In the NY Times Ken Johnson reports that “The Chapel of Sacred Mirrors” in Chelsea will close at the end of this month. “That may […]
Gallery shows
NY TImes Art in Review: Loeb, Brown, Ackermann
“Damian Loeb: Synesthesia, Parataxic, Distortion, and the Shadow,” Acquavella, New York, NY. Through Oct. 7. Ken Johnson: “With its portentous Damien Hirst-like title, ‘Synesthesia, Parataxic […]
NY Mag’s fall painting picks
Giorgio Morandi: 1890–1964, Metropolitan Museum, New York, NY. Sept. 16–Dec. 14.“When the master of quiet still lifes died in 1964, he was unfashionable in New […]
Revisionaries: Tad Wiley, Laurie Fendrich, and Luke Gray at Gary Snyder
Gary Snyder/Project Space, which has primarily focused on historically rooted abstract art, is having its first exhibition of contemporary painting. In the NY Sun Stephen […]
NY Times Art in Review: Kannemeyer, Quabeck, Bessone, Nilsson, Dodge
“Anton Kannemeyer: The Haunt of Fears,” Jack Shainman, New York, NY. Through May 17. Ken Johnson: “A Tintin-style painting for a Bittercomix cover shows a […]
Anyone can have a dog
In the Palm Beach Daily News, Robert Janjigian chats with author William Secord. “‘The world of dogs is a very small one,’ said author William […]
Parlato and Saccoccio: retooling gestural abstraction
“Jackie Saccoccio: Interrupted Grid,” Eleven Rivington, New York, NY. Through Feb. 9.“Carolanna Parlato: Nature Games,” Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY. Through Feb. 2. In […]
Strassman, Kolodziejczyk, Slick in Boston
“Duane Slick: Paths of My Fathers,” Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA. Through Dec. 1. “Shadowy and elusive in both form and content. That makes them fascinating […]
In Boston: Hannah Barrett and Sharon Horvath
Sharon Horvath’s new series of densely layered line paintings at Victoria Munroe Fine Art is made with dispersed pigment and polymer on canvas. In the […]
NYTimes art reviews: Franks, Frankfort, de Balincourt, Calame
“NATALIE FRANK: Where She Stops,” Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York, NY. Through Oct. 13. Martha Schwendener reports: “The real friction here comes from seeing a […]
Handmade in Baltimore
In the Baltimore Sun, Glenn McNatt sees a return to art-making strategies based on highly labor-intensive, repetitive processes that encourage Zen-like meditation and transcendence: “Not […]
NY Times Friday art reviews: abstraction and landscape
“LATE LIBERTIES,” John Connelly Presents, New York, NY. Through Aug. 24 / Bridget L. Goodbody reviews: “One can’t help but agree with Augusto Arbizo, a […]
Paintings at at Lennon, Weinberg: “Taking Shape”
Frank Holliday reviews the show in the Gay City News: “Painting is not very suited to today’s pace. We live on quick fixes and instant […]
Abraham Orden’s guide to current NYC shows
“Painters still look, as Monet looked, but there aren’t many around who look and nothing but. Painting is no longer just painting; now it is […]
New Kings of Scotland: Ugandan artists’ pothole happening
In their first street festival, Ugandan Artists from Kampala filled in and painted some of the city’s biggest potholes. Read more.
