Jon Lutz Jon Lutz, a tireless curator about town, organized a one-night exhibition last week at WildLife, a project space in Jamison Brosseau‘s Bushwick loft. […]
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Art Fair Pick: Ruminating, speculating, and pontificating
Jennifer and Kevin McCoy, “Artists Talks”, 2008 – installation detail, video viewing installation, set of 19 DVDs, 3 – 5 minutes running time each, edition […]
Double feature: Artists and politics
Dan Perjovschi interview at Columbia University. Wall painting in first image: Kader Attia, Untitled, 2010. “Project Europa: Imagining the (Im)Possible,” an excellent and disturbing show […]
IMAGES: Louise Belcourt’s place in the world
Louise Belcourt in her Williamsburg studio. A year ago in The Brooklyn Rail I wrote about Louise Belcourt’s show at Jeff Bailey Gallery, and yesterday, […]
Sean Scully: If you’re plotting art, and trying to make something to get something, you’re not in a state of creative innocence. You’re not making art. You’re doing something else.
“Abstract painter Sean Scully may have been born in Dublin, but for the past few years he has lived in southern Germany � where, he […]
Josh Smith: Paints better than he thinks
Josh Smith, “Stage Painting 2,” 2011, wood, paint, fabric, lights and hardware, 96 x 68 x 54 inches Josh Smith, “Untitled,” 2010, mixed media on […]
George Condo’s schtick
All images are details from Condo’s paintings at the New Museum. In Jerry Saltz’s “Ask an Art Critic” column, reader Aaron Holtz asks why so […]
The long haul: Ellsworth Kelly
Ever since I saw his 1996 Guggenheim retrospective, I’ve been too much of a fan(atic) to objectively review Ellsworth Kelly’s work–it’s been so important to […]
CAA Panel: With or without a dealer
Found Art (Bowery) Unmonumental 470. Photo: Joy Garnett 2011. Here’s a repost of Joy Garnett’s excellent report on “Making a Living as an Artist: With […]
College Art Association's 99th Annual Conference: Free events for artists, open to the public
Services to Artists Committee members Sharon Louden and Brian Bishop stopped by to check out “The Promotion Project, “ my presentation at the CAA ArtExchange […]
Deborah Brown: An artist grows in Brooklyn
Deborah Brown telling stories about her neighborhood. Deborah Brown, “Hybrid #1,” 2010, oil on canvas , 36″ x 36″ On the occasion of “The […]
IMAGES: Cathy Nan Quinlan’s studio
Cathy Nan Quinlan in her Bed-Stuy studio with Lucy. December 2010. ———- IMAGES is a weekly feature devoted to work by painters who deserve […]
Alan Uglow dies of lung cancer
Roberta Smith reports in the NY Times: “Alan Uglow, an abstract painter of light-filled geometries whose expansive fields, bordered with notched lines, reflected in part […]
Erik Parker: A gooey-looking mess of viscera
Erik Parker, “Stuck, 2009, acrylic on canvas, 43 1/8 x 39 3/4.” Image from Paul Kasmin’s website. Erik Parker, “Rize,” 2009, acrylic on canvas, 52 […]
Quote of the Day: Michael Graves
�When you�re painting,� architect Michael Graves said, �you start with the sweep of the landscape, but then as you start to recompose it and fill […]
