Contributed by�Debbi Kenote /�Staring at a large pin board in Margie Livingston�s Seattle studio, artist�Til Will and I observe a collage of quotes, photos and […]
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Peter Halley: The new unreality
Contributed by Sharon Butler / In his first solo show at Greene Naftali, Peter Halley contends with the new American reality of an increasingly shameless and authoritarian state under which, despite the best efforts of an overstretched free press and an embattled political opposition, the difference between fact and fiction has become increasingly obscured. Halley has outfitted the cavernous gallery with metallic floor-to-ceiling digital prints, tweaked lighting, a handful of his signature paintings, and intermittent sound emissions to create a disturbing sense of unease and “topsy-turvy disorientation. In the back room, as a mordant coda, Halley has included one of Robert Morris’s 1978 sculptures made of classical architectural fragments and a distorting fun house mirror.
Pierre Coupey: Beyond the borders
Contributed by Dion Kliner / Over the course of more than five decades as a non-representational painter Pierre Coupey has deliberately avoided settling into a […]
Skulptur Projekte orbits M�nster
Contributed by Loren Britton / When Skulptur�M�nster�began in 1977, no one�expected it to continue beyond its first iteration. In the early 1970�s, artist George Rickey […]
Bushwick Open Studios 2017, Part 2
Contributed by Katie Fuller / Last weekend,�Bushwick Open Studios did not disappoint. The mood was uplifting and the studios were�full of�artistic spirit. I found myself […]
Leslie Wayne: Beyond painterly
Contributed by Sharon Butler and Jonathan Stevenson / Leslie Wayne, in transcendently clever new work on view at Jack Shainman Gallery through October 21, has […]
A preview: 2017 Bushwick Open Studios
Bushwick Open Studios takes place this weekend, and we�ve gone through the BOS listings, Facebook posts, and our overstuffed inbox to select a few shows […]
Steve Greene’s afterimages
Contributed by Sharon Butler / Beat-up paper, runny ink, and crusty surfaces aren’t so prevalent now that preliminary studies can be more efficiently made — […]
Quick study
Articles this week concern�talented female artists over 60, playwrights tackling�the heartbreaking�heroin epidemic, the link between smart phones and teenage depression, Donald Trump�s stupid drawing, art […]
Philadelphia conversation: Lovitz, Hoffmann, Granwell at Fleisher/Ollman
Contributed by Becky Huff Hunter / Alchemy, Typology, Entropy at Fleisher/Ollman, Philadelphia, features painting and sculpture by three talented artists who live and work locally: […]
Unlimited: Painting and political upheaval
Contributed by Sharon Butler / During the 1960s, the world was rocked by massive political upheaval. In May 1968, two weeks of student riots in Paris […]
Catalogue essay: Raphael Rubinstein on Drew Shiflett
Raphael Rubinstein wrote the following essay, “Eccentric Modularity,” on the occasion of Drew Shiflett’s elegant solo show of new collage pieces, on view through June 30, […]
When do artists leave the country?
Contributed by Sharon Butler / On Wednesday, MarketWatch, a financial blog published by the Dow Jones company, ran a provocative piece suggesting that the time […]
Images: Art and fresh air at Industry City Open Studios
Contributed by Katie Fuller /�Industry City’s official website calls itself�an “innovation ecosystem,” and from what I saw this weekend at the Open Studios, they aren’t […]
Email gone wrong: Julian Hatton at Elizabeth Harris
To: Two Coats of Paint From: Julian Hatton Dear Brett: Just wondering how one enjoys a post on Two Coats of Paint? �My show is […]





















