In the NY Observer, Mario Naves reports that Peter Saul’s paintings at David Nolan aren’t as funny or caustic as they should be. “Bernie Madoff […]
Solo Shows
NY Times Art in Review: Richard Tuttle, Richard Phillips
“Richard Tuttle: Walking on Air,” PaceWildenstein, New York, NY. Through April 25. Ken Johnson reports: Richard Tuttle’s new fusions of painting and sculpture are a […]
Picassify it
In the NY Times Carol Vogel wonders what Picasso was thinking during the final years of his life, when he was living in Notre-Dame-de-Vie on […]
R.C. Baker’s fictive, painterly narratives at Zone
In April, Village Voice art critic R.C. Baker has a show at Zone:Contemporary Art (formerly Zone: Chelsea Center for the Arts) that combines art, fiction, […]
NY Times Art in Review: Leon Kossoff and Xylor Jane
“Leon Kossoff: From the Early Years, 1957-1967, “Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York, NY. Through March 28. Roberta Smith reports: This show is an informative treat. […]
Joan Snyder: Fleshy physicality and broken-bones impact
In the LA Times art blog David Pagel reports that the six paintings and four prints in Snyder�s L.A. solo debut at SolwayJones Gallery are […]
Serban Savu: Ruins of a recent future
David Nolan features work by Serban Savu this month. Savu, part of a group of artists from Cluj, schooled in the tradition of Social Realism, […]
Charlie Finch on Kathleen Gilje’s 96 breasts
“I stopped by Francis Naumann’s 57th Street gallery last week to watch Kathleen Gilje install her altered series of 48 female portraits by John Singer […]
Shelly Adler’s romantic loneliness in Toronto
After spending the afternoon hosting a birthday party for a ten-year-old in a freezing ice rink, Canadian art seems appropriate, so here’s a piece about […]
NY Times Art in Review: Robert Mangold
“Robert Mangold: Drawings and Works on Paper 1965-2008,” Pace, Wildenstein, New York, NY. Through April 4. Holland Cotter reports: “Taken in isolation, none of these […]
Last chance: Greg Lindquist on Peter Doig
In The Brooklyn Rail, Greg Lindquist looks at Peter Doig’s new large-scale paintings, which are up until tomorrow at Gavin Brown and Michael Werner. “While […]
Calling all Robert Mangold fans
Today the Times has a feature called “Modern Art Explained” in which they ask people to send an email note responding to an image of […]
Tomory Dodge turns viscous brushwork into levitating clutter
Christopher Miles reports in the LA Weekly (didn’t we all have enough of New York last week?) that Tomory Dodge paints with a kind of […]
Jon Lutz and Jim Lee talk in the studio
Jim Lee, who has a show at Freight + Volume this month, talks to Jon Lutz at The Old Gold. “I�m not sure if it�s […]
Charlie Finch on Yusavage and Rothenberg: The not-so-innocent girl child vs. the older woman who has actually lived
At artnet Charlie Finch compares new work by Lisa Yuskavage and Susan Rothenberg. “Echoing Inka Essenhigh‘s controversial use of unicorns and other fantasias in her […]
