Contributed by Sharon Butler / I saw the Richard Diebenkorn show at the Corcoran twice this summer, and the paintings are pretty damn good, although […]
Museum Exhibitions
Symbolist landscapes in Scotland, including Munch, Gauguin and Ensor
At one point in my painting life, I was drawn obsessively to Symbolist landscape painting, and I’m still rather fond of it. This summer, the […]
What is “bad” painting?
Yesterday Michael H. Miller from GalleristNY was clicking through the New Museum’s recently expanded digital archive and found images from “Bad Painting,” a 1978 exhibition […]
Happy Birthday, Alex Katz
Contributed by Sharon Butler / I learned via artnet’s Twitter feed that today is Alex Katz birthday, so to celebrate, here are some images from […]
Sly and witty: Female Surrealists in Los Angeles
Contributed by Sharon Butler / Past surveys of Surrealism have either largely excluded female artists or minimized their contributions, so the exhibition of lady Surrealists at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art that runs through May 6, 2012, is a big deal.
Who is Kay Sage?
Contributed by Sharon Butler / A few years ago I was at the Mattatuck Museum checking out the Connecticut Biennial, and I ran across a […]
Howard Hodgkin in San Diego
Through May 1st the San Diego Museum is hosting “Howard Hodgkin: Time and Place,” an exhibition of more than twenty paintings by 79-year-old Sir Howard, […]
Abstract Expressionist New York: Line and legacy
Adolph Gottlieb (American, 1903-1974), “Blast, I,” 1957, oil on canvas, 7′ 6″ x 45 1/8.” The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Philip Johnson Fund […]
Greater New York online preview
“Simultaneously” – MEN, Leidy Churchman’s video features dancing brushes, mops, spatter, and lots of paint. Greater New York, the third iteration of the quintennial […]
Lucian Freud: Topless
Lucian Freud, working at night. Courtesy Centre George Pompidou Lucian Freud: L’Atelier at the Centre George Pompidou is based on the theme of the painter’s […]
A 2010 Whitney Biennial biopsy
In their opening remarks on Tuesday, the 2010 Whitney Biennial curators Francesco Bonami and Gary Carrion-Murayari confessed that they approached the selection process (gasp) open-mindedly, […]
Grounded in India
Charlotte Cain, “Chandra Lila Chandra Ma # 6,” wax and acrylic on antique paper, 8 1/4 x 8 1/2.” Julie Evans, “Radiadiate,” acrylic, gouache, pencil […]
Kandinsky’s influence
Contributed by Sharon Butler / Pioneer of abstract art and eminent aesthetic theorist, Vasily Kandinsky (b. 1866, Moscow; d. 1944, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France) broke […]
Antoni Tapies at Dia
I’m still in the Hudson River Valley after the opening at John Davis Gallery yesterday. Thanks Martin Bromirski, Maureen Burke, Tracy Helgeson, Chris Quirk, Amy […]
Ken Johnson’s career advice
In the NY Times Ken Johnson suggests a time-tested recipe for success.”Fail at what you want to do, then do what you really can do. […]
