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 […]
Group Shows
Poured, pulled, rolled, slumped, sliced, dripped, swiped, squirted, pieced, and scraped paint in New Jersey
In the Newark Star Ledger Dan Bischoff reports that “Material Color” at the Hunterdon Art Museum brings together abstract art made out of color […]
The Akus Gallery builds consensus
This week the biennial faculty exhibition opens at Eastern Connecticut State University, where I’ve been a full-time faculty member for the past eight years. This […]
Everybody hearts painting, 4eva
“Painting: Now and Forever, Part II,” billed as “a highly subjective, celebratory survey of contemporary painting,” is a wonderfully seductive, understated show, at least the […]
Where the paintings are
“If you emerged from the Whitney Biennial wondering where all the painting went, don’t despair,” Karen Rosenberg informs us in the NY Times this morning. […]
Twelve artists, 24 hours, one house
In Philadelphia Weekly, Steven Wells stops by My House Gallery during a 24-hour drawing marathon. “They’re working on a strip of paper taped to the […]
Gouache-apolooza in Chelsea
Contributed by Sharon Butler / Gouache, an expensive opaque watercolor-like paint, has been around for millennia. It dries fast, yields a sublime matte finish, and […]
More Pattern & Decoration in Hartford
�Post Dec: Beyond Pattern and Decoration,� Joseloff Gallery, University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT. Through Dec. 23.Joseloff Gallery presents work of the original P&Ders from […]
Hickey does Vegas
“Las Vegas Diaspora: The Emergence of Contemporary Art From the Neon Homeland,” curated by Dave Hickey. Las Vegas Art Museum, Las Vegas, NV. Through Dec. […]
Postwar occupation: American painters in Paris
“Americans in Paris: Abstract Painting in the Fifties,” Tibor de Nagy, New York, NY. Through September 29. Note: Gallery closed August 18 to September 3. […]
Abstract painting in NYC: two group shows open tonight
“Late Liberties,” John Connelly Presents625 West 27th Street, 212-337-9563; July 12 – August 24, 2007Late Liberties is organized by artist and curator Augusto Arbizo in […]
David Humphrey riffs on linear connections at EFA Gallery
Stephen Maine writes about group show “Horizon” in the NY Sun: “The show is a blast, and a funny send-up of the inevitable catch-all summer […]
