Children in portraits were first depicted only as tiny adults, little devils, or props to their parents’ ambition. In The Guardian, Antonia Fraser charts the […]
Author: Sharon Butler
NY Magazine features Chelsea gallery recommendations
In New York Magazine, Karen Rosenberg asks, given �an afternoon in Chelsea: which shows are worth the sweltering slog?� Before all the galleries close and […]
Unrehearsed expressiveness in art
Kenneth Baker in The San Francisco Chronicle recommends The Passionate Gesture: “Hackett-Freedmaninvites us to think about whether and how we can recognize unrehearsed expressiveness in […]
From the archives: Donald Kuspit on Sean Scully
On artnet, Donald Kuspit’s erudite review of Sean Scully’s show (Sept. 26, 2006-Jan. 15, 2007) at NYC’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. For anyone interested in […]
“In Her Own Right: Minnesota�s First Generation of Women Artists” at the Minnesota Museum of American Art
Marianne Combs in a Minnesota Public Radio broadcast about pioneering work by Minnesota’s first professional women painters: “Any story about American women artists involves grit […]
What is painting?
‘What Is Painting?” The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY. Through September 17 In The Village Voice, R.C. Baker recommends the show: “This big, […]
Edward Hopper sale in Pennsylvania: early works on paper
Geoff Gehman of The Morning Call reports: “On Saturday, the 125th anniversary of Edward Hopper’s birth, eDavid Gallery in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, will open a show-sale […]
Ink on paper at Gallery Joe
Edith Newhall reviews of the show in The Philadelphia Inquirer: “In the lush Philadelphia summer, with vivid color running rampant, ink on paper can look […]
Fadia Haddad retrospective: fluttering between the chaos of life and death
Farah Aridi writes in The Daily Star: “Amid the mayhem of Lebanon’s current crisis combo of security concern, political deadlock, institutional meltdown and existential dread, […]
Neil Jenney resurfaces at The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum
In the NYTimes, Grace Glueck reports: “Whoa! Could this be the work of Neil Jenney, a star of the 1970s Neo-Expressionist movement, who first intrigued […]
Clive Owen and George Clooney in forgers’ tale
Vanessa Thorpe reports in The Observer: “The extraordinary story of how British forgers John Myatt and John Drewe joined together to con art experts and […]
Jeff Koons on feeling good
In Graeme Green’s sixty second Metro interview with Jeff Koons, Koons declares “I like to make people feel good about themselves and connected with themselves, […]
Ada and Alex Katz donate paintings from their collection to Colby College Museum of Art
David Cohen reports in The New York Sun: “In 2004, Alex Katz, who turns 80 next week, launched a foundation to collect contemporary art. This […]
SAM slam
Lee Rosenbaum Lee Rosenbaum reports today in the Wall Street Journal: “Most museums expand to make room for their existing permanent collections. The Seattle Art […]
“Lines, Grids, Stains, Words” at MOMA
Sarah Schmerler in The Village Voice: “This smart little offering of Minimalist drawings is curated by Christian Rattemeyer (late of Artists Space). He’s scarcely been […]
