At Adah Rose Gallery, Brooklyn artist and writer Brian Dupont has curated “Residue,” an exhibition that celebrates contemporary artists’ gleeful, unapologetic, and often imperfect use […]
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Idiosyncratic rule in Brooklyn
Two recommendations for Brooklyn gallery visits: At Outlet Fine Art, seasoned painter Hermine Ford continues her exploration of urban decay and renewal in quirky shaped […]
Jane Kent: Unfolded forms, evocative shapes
Jane Kent, Blue Nose, 2013, silkscreen printed, 9 colors Somerset 26 3/8 � 18 1/2 inches. Printed/published Aspinwall Editions, ed. of 35 Jane Kent spent […]
Quick study: New Year’s edition with Honeycutt, Winkleman, Viveros-Faun�, Schor, Twitter, and Kohler
2014 is off to a good start. I just returned from Schenectady where I installed paintings (image above of installation in process) for “Blueprint,” a […]
On film and painting: Repetitive stress
Guest contributor Jonathan Stevenson / Wall Street hustler Jordan Belfort and sculptor Camille Claudel had little in common, and the recent movies about the lives […]
Etienne Zack: Manufacturing meaning and history
Guest contributor Dion Kliner / All history is redacted history (Papers I, image posted above), which is to say that all history is manufactured […]
Christopher Wool’s poetry of errors
Christopher Wool is obsessed with doing things wrong. In his retrospective at the Guggenheim, comprising nearly 90 paintings, photographs, and works on paper, Wool demonstrates […]
Quick Study: Melissa Meyer, Llewyn Davis, forgery and Casualism at The Art Blog
UPCOMING: Melissa Meyer @ Lennon Weinberg, Chelsea, New York, NY. Opens Thursday, January 9, 6-8 pm. (Image above: Melissa Meyer, Shuffle, 2013, 16 x […]
Pop quiz: Madonna and child
Which artists painted these images of the Madonna and child? When and where (what country) were they painted? Correct answers will be announced as soon […]
Günther Förg’s late work
German painter Günther Förg died this week, at 61, of cancer. Bruce Weber writes in the NYTimes: Günther Förg, a German painter, sculptor and photographer […]
Michael Krebber update
Contributed by Sharon Butler / One of the best things about subletting other people’s studios is being surrounded by unexpected things–books, postcards, odd materials and […]
Walter Swennen: Belgian funny
Recently transplanted to Belgium after spending ten years in LA, our friend at Frenchy But Chic! reports that there are a few Belgian painters worth […]
Woot: Two Coats of Paint wins a 2013 CC/Warhol Foundation Arts Writing Grant
What an unexpected and gratifying development! I send a heartfelt “Thank you” to all the panelists and evaluators who read through more than 600 applications […]
Process, time, memory: Hildur �sgeirsd�ttir J�nsson
Traditionally, artists paint on pre-woven canvas or linen, but Hildur �sgeirsd�ttir J�nsson, pictured above in her studio, subverts that tradition. She begins by painting individual […]
Mary Addison Hackett’s final Miami round-up.
Guest contributor: Mary Addison Hackett Let me tell you about my boat. Sunday 12:35 pm. I’m sitting on a shuttle patiently waiting to go to […]
