Contributed by Will Fenstermaker / The vultus, a Latin word that has no equivalent in Indo-European languages or ancient Greek, is the face that lies […]
Author: Sharon Butler
Stuart Davis: The last painting
Stuart Davis, whose uneven but exhilarating retrospective is on view at the Whitney through September 25, is known for his playful fusion of advertising typography, […]
A new maximalism? Collecting, typologies, and objects in “The Keepers”
The New York Times Magazine recently ran a column about the tyranny (and ubiquity) of minimalism as a hipster aesthetic. Author Kyle Chayka explored the […]
Interview: Timothy Nolan and his public art project at LAX
If you find yourself in Terminal 7 at the Los Angeles International Airport, you can’t miss Timothy Nolan’s new public art project, a series of� […]
Invitations: Outlet Fine Art, Theodore:Art, Galerie Jean Fournier, Lesley Heller
This Friday, August 5, please join me at Outlet Fine Arts in Bushwick for the opening reception of “ISSUE 001: EXPENSIVE POETRY, the release of […]
Upstate: Victoria Palermo at The Hyde Collection
Inspired by Isabella Stuart Gardner, a Boston philanthropist who traveled the world amassing a remarkable art collection and then built a palazzo on the Fenway […]
Yoshiaki Mochizuki’s shifting light
Contributed by Will Fenstermaker / When the light shifts, Yoshiaki Mochizukis paintings come alive. Surfaces that seem like dull mirrors shift into prismatic events as […]
Email: Report from a colonial farm
Brece Honeycutt, a friend and colleague who divides her time between New York and a farm at the foot of the Berkshires in Massachusetts, recently […]
Eric Aho shadows his father at the New Britain Museum
The energetic paint handling in Eric Aho�s work is like a shot of adrenaline for contemporary painters. In a solo exhibition at the New Britain […]
MTA Arts Spotlight: Faith Ringgold at 125th Street Station
From the MTA website: “Flying Home: Harlem Heroes and Heroines is a mosaic mural that honors Harlem notables and makes them fly. The mural on […]
Scrapbook: The Outer Cape experience
Last week I went to Cape Cod, where I had paintings in an exhibition at the Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill. I […]
Berlin postcard: Edmund de Waal�s rich austerity measures
Contributed by Jonathan Stevenson /Edmund de Waal�s pensive exhibition, recently up at Galerie Max Hetzler in Berlin, was inspired by the artist�s intensive reading of […]
Cheat sheet: Summer group shows (and what curators are writing about them)
Often curated by artists, summer group shows provide a window into the hive mind. Accordingly, I’ve put together a short list of exhibitions that are […]
Lucio Fontana’s ghost: Amy Feldman, Maximilian Schubert, Alan Wiener at 11R
In 1947, Lucio Fontana (Italy, 1988-1968) launched the Movimento Spaziale in Italy. The movement was primarily concerned with the utilization of neon, radio, television to […]
Hilma af Klint at Serpentine Gallery: Sustenance and Possibility
Contributed by Barbara Campbell Thomas / I first laid eyes on the work of Hilma af Klint (Stockholm, 1862-1944) in 1999, while an MFA student […]
