Contributed by Jennifer Coates / I met Caroline Wells Chandler when he was an MFA student at Yale, and we immediately connected in a lunatic […]
Author: Sharon Butler
Yevgeniya Baras: Impastoed strata
Contributed by Jason Andrew / Spend anytime out in the rural West, particularly the plains of southwest Texas, and you�ll discover the daunting challenge […]
An ocean of rivers: Esteban Cabeza de Baca
Contributed by Sangram Majumdar / Since I first visited Esteban Cabeza de Baca‘s studio when he was enrolled in Columbia�s MFA Program, his work has evolved, but his restlessness and unwillingness […]
Quick study
This edition of “Quick study” includes good news about how the arts drive economic growth and bad news about MoCA curator Helen Molesworth. Also: Grant […]
MFA report: Hrag Vartanian finds �home” in RISD painting studios
MFA exhibitions invariably�must encompass�a vast range of disparate material, and it�s a stiff challenge for a�guest curator to create a unified show�that frames a�cohesive�experience for […]
Rainy day in New York
Thomas Berding, Sunrise Sunset Die Cut, 2016, oil, acrylic and flashe on canvas, 70 x 62 inches. When I got to the studio this dreary […]
The fairs! The fairs!
In March, the art fairs come to New York, and I’ve put together a brief list, with descriptions and helpful links to the individual fairs. […]
Quick study
This week: The obituary for prolific New Yorker cartoonist James Stevenson, a review of “Painting Paintings, an exhibition of David Reed’s paintings from the 1970s, […]
President’s portrait
From the label text at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC: American artist Gilbert Stuart was commissioned to paint this portrait after the success […]
2017 College Art Association Conference intel
This week the College Art Association Annual Conference takes up residence at the New York Hilton Midtown. For non-members, onsite registration costs $595 for the […]
Quick study
Featuring links to articles about�the Painting in the 1980s and Raymond Pettibon exhibitions, distracted by politics, Mother Jones, David Corn, Blue Mountain Center,�I Am Not […]
Katharina Grosse on canvas
When I first saw Katharina Grosse’s paintings at Gagosian, my reaction was that they were too big, and that the surfaces were too flat–that they […]
Marina Adams: Radically soft and optimistic
Contributed by by Danielle Wu / Given the influx of politically oriented exhibitions lately, “Soft Power,” Marina Adams’s solo at Salon 94 offers an ethereal mind space that provides relief from all the strain and strife. Wavy blocks of bright color, from lemony yellows to saltwater blues, nest together, embracing each other’s outlines. Standing in front of her grand abstractions is like basking in warm sunlight.
In retrospect: Post-truth with David Brody and Elliot Green
Contributed by Luisa Caldwell�and�Matt Freedman / Back in December, the uncanny pushed its way into the room of exquisite landscape paintings by David Brody and […]
Quick study
The-world-is-falling-apart edition. MoMA protests Trump’s refugee ban, Dore Ashton has died, AFC offers to�help to artists affected by Trump’s executive orders, movies about politics, NEA […]
