Sharon Horvath’s new series of densely layered line paintings at Victoria Munroe Fine Art is made with dispersed pigment and polymer on canvas. In the […]
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Georg Baselitz, Ellsworth Kelly, Giuseppe Penone, and Dorothea Rockburne select
“Drawing Connections: Baselitz, Kelly, Penone, Rockburne, and the Old Masters,” curated by Isabelle Dervaux. Morgan Library and Museum, New York, NY. Through Jan. 6. “Drawing […]
Gaylen Hansen retrospective in Seattle
“Gaylen Hansen: Three Decades of Paintings,” curated by Keith Wells. Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA. Through Jan. 6. Organized by the Museum of Art at […]
Trying to say what it means to be human
“Timothy Hawkesworth,” Redbrick Studios, Beverly, MA. Through Nov. 2. �I paint the experience of being in a landscape, painting your body�s response,� Timothy Hawkesworth says. […]
Ofili shows us the long journey, the big picture
“Chris Ofili,” David Zwirner, New York, NY. Through November 3. This is Ofili’s first NY solo show since The Holy Virgin Mary came to the […]
IMHO: Don’t stop me if I’m repeating myself
“Deja Vu? Revealing Repetition in French Masterpieces,” organized by Eik Kahng. Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, MD. Through Jan. 1. Phoenix Art Museum, January 20 through […]
Art attacks
Why do grown people physically attack art? In the Chicago Tribune, art critic Alan G. Artner examines the motivations behind art vandalism. “At one end […]
NYTimes art reviews: Talese, Ossorio
“Pamela Talese: Working Waterfront, Paintings of the Brooklyn Navy Yard,” Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY. Through Oct. 20. Talese paints straightforward images of the working […]
Before cut-and-paste, copies were made (gasp) by hand
“D�j� Vu? Revealing Repetition in French Masterpieces,” organized by Eik Kahng. Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, MD. Through Jan. 1. Phoenix Art Museum, January 20 through […]
Another niminy-piminy titillating survey..or the most brilliant show of the season?
“Seduced: Art and Sex from Antiquity to Now,” curated by Martin Kemp and Martin Kemp. Barbican Art Gallery, London. Through Jan. 27. In This is […]
What does Pettibon think?
“Raymond Pettibon: Here�s Your Irony Back (The Big Picture),” David Zwirner Gallery, New York, NY. Through October 20. Other Pettibon sightings:“Sympathy for the Devil: Art […]
Kara Walker’s racy cutouts arrive at the Whitney
“Kara Walker: My Complement, My Enemy, My Oppressor, My Love,” organized by Philippe Vergne and Yasmil Raymond, both from the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN. […]
Jay DeFeo, after “The Rose”
“Jay DeFeo, Applaud the Black Fact ” Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA. Through Oct.27. “Only by chancing the ridiculous, can I hope for the sublime.” said […]
Laura Newman’s paintings of air
“Laura Newman,” Lesley Heller Gallery, New York, NY. Through Oct. 27. “I would like to be able to paint air, but in order to paint […]
Steve Parrino’s sex and death paintings
Steve Parrino, Gagosian Gallery, New York, NY. Through Nov. 3. Gagosian presents Steve Parrino’s paintings, drawings and sculpture. Parrino died in a New Year’s morning […]
Dawn Clements talks about drawing
“Dawn Clements: Conditions of Desire,” Pierogi Gallery, Brooklyn, NY. Through Nov. 12. Opens Friday Oct. 12. Check out James Kalm’s video of the opening. Dawn […]
Ghent MFA presents “British Vision”
” British Vision: Observation and imagination in British Art 1750-1950″, curated by Robert Hoozee and Andrew Dempsey. Museum of Fine Arts, Ghent, Belgium. Through January […]
Art gallery project, mistaken for gang graffiti, removed by cleaning crew
“James Cauty – The Rize and Fall of the Portslade Massif,” Ink_d gallery, Brighton, England. Through Nov. 3. In The Argus, Ben Parsons reports: “Following […]
IMHO: Artists Retreat
In the October issue of The Brooklyn Rail, you can find my essay that explores how an art market crash might affect rank and file […]
Karl Benjamin’s hard edge abstraction
“Karl Benjamin: Dance the Line,” Louis Stern Fine Arts, West Hollywood, CA. Through Dec. 22. “Birth of the Cool: California Art, Design, and Culture at […]
