Michael Mazur, “Rain I,” 2008, oil on canvas, 42″ x 48″ Michael Mazur, a relentlessly inventive printmaker, painter and sculptor whose work encompassed social documentation, […]
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Studio visit with Daniel Albrigo
Daniel Albrigo, “Untitled,” 2009. Daniel Albrigo, “Untitled,” 2008. At Fecal Face Julian Duron reports that hanging out with Daniel Albrigo, a self-taught still-life painter, is […]
Dorothy Iannone’s career: “A long time coming”
Dorothy Iannone, “Let me squeeze your fat cunt,” 1970-71, acrylic and collage on canvas, 74.8″ x 59.1″ In Time Out, Howard Halle reports that the […]
A short fall preview
In addition to the historically lowbrow but intriguing Washington Square Outdoor Art Exhibit on Labor Day weekend (look for my article about the show in […]
Rob Zombie on painting: “I just do it to do it.”
“Drawing and painting are always one of my first loves — that’s what I have always done,” Halloween II (release date August 28) director Rob […]
For readers and writers
e-flux reading room in Berlin I just got an email announcing that e-flux has opened a reading room at 41 Essex Street in New York. […]
“The possibility of radical transformation in the guise of carefree recreation”
In Cabinet, Jordan Bear and Albert Narath earnestly try to wring some meaning from photo caricature cut-outs. “For more than a century, any promenade down […]
Michael Jackson’s favorite painter: David Nordahl
David Nordahl, “Geronimo Waiting For the Dawn,” 2007. 36″ x 46″ oil on canvas. According to Artnet, this painting sold for $46,000 at the 2009 […]
“A long-lapsed wish for art that is both of the moment and genuinely public”
Recently, while preparing my upcoming Washington Square project, I’ve been wondering why MFA-trained artists direct their work so specifically to the art cognoscenti rather than […]
Bertholf, Heilman, Hornung, Reitzfeld in Hudson
In his Hudson, NY, gallery, John Davis had a good group of painters through last week. If I’d been more on top of things, I […]
Joanne Mattera’s summer studio visits
Richard Bottwin Joanne Mattera went on studio visits this summer, and today she posts the first segment of her report. The artists she visited include […]
My other blog: Bushwick & Main
In July 2009 I started a blog called Sharon Butler@ Bushwick & Main to document my Artist Residency at Pocket Utopia. Since the residency ended, […]
Another painter turned filmmaker: Kathryn Bigelow
Kathryn Bigelow, director of The Hurt Locker, grew up in a rural suburb of San Francisco, the only child of a librarian and the manager […]
Tworkov’s first comprehensive NYC survey opens this week
Jack Tworkov in his Provincetown studio. Photo by � Arnold Newman, for an article written by Robert Hatch, “At The Tip Of Cape Cod,” July […]
Saturday night in Connecticut
Drunken Boat, international online journal of the arts, celebrates its tenth anniversary at the Hygienic Art Park in New London, on Saturday, August 15th from […]
