If you’re in Berlin in June, don’t miss French painter Bernard Piffaretti’s show at Klemm’s. Pifferetti (b. 1955 in Saint-Etienne, France) is known for painting […]
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Interview: Justine Hill in Bushwick
I first saw Justine Hill‘s paintings in “Metamodern,” a 2015 group show at Denny Gallery that explored the contemporary fusion of Abstract Expressionism, Minimalism, and […]
Catalogue essay: Kirsten Swenson on Peter Soriano’s Permanent Maintanence
Kirsten Swenson originally wrote this catalogue essay for Permanent Maintenance, Peter Soriano‘s wall drawing project, on view through August 21, 2016, at the Colby College […]
IMAGES: Student work
Since I skipped the art fairs last week, I had time to stop by a few vibrant (but short-run) student exhibitions. Here are images of […]
Art and Film: Children as materials in The Family Fang
Contributed by Jonathan Stevenson / Artists� instrumentalization of their children in their work intuitively seems to breach the parental duty of protection, and to exploit […]
Studio visit: Elizabeth Hazan in DUMBO
Recently stopped by Elizabeth Hazan‘s studio to check out her glowing new abstractions–lyrical paintings that reference the landscape of her childhood. We talked about her […]
Alicia Gibson: The awkward early years
I’m squeamish about revisiting all the sketchbooks and journals from my early years, when I had no idea what art was about but still had […]
Rachel Beach and Julia Gleich: Strength and precarious balance
Pairing artists with choreographers often produces transcendent results, and it has a venerable tradition�Robert Rauschenberg and Merce Cunningham, for instance. Earlier this month, I was […]
Raoul De Keyser: The loss of certainty
“Drift,” the sublime Raoul De Keyser exhibition on view at David Zwirner through April 23, was organized around a group of 22 small paintings known […]
Record Store Day: Amy Feldman, Thurston Moore, and Frank Rosaly
Artists often contribute artwork for album and CD covers–something listeners don’t get when they download music files from the Internet. Recently, Thurston Moore and Frank […]
Painting Picks: Lower East Side
If you have time to see some exhibitions in New York, here are a few promising shows to check out on the Lower East Side, […]
Jonas Lund update, 2016 edition
In 2014 Jonas Lund (born 1984, Link�ping, Sweden) created a project called Flip City whereby he put tracking devices on generic-looking (i.e., Zombie Formalist) abstract […]
Quick study
A few articles this week caught my eye: an interview with Joe Bradley, a piece on a “new Rembrandt” in Amsterdam, the dirt on Trump’s […]
Sam Jablon: Between seeing and reading
Guest contributor Adam Henry / Painter-poet Sam Jablon is poised to open a double show in April occupying both Freight + Volume�s downtown gallery and their […]
Deborah Brown: Restless exuberance
Deborah Brown�s virtuoso paintings feature rich color and tangled, looping brushstrokes that slip and slide. They embody restless exuberance. An insatiable and prolific painter, Brown […]
