While I was teaching an MFA seminar at PAFA last semester, I took the class to artist-run gallery Tiger Strikes Asteroid for a talk by […]
Author: Sharon Butler
Gratitude, Favorites from 2014, Predictions for 2015
Last 2014 snap from the studio in LIC. Happy New Year! I recently read an article (thanks to Sharon Louden for bringing my attention to […]
The strategic now
In her statement for “The Forever Now,” the contemporary painting show on view at MOMA through April 5, 2015, curator Laura Hoptman makes a case […]
Artist’s house for sale: Mystic, Connecticut
UPDATE (Dec. 23): We have a contract on the house, but there’s a contingency clause–we agreed to give the buyers time to sell their […]
Art and Film: Revenge of the casualists?
Contributed by Jonathan Stevenson / Joe Angio�s winning rock documentary Revenge of the Mekons concerns a defiantly non-commercial punk-era British rock band that has kept […]
Press release of the week: IDLENESS vs. INDUSTRY
“The aperture on the camera Man Ray used for Dust Breeding (1920) is said to have been left open the precise amount of time it […]
Two Coats of Paint’s Miami Correspondents: Rebecca Morgan and Heather McPherson
If you are in Miami this week, please say hello to our 2014 correspondents, Heather McPherson and Rebecca Morgan. Morgan, represented by Asya Geisberg Gallery […]
This weekend: The 6th Annual Degenerate Craft Fair
I love the Degenerate Craft Fair, the annual event where you can listen to music and drink beer while doing your holiday shopping. This weekend […]
Installation view: Paintings from Paris
Contributed by Sharon Butler / In his final show at 681 Washington Street in the West Village, Peter Makebish has curated “Paintings from Paris,” an […]
November 18: Andrew Ginzel’s list of NYC shows and events
SOME but not all NYC SELECTED SHOWS TO SEE / November 18, 2014 / Listed south to north. Compiled by artist Andrew Ginzel for his […]
Snaps: A visit to Maine College of Art
Readers may have noticed that posting slowed down a little last week. I spent a few days up at the Maine College of Art […]
News from Philadelphia: Libby Rosof to step back from daily operations at The Art Blog
I received word via email yesterday that Libby Rosof, one of the founding publishers of Philadelphia-based The Art Blog, has retired from daily operations. Rosof […]
Quick study
A Friday reading round-up that includes Art Forum on Mira Dancy and Sarah Peters, ArtNews on the Independent, Roberta Smith on Sharon Horvath, Martha Schwendener […]
Stay home and work: PAFA introduces a new low residency MFA program
For artists interested in getting an MFA but have circumstances that prevent them from applying to a traditional two-year MFA program, the Pennsylvania Academy of […]
The James Kalm Report: Painting in Bushwick
“As a longtime practitioner of painting, James Kalm has seen its fortunes rise and fall with the seasons. No sooner than it�s pronounced dead than, […]
