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Thursday, May 28, 2026
“Privacy might seem like an odd desire for these professional graffiti muralists whose works adorn everything from bodegas and medical vans to playgrounds and public […]
Roberta Smith in the NYTimes: “Mr. Rauch�s dreams may be unlike any dreamed before, but they have not enabled him, as yet, to develop an […]
David Gilbert’s fugitive miracles
Jessica Frances Grégoire Lancaster: Loss and memory
Plagens: Ralph Meeker, or why I like James Brooks as much as de Kooning
Emma Webster: Peculiar but pleasant
Daniel Wiener’s soft machines
American Abstract Artists in the 1930s
Mark Webber: Trees lounge
How the term “zombie formalism” killed the next generation
Hilda Shen: Objects containing multitudes
April Gornik’s unsettled landscapes
Two Coats Resident Artist Mirabel Wigon, May 31–June 5, 2026
NYC Selected Gallery Guide, May 2026
Yes, we have art fairs in town this month, and I’m looking forward to swinging by ESTHER III, a kind of alternative embodiment of the concept at Eston...
How the term “zombie formalism” killed the next generation
Contributed by Sharon Butler / In 2014, a single phrase reshaped the trajectory of contemporary abstract painting. When the late Walter Robinson – pai...
Anke Weyer: Flying free
Contributed by Rick Briggs / If I’m being completely honest, for years I never completely got the work of Anke Weyer. Sure, she’s always had all the r...
April Gornik’s unsettled landscapes
Contributed by Rebecca Allan / In “Liminal States,” Miles McEnery Gallery presented recent paintings by April Gornik, juxtaposing five of her familiar...
AAA at 90: Keep on looking
Contributed by Leslie Roberts / The exhibition “Abstract by Definition” at Art Cake celebrates the 90th anniversary of the American Abstract Artists (...
American Abstract Artists in the 1930s
Contributed by Jacob Cartwright / In 1957, Clement Greenberg penned the essay “The Late Thirties in New York,” reflecting on years that were formative...