“Georg Baselitz,” Royal Academy of Arts, London. Through Dec. 9. In The Guardian, Adrian Searle reviews the Georg Baselitz retrospective at the Royal Academy: “For […]
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Rembrandt and pals stir unlikely controversy in Gotham
The Age of Rembrandt: Dutch Painting in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, organized by Walter Liedtke, Curator in the Metropolitan Museum’s Department of European Paintings. […]
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“Ellsworth Kelly: Fragments” will be screened at the FilmColumbia Festival in October. The documentary takes a look at the artist, who is also a Columbia […]
NYTimes art reviews: Franks, Frankfort, de Balincourt, Calame
“NATALIE FRANK: Where She Stops,” Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York, NY. Through Oct. 13. Martha Schwendener reports: “The real friction here comes from seeing a […]
Kostabi World update
“Title This,” a game show created by painter Mark Kostabi in which art critics and celebrities compete to title his paintings for cash awards. Check […]
Simon Schama on J.M.W. 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 upcomng New […]
Seattle graffiti gang 3A: artists or assholes?
Jesse Edwards, leader of the 3A graffiti gang, has been profiled in both Seattle Magazine and the Seattle Post-Intelligncer. Some see him as a lovable […]
Jennifer Riley, Rachel Sumpter, and Robin Dash in Boston
“Jennifer Riley: Do You Remember . . .? New Paintings,” OH+T Gallery, Boston, MA. Through Sept. 29. Cate McQuaid reports in the Boston Globe: “Riley’s […]
Talking with Baselitz
“Georg Baselitz,” Royal Academy of Arts, London. Through Dec. 9. The exhibition includes works produced over the five decades of Baselitz’s career, from his earliest […]
FU figuration at Deitch Projects
“Mail Order Monsters,” curated by Kathy Grayson. Deitch Projects, New York, NY. Through Sept. 29. Originally installed at Peres Projects, Berlin. See the installation video […]
The radical philosophy of Camille Pissarro
“Camille Pissarro: Impressions of City and Country,” Jewish Museum, New York, NY. Through Feb. 3, 2008. Nearly 50 paintings and works on paper culled from […]
Latin American abstraction, 1930s-1970s
“The Geometry of Hope: Latin American Abstract Art From the Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Collection,” organized by Gabriel P�rez-Barreiro, curator of Latin American art at […]
Hirst on Bacon
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Sylvia Plimack Mangold: tree, view, season
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Joseph Solman: last surviving member of “The Ten”
“Paintings from the WPA,” Mercury Gallery, Boston, MA. Artists include Herman Rose, Louis Schanker and Joseph Solman. Sept. 15-Oct 9. Albert Fayngold profiles Solman in […]
Courting De Balincourt
“Jules de Balincourt: Unknowing Man’s Nature,” Zach Feuer Gallery (LFL), New York, NY. Through Oct. 13. “Unknowing Man’s Nature” is one of Artcal’s top picks, […]
Deborah Kass at Paul Kasmin
“Deborah Kass: feel good paintings for feel bad times,” Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York. Through Oct. 13. Artnet critic Charlie Finch wallows in the Deborah […]
The four Turner Prize-winning painters
In the Guardian, Charlotte Higgins checks in with the past Turner Prize winners. Since 1984, only four painters have won. Here are excerpts from Higgins’ […]
Baltimore painter Jo Smail wins Trawick Prize
Glenn McNatt reports in the Baltimore Sun that Jo Smail has won the five-year-old Trawick Prize, founded by Bethesda businesswoman Carol Trawick. The competition is […]
Last chance: “What is Painting?” at MOMA
“What Is Painting?” curated by Anne Umland. The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY. Through September 17. Read updated excerpts and follow links to […]
