardian, Adrian Searle asserts: “Beryl Cook: a homely, round name for a woman we imagine is […]
Oregon Biennial ditched in favor of $10,000 Contemporary Northwest Art Awards
In The Stranger, Jen Graves reports: “This spring, Portland Art Museum announced its decision to ditch its traditional Oregon Biennial to pursue a broader, better, […]
Repetition examined at Goff + Rosenthal
“Summer 2007: Philip Akkerman, Francis Al�s, Stephen Bush,” Goff+Rosenthal, New York, NY. Through August 3. See images. Daniel Kunitz In The Village Voice: “In art […]
Reclusive Austrailan painter Janet Dawson has retrospective
“Janet Dawson Survey, 1953-2006,” curated by Christine France. University of Queensland Art Museum, through August 19. Suzanna Clark in the The Courier Mail: “Since the […]
Making It New (again): The Art and Style of Sara & Gerald Murphy
“Making It New: The Art and Style of Sara & Gerald Murphy,” curated by Deborah Rothschild. Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, Massachusetts. Through Nov. […]
Courbet biography: Dirty laundry is the emperor�s new clothes
�The Most Arrogant Man in France: Gustave Courbet and the Nineteenth-Century Media Culture� (Princeton; $45), by Petra ten-Doesschate Chu Peter Schjeldahl’s review in the New […]
At long last, the visual arts are well represented at Edinburgh festival
Ruaridh Nicoll reports in The Observer: “Not long ago, artists would complain about the degraded place the visual arts occupied at the festival. Sure, the […]
Rogue NYC galleries open in August
[NOTE: Published in July 2007] In the NYTimes, Seth Kugel provides a listing of galleries that are open in August: “We’re approaching August in Manhattan, […]
Il Lee ballpoint pen drawings at the Queens Museum
“Il Lee: Ballpoint Drawings,” curated by Joanna Kleinberg. The Queens Museum of Art, New York. Through Sept. 30, 2007. The Queens Museum of Art introduces […]
MOMA paintings bring the outdoors indoors
Holland Cotter suggests a mini-vacation to see the paintings at MOMA this summer: “In the hot months artists have traditionally fled Paris and New York, […]
Paintings at at Lennon, Weinberg: “Taking Shape”
Frank Holliday reviews the show in the Gay City News: “Painting is not very suited to today’s pace. We live on quick fixes and instant […]
