I recently got a note from Julian Kreimer, one of my former colleagues in the dynamic painting program at SUNY Purchase, who is about to […]
Author: Sharon Butler
Quick study: Goodbye art world, Tal R, Anselm Reyle’s fall, Hollywood agents, Lucy Lippard’s advice, and a rant about education
When twenty-somethings realize being a part of the the art world often means enduring a hard, poorly compensated, unfair existence, sometimes they decide to pursue […]
Evelyn De Morgan: The Love Potion
Drawn to the style of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, Evelyn De Morgan was best known for tackling literary subjects and spiritual allegories. According to the De […]
Two Coats at Sundance: Misery, ambition and the creative life
Guest contributor Jonathan Stevenson / Every January throngs of industry strivers and film buffs congregate in the snowy streets of Park City for the Sundance […]
Painting of the day: Mark Brosseau’s Viscous
Mark Brosseau, Viscous, 2014, medium: acrylic, flashe, and ink on canvas, 24 x 20 inches. About Mark Brosseau: Equally drawn to color, science, math, and […]
Installation: Call and Response @ Gavin Brown
“Call and Response,” an enormous group show hung salon-style in the back gallery at Gavin Brown, includes many of the artists whose work comprises “The […]
The archive: Jack Pierson’s billboard paintings
In the early days of digital imagery, the most challenging aspect of the new medium for artists was output. Back in the late 1990s, most […]
John Yau: “There is a lot of very good painting going on these days”
At Hyperallergic Weekend, John Yau starts a post about a visit to Louise Belcourt’s Williamsburg studio with a mini-rant about curators, galleries and museums: Despite […]
RESIDENCY: Andrea Zittel’s Wagon Station Encampment
Regular readers know that I’m a zealous supporter of DIY artist residencies, so I was pleased to see that Andrea Zittel’s Wagon Station Encampment is […]
Blizzard!
Last night when my flight to the Sundance Film Festival had been cancelled, I realized that the storm we’re expecting in New York today is […]
ON FILM: Art and Fraud
Guest contributor Jonathan Stevenson / Art forgery seems especially unsporting and misanthropic as non-violent crimes go, involving as it does the subversion of high culture. […]
INSTALLATION: Elements @ Minus Space
Mid-size objects and paintings that “investigate primary forms and elementary materials” are having a meaningful conversation at Minus Space this month, and I strongly recommend […]
In retrospect: Sara Greenberger Rafferty @ Rachel Uffner
Guest contributor Eileen Jeng / Sara Greenberger Rafferty�s exhibition at Rachel Uffner Gallery explored the themes of performance, stand-up comedy, media culture, and gender identity […]
Last Chance: ZERO countdown
One of my favorite exhibitions of 2014 was “ZERO, Countdown to Tomorrow.” Open through tomorrow, the show features work by European artists who sought to […]
Michael Voss: Beyond the absolute
The following is an interesting catalogue essay that critic Carter Ratcliff wrote for Brooklyn painter Michael Voss’s 2014 solo show at George Lawson in San […]
