Pattern and Decoration: An Ideal Vision in American Art, 1975-1985, curated by Anne Swartz. Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY. Through Jan. 20. The HRM presents […]
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Rave reviews for Schnabel’s new film in which a paralysed man dictates a memoir with his eyeball
“The Diving Bell and the Butterfly,” directed by painter-filmmaker Julian Schnabel. I’m a big fan of Julian Schnabel’s films, especially Basquiat–what painter doesn’t appreciate the […]
Kurt Kauper: Working from (someone else’s) life
“Kurt Kauper: Everybody Knew That Canadians Were The Best Hockey Players,” Deitch Projects, New York, NY. Through December 15, 2007. Kurt Kauper presents nude portraits […]
Emilie Clark’s 12″ x 9″ future
“Emilie Clark: The Weeklies,” Morgan Lehman, New York, NY. Through December 22. Selected as one of this week’s “Best in Show” by R.C. Baker in […]
Pulp painting collection donated to the New Britain Museum of American Art
“Pulp Art: The Robert Lesser Collection” New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT. Through Dec. 30. {Speaking of pulp art…look for my essay, […]
Joan Linder: sloppy spontaneity meets obsessive precision
“Of Bodies and Buildings: Drawings by Joan Linder,” Anthony Giordano Gallery, Dowling College, Oakdale, NY. Through Dec. 9. Check out Linder’s website. “In culture hyper-saturated […]
British fantasy illustration at the Dulwich Picture Gallery
“The Age of Enchantment: Beardsley, Dulac and their Contemporaries 1890-1930,” curated by Rodney Engen. Dulwich Picture Gallery, London. Through Feb. 17. This group of artists […]
Inside Dave Muller’s head
“Dave Muller: As Below, So Above,” Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA. Through October 12, 2008. The exhibition incorporates a wall-sized, diagrammatic timeline of chart-topping […]
Shanghai surprise
Like many NYC galleries, the one that represented me for several years in the late Nineties went out of business after the financial downturn caused […]
Shahzia Sikander in Sydney
“Shahzia Sikander,” Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia. Through February 17. Visit her website.Shahzia Sikander studied painting in the Indo- Persian miniaturist tradition before relocating […]
Shimomura’s deadpan memories of internment
“Roger Shimomura: Minidoka on My Mind” Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA. Through Dec. 22. Shimomura’s new paintings explore his childhood experiences in an Idaho internment […]
Strassman, Kolodziejczyk, Slick in Boston
“Duane Slick: Paths of My Fathers,” Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA. Through Dec. 1. “Shadowy and elusive in both form and content. That makes them fascinating […]
Kentridge-fest at the University of Brighton
“William Kentridge: Fragile Identities,” University of Brighton, Brighton, England. Through Dec. 31. University of Brighton presents William Kentridge’s new work on paper, installations and films, […]
Hickey does Vegas
“Las Vegas Diaspora: The Emergence of Contemporary Art From the Neon Homeland,” curated by Dave Hickey. Las Vegas Art Museum, Las Vegas, NV. Through Dec. […]
Saltz asks: What’s MoMA’s problem with women?
In New York Magazine, Jerry Saltz asks why there isn’t more women’s work hanging in MoMA’s recently reshuffled permanent collection. “Not to sound like a […]
Romolo Roberti resurfaces in Chicago
“Romolo Roberti: An American Original,” curated by Ken Probst. Robert Henry Adams Fine Art, Chicago, IL. Through Jan. 26. Romolo Roberti, a prominent Chicago artist […]
William Beckman’s life studies at Forum
With a surgeon’s attention to detail, William Beckman depicts the people and places closest to him: his family, his first home, and studio, all down […]
IMHO: The super-sizing of American museums
At The American Prospect, check out my take on the current infatuation with art museum expansion. “American art museums are experiencing an unprecedented growth spurt, […]
Kriston Capps on Turner
“J.M.W. Turner,” National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. Oct. 1-Jan. 6, 2008. See images of Turner paintings from the National Gallery’s collection. In the Guardian […]
Thiebaud at the beach
Laguna Art Museum’s 53-painting survey traces the development of Thiebaud�s signature style but also includes many of his lesser known figural and beach paintings. In […]
