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For Benjamin Edwards, progress is a hollow concept
“The New Future,” curated by Kristina Bilonick . District of Columbia Arts Center, Washington, DC. Through Jan. 13. Artists include Urban Scout, Jade Doskow, Jo […]
Painting Miami green
Exactly one week ago I was grabbing yet another cup of coffee in Miami, wondering how I could get to all the fairs before my […]
Yau on Reed
“David Reed,” Max Protetch, New York, NY. Through Dec. 22. This is Reed’s fifteenth solo show with Max Protetch. In the Brooklyn Rail, John Yau […]
IMHO: Richard Prince and the American girl
In the Dec/Jan issue of The Brooklyn Rail, read my essay on visiting the Richard Prince Show at the Guggenheim. “I spent Black Friday in […]
Fetching Freud’s etchings
“Lucian Freud: The Painter’s Etchings,” curated by Starr Figura. Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY. Dec. 16 through Mar. 10. The press release says […]
Janice Biala retrospective at Tibor de Nagy
“Biala: I belong where my easel is…” Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York, NY. Through Jan. 5. Janice Biala (1903-2000), Jack Tworkov‘s kid sister, lived […]
Skuodas reverberates in Cleveland
“Audra Skuodas: Reverberation,” 1point618 Gallery, Cleveland, OH. Through Dec. 21. See images of Skuodas’s earlier work at Moti Hasson Gallery. Skuodas continues her delicate exploration […]
More Pattern & Decoration in Hartford
�Post Dec: Beyond Pattern and Decoration,� Joseloff Gallery, University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT. Through Dec. 23.Joseloff Gallery presents work of the original P&Ders from […]
The blessed and the damned
In The Times, Olivia Cole reports that Spanish painter Lluis Barba unveiled his version of Bosch’s The Garden of Earthly Delights at Art Basel Miami […]
Schjeldahl on Lucas Cranach the Elder
“Lucas Cranach the Elder,” St�del Museum, Frankfurt, Germany. Through Feb. 17. Slide show. As an antidote to all the reports on contemporary art and the […]
Florida artists, slouching toward Miami
The art-buying hordes have descended on Miami for Art Basel Miami Beach. Artists from Miami and neighboring communities are torn. Is it an opportunity to […]
What’s in Warhol’s time capsules
In the Telegraph, Warhol Museum archivist Matt Wrbican reveals that, of the 610 capsules, only 19 have been fully cataloged; 91 have been inventoried; and […]
Eva Lake’s “Richter Scale” rocks Portland
“Eva Lake: Richter Scale,” Augen Gallery, Portland, OR. Through Dec. 29. Carolyn Zick at Dangerous Chunky raves over Eva Lake‘s new show in Portland. “Eva […]
Stegner’s hot cops at Bellwether
“Jansson Stegner,” Bellwether, New York, NY. Through Dec. 22. In ArtCal Zine, Joshua Johnson reports that Stegner has left behind the brushwork and personal touch […]
Paul McCartney and Mark Wallinger news
According to This is Nottingham, Sir Paul McCartney has become obsessed with Jan Vermeer’s painting “The Guitar Player.” English Heritage, who owns the painting, told […]
Ellsworth Kelly film arrives in Boston
“Ellsworth Kelly: Fragments,” produced by Edgar B. Howard and Jo Carole Lauder, directed by Edgar B. Howard and Tom Piper. Distributed by Checkerboard Film Foundation. […]
LA painters work like there’s no tomorrow, er, I mean yesterday
In the LA Times, Christopher Knight (the art critic, not the former Brady Buncher) tries to make a case that LA painters have revived the […]
In San Francisco: Ouadahi, Bhujbal, Soloman
“Driss Ouadahi: Another Place, Another Me,” Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco, CA. Through Dec. 8. Drawing upon a lifelong interest in architecture, Ouadahi creates a hybrid […]
Monumental absence at the New Museum
�Unmonumental: The Object in the 21st Century,� curated by Richard Flood, Laura Hoptman, and Massimiliano Gioni. New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY. Through […]
