Contributed by Heather Bause Rubinstein / Joe Fyfe’s newest series of paintings at Nathalie Karg Gallery are packed with visual, poetic and intellectual punch. Fascinated […]
Gallery shows
Erasure as aesthetic principle at Pierogi
Contributed by Gina DeCagna / Capacious and compelling in content, “Under Erasure,” co-curated by Raphael Rubinstein and Heather (Bause) Rubinstein on view at Pierogi Gallery through […]
A gallery closes: EBK in Hartford
Contributed by Neil Daigle Orians / The first time I visited EBK Gallery on Pearl Street in Hartford was during my second-to-last semester in graduate […]
Assembled but not resembling, at Patricia Sweetow
Contributed by Robin Hill / The works in �Assembled,” an absorbing three-person exhibition featuring Julia Couzens, Helen O�Leary, and Cornelia Schulz at Patricia Sweetow Gallery in San Francisco, are defiantly not about anything […]
Cathy Quinlan: Arcadian joy
Contributed by Sharon Butler / Cathy Quinlan, whose terrific new paintings and drawings are on view at Centotto in Bushwick, is old-fashioned. Instead of snapping […]
Throbbing heart: Queerness and abstract painting
Contributed by Noah Dillon / In Stamford, Connecticut, Franklin Street Works, a non-profit art space with the curatorial vision of a marquis contemporary museum, is […]
Soberly upbeat: Summer shows at DC Moore
Contributed by Jonathan Stevenson / Summer is irrevocably a time for diversion and good cheer, but how much escapism can be indulged in good conscience is relative […]
Santa Fe: A visit to the Railyard Arts District
Contributed by Katie Fuller / On a recent trip to Santa Fe, New Mexico, I was eager to check out the growing art scene in […]
The meditative process of making: Abstraction in Connecticut
Contributed by Sharon Butler / Co-curators Daphne Anderson Deeds and Jacquelyn Gleisner have organized “State of Abstraction,” a sophisticated group exhibition comprising elegant work by more […]
A strong, dark six-pack at Edward Thorp
Contributed by Jonathan Stevenson / Edward Thorp Gallery�s �Turn of Thought,� which unfortunately just closed, was an especially good group show worthy of even retrospective […]
Report from Berlin: Ana Mendieta�s Super 8 films
Contributed by Loren Britton / Ana Mendieta�s exhibition at the Martin-Gropius- Bau is exquisite. Born in Havana, Cuba, in November 1948, Mendieta was sent to the […]
When art is a virtual token
First virtual gifting and sympathy flowers entered our world, and now Blockchain technology has made collecting expensive virtual art possible. According to Digitach, Forever Rose, a […]
Michelle Grabner and Brad Killam: About a painting
Brad Killam and his wife, artist-writer-educator-curator Michelle Grabner, transcribed the following conversation they had about Airport (2015), one of the terrific small-scale paintings that is included in Killam�s solo at Geary Contemporary. The exhibition, […]
In transition: Regina Bogat in the 1990s
After exploring hard-edge abstraction and unconventional materials for decades, Regina Bogat began incorporating a more gestural approach into her work. These paintings, made in the 1990s, are on view at […]
A three-hour tour: Selected Bushwick galleries
Contributed by Sharon Butler / As some readers may remember, I went to the University of Connecticut for my MFA degree, and until last year, […]





















