Over the summer Melissa Meyer and I exchanged leisurely studio visits, first at my studio in DUMBO and then at hers on West 39th Street. […]
Author: Sharon Butler
Printmaking Monday: I’m a steamroller baby
This weekend the Garrison Art Center celebrated their 50th Anniversary with “Rollin on the River,” a woodblock printing event that featured a steamroller, a […]
Richard Tuttle reviews I, Augustus, Emperor of Rome
This month in The Brooklyn Rail Richard Tuttle contributes “Augustus,” a long form essay/free writing exercise in poem form that seems to emulate a writing […]
TBT: Old New York
John Sloan, The City from Greenwich Village, 1922, oil on canvas, 26 x 33 3/4 inches. National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. Gift of Helen […]
Politics and abstract painting: Matthew Deleget at OUTLET
In the beginning, when Malevich and El Lissitzky were making some of the first Western abstract paintings, abstraction was infused with politics and ideas. The […]
Art and Fiction: Donald Antrim�s dark art
Guest Contributor Jonathan Stevenson / Artists populate a number of Donald Antrim�s ominous short stories. In some, their status as artists makes the story tick. […]
Deborah Brown: A Painterly Trajectory
Matthew Neil Gehring curated an expansive solo show of Deborah Brown’s recent paintings in the Flecker Gallery at Suffolk Community College. With his endearing […]
Invitation: A goodbye party and the DUMBO ARTS FESTIVAL
Contributed by Sharon Butler / The annual DUMBO Arts Festival takes place this coming weekend, Friday, Sept. 26, through Sunday, […]
Tamsin Doherty asks “What is a creative life?”
In the September issue of The Brooklyn Rail, Tamsin Doherty contributed a book review of Living and Sustaining a Creative Life, a book of 40 […]
Perfection: Tomma Abts and Helene Appel
Is perfection making a comeback? In exhibitions at David Zwirner and James Cohan, Tomma Abts (b. Germany 1967) and Helene Appel (b. Germany 1976) certainly […]
Eric Wesley’s daily status updates
I like reading other people’s diaries, especially artists, and so naturally I was drawn to Eric Wesley’s new work at Bortolami. The show features paintings […]
Cheat sheet: Recommended shows
Traditionally, the fall season, following the summer doldrums, is the time for audacious exhibitions that garner attention and big crowds. This fall is no exception, […]
The New Museum�s �Here and Elsewhere:� Arab artists� grim pride of place
Guest contributor Jonathan Stevenson / The New Museum�s abundant exhibition of Arab art �Here and Elsewhere,� named for and inspired by Jean-Luc Godard�s searching 1976 […]
Last chance: Summer shows in Hudson and Beacon
Continuing my roadtrip north of the city, I headed west from the Berkshires to Hudson and Beacon, two more towns that have absorbed many […]
Outside the city: Great Barrington
Last week I took a couple days off and drove up to Massachusetts. In Sheffield, I stopped by the Colonial Farm to catch up […]


































