Fernand L�ger, “Les Loisirs sur fond rouge,” 1949 �ADAGP, Paris, 2002 This week I attended Camp Pocket U, an experimental artists’ residency/kids’ art camp in […]
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Guest Judge Will Cotton’s Candy
Will Cotton, “Pastoral,” 2009, oil on linen, 60 x 72 inches Will Cotton, “Rose,” 2009, oil on linen, 34 x 24 inches Will Cotton, “Untitled,” […]
Sarah Morris: Artistic industrial complex
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Sargent’s seascapes: What was he thinking?
John Singer Sargent, “Atlantic Storm,” 1876, Curtis Galleries, Minneapolis John Singer Sargent, “Mid-Ocean, Mid-Winter,” 1876, private collection. John Singer Sargent, “Neapolitan Children Bathing,” 1879, […]
Farrell Brickhouse: The slow burn
Farrell Brickhouse, “Struggle 5, Dancing Bear,” 2009, oil on canvas, 18×18″ Farrell Brickhouse has been selected as the grand-prize-winning commenter in the recent Two Coats […]
Worlds collide: Larry David in Chelsea
The other day I went to Chelsea to check out “Making Sense,” Jen Dalton�s Saltzy exhibition at the Flag Art Foundation, when I ran into […]
Where I’ll be today: Famous Accountants
Crystal Wagner in front of her print/drawing/collage installation at Famous Accountants. Crystal Wagner, “Mechanism (detail),” 2010, a drawing and collage. Crystal Wagner, “Morphotic II,” 2010, […]
Ab hinc: Camp Pocket U update
I just got a note from Austin Thomas with more details about Camp Pocket U, an artists residency project that I’m participating in at the […]
Jakub Julian Ziolkowski: A just-paint painter
Jakub Julian Ziolkowski, “Caligula,” 2010, oil on canvas, 63 x 52 3/4 in Jakub Julian Ziolkowski, “Untitled (King of Israel), ” 2010, oil on canvas, […]
Bochner’s black velvet paintings in Paris
Mel Bochner, “Complain,” 2010, oil on velvet, 160 x 119.4 x 4.4 cm Mel Bochner, “Blah, Blah, Blah,”2008, oil on canvas, 152.4 x 114.3 cm […]
Happy Fourth of July!
Read the book: Jack Tworkov: Red, White and Blue A founding member of “The Club,” Jack Tworkov was pivotal to the development of Abstract Expressionism […]
Maggie Michael's team players
Maggie Michael, “Between Bj�rk and a Lame Duck President,” 2008, latex, ink, enamel, spray paint, nails, nylon strap and wood on canvas, 30 x 38″ […]
The French connection at Cheim & Read
Louise Fishman, “Violets For My Furs,” 2010, oil on jute, 50 x 42″ Jean Paul Riopelle (1923-2002), “Untitled,” circa 1967, oil on canvas, 10 1/2 […]
Howard Hodgkin: Getting older is a sort of shorthand. There are a lot of things you know already.
Howard Hodgkin, “Listening-2003-2005,” oil on wood, 53-7/8 x 61-1/2″ Howard Hodgkin, “Home, Home on the Range,” 2001-2007, oil on wood, 80 1/4 x 105 1/8.” […]
Part II: Some artist suggestions for Paul Kasmin’s Process/Abstraction
In an earlier post, I objected to the absence of women in �Process/Abstraction,� a group show at Paul Kasmin that mixes younger artists with old-timers […]
