Rebecca Morris likes to compartmentalize. Her paintings, smartly�installed�at Mary Boone’s Fifth�Avenue location through February 25, feature symmetrically placed geometric shapes, sometimes collaged onto the surfaces of the large-scale canvases. Each of the shapes, large squares or�circles,�is divided�into numerous smaller shapes�that have been casually�filled with improvised patterns, line, and brushwork. Morris’s […]

This week: Resistance activities, some Blouin Artinfo gossip, RIP John Berger, two art historians try to stop a museum from sending a�painting to the Trump Inauguration, Carroll Dunham on Kerry James Marshall, openings in Chelsea tonight, and Paul D’Agostino asks artists which��exhibitions they’re�eager to see.

In the unrelenting year-end swirl of grading, final reviews, impending global�upheaval, and extra holiday-related chores, you�probably�have a�nagging feeling�that you’ve missed some�good shows. And�perhaps you’re wondering about the exhibitions�that are�opening in January. For me, the antidote is putting�together a list of exhibitions, checking out�some work, either online or IRL, and getting�my […]

Rumors are circulating that the Trump organization might be�thinking about appointing�Sylvester Stallone to head the�National Endowment for the Arts. Most�of us know that Stallone�is an actor (Yo, Adrian), but few realize that he also identifies as�a painter and is represented by Galerie Gmurzynska,�a Swiss gallery that�specializes in Russian avant-garde, modern […]

I was lucky to have�a chance to stop by�the compelling�Cy Twombly retrospective�at Centre Pompidou in Paris earlier this month. Spanning Twombly’s�entire career, the exhibition comprises�three major series: “Nine Discourses on Commodus”�(1963), “Fifty Days at Iliam”�(1978), and “Coronation of Sesostris”�(2000). I’ve always been drawn to Twombly’s drawing, sensual surfaces, and mastery […]