The paintings that Stephanie Theodore has assembled in “Three” each seem to suggest a narrative, but rather than recounting dreary visual facts, the painters opt […]
Group Shows
Abstract Friday in Bushwick and the Bronx
Curator Jon Lutz’s latest project, “Beach on the Moon,” an exhibition co-curated with Jamison Brosseau, is on display at WILDLIFE this Friday, April 29, 7-11pm. […]
Greetings from Nudashank and the Transmodern Festival
Contributed by Sharon Butler / I recently received a note from Seth Adelsberger and Alex Ebstein at Nudashank, an independent artist-run space in Baltimore, about […]
Geometry is real
Rico Gatson, “Mystery Object,” 2011, paint, wood, glitter and plexi-glass. Rico Gatson, “Mask,” 2010, paint wood and glitter. Rico Gatson,”Sojourner Truth,” 2011, oil on canvas. […]
Timothy Buckwalter’s vision
. “Twist and Crawl,” the first of a three-part exhibition curated by artist Timothy Buckwalter, blends more than […]
Making our post-neo-faux-expressionist-pre-figurative-proto-conceptual heads spin
EJ Hauser, “sci-fi,” 2010, oil on canvas, 16″ wide x 20″ high x 1.75″ deep. Rosanna Bruno’s studio. Courtesy Elisabeth Condon’s blog. An […]
The French connection at Cheim & Read
Louise Fishman, “Violets For My Furs,” 2010, oil on jute, 50 x 42″ Jean Paul Riopelle (1923-2002), “Untitled,” circa 1967, oil on canvas, 10 1/2 […]
In the attic: Abstract easel paintings from 1920-50
Esphyr Slobodkina’s “Small Abstraction in Tans.” Photo: Slobodkina Foundation Lidy Prati, “Concreto,” 1945 Rosa Acle The first exhibition to bring together […]
Painting a new path at the Rehabilitation Hospital of the Pacific
Ninety-seven-year-old Oshino Okuda (pictured above) regularly attends painting classes at the Rehabilitation Hospital of the Pacific. Although her late husband was an artist, she was […]
New flatfile project grows in Brooklyn
Kris Graves Projects and Pocket Utopia are teaming up to create new a works-on-paper flatfile project in Brooklyn. The flatfile, which will be on view […]
My new neighbor: Sol Lewitt’s “Wall Drawing 978”
Four students from Eastern Connecticut State University, where I’ve been a faculty member since 2000, are in the process of creating a Sol LeWitt mural, […]
Upcoming shows: Inside and out
“HOME,” Westport Arts Center Main Gallery April 3 � June 1, 2009Westport Arts Center�s exhibition HOME, curated by Eric Aho, features paintings and drawings that […]
Superabundant: Pattern power in UK
This is the final week for “Superabundant,” an exhibition at Turner Contemporary Project Space that declares itself a celebration of pattern power. Artists Jacob Dahlgren, […]
Real life at Capricious Space
Beginning this past weekend a leading group of art bloggers, internet artists, online curators and critics began taking up residence at Capricious Space in Williamsburg […]
Artwork delivery: Platform Project Space, NYC
Update (March 9): For snaps of the installation, check out Joanne Mattera Art Blog here. Watch VernissageTV’s video of the blogpix opening. Today (March 3) […]
Blogpix
Olympia Lambert, working with Denise Bibro Fine Art, has organized Blogpix at the Platform Project Space in Chelsea. Olympia has invited the Fallon and Rosof […]
Closing reception this week: Lost & Found
If you�re in the Hartford area, swing by the artists� (closing) reception on Thursday, February 5, 4:30-6:30 for “Lost & Found � Fragments Assembling Realities,” […]
Odd but frequent bedfellows, beauty and horror, on Long Island
Artist and critic Stephen Maine sends news that he has curated a show at Alpan Gallery in Huntington, Long Island, “Beauty Marks and Body Parts,” […]
Monya Rowe: Doubtfully optimistic? Optimistically doubtful?
Monya Rowe is presenting a group show, Perception as Object, which originally stemmed from the anticipation surrounding the recent presidential election and the current post-election […]
Second thoughts: Archeology of Wonder at Real Art Ways in Hartford
RAW’s Director of Visual Arts, Kristina Newman-Scott’s first curatorial effort, “Archeology of Wonder,” aims to examine the way we use artifacts and art to approach […]
