KATU.com reports that a fire destroyed three buildings in Portland, Oregon, leaving several artists homeless and without studios. In Willamette Week, Richard Speer reports on […]
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Amy Sillman’s “Suitors & Strangers” in Houston
“Amy Sillman: Suitors & Strangers,” organized by Claudia Schmuckli. Blaffer Gallery, The Art Museum of the University of Houston, Houston, TX. Through Nov. 10. Ulrich […]
Morris Louis unveiled
“Morris Louis Now: An American Master Revisited,” Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC. Through Jan. 6. Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, Feb. 17�May […]
Brad Spence: psychic relief via airbrush
“Brad Spence: Art Therapy ,” Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA. Through Oct. 27 In LA Weekly, Doug Harvey reports: “Spence has created […]
Hard edge in Grand Rapids
Minimalist painter Ellsworth Kelly has redefined abstraction by examining the shapes and colors found in natural and man-made forms, producing a visually breathtaking and philosophically […]
Marianne Coutts wins $18,000 Portia Geach Memorial Award
Marianne Coutts’ work ‘Melbourne’ has been selected as the winner of the $18,000 Portia Geach Memorial Award. According to the judges, “Marianne Coutts’ work ‘Melbourne,’ […]
LATimes reviews: Miller, Pittman, MacConnel, Masullo
“Allison Miller,” Acme,Los Angeles, CA. Through Oct. 20. David Pagel reports: “As Miller’s lines accumulate, almost always by following alongside one another, they form concentric […]
Friday NYTimes reviews: Schuyff, Henricksen, Rondinone
“PETER SCHUYFF,” Nicole Klagsbrun, New York, NY. Through Oct. 13. Roberta Smith: “Mr. Schuyff�s efforts extend the appropriation-art strategies of the 1980s, and are nasty […]
In the Boston galleries: Fallah, Rydz, Hwangbo, and Laylah Ali
“Amir H. Fallah + Evelyn Rydz,” Rhys Gallery, Boston, MA. Through October 5. “Imi Hwangbo: The Portal Series / Laylah Ali: Note Drawings, 2006,” Miller […]
Painters’ painters: Thorpe Feidt, John Grillo and Richard B. Lethem
“Belief in Paint,” curated by Timothy Harney. Artists include Thorpe Feidt, John Grillo and Richard B. Lethem. New Art Center, Newton, MA. Through Oct. 28. […]
Spanking young painters at NYC galleries
In The Village Voice, Christian Viveros-Faun� reports that younger artists may be more popular with dealers and collectors, but their work brims with derivative process, […]
The subterfuge artists of WWII
“Artists of Battlefield Deception: Soldiers of the 23rd” On NPR’s All Things Considered, the last in a series about World War II features the U.S. […]
John Everett Millais at the Tate Britain
“Millais,” curated by Alison Smith and Jason Rosenfeld, Tate Britain, London. Through Jan. 13. Schedule: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam February 15 to May 18 , […]
IMHO: Arts and Minds
In the October issue of The American Prospect, you can find my essay on the new State Department/ American Association of Museums collaboration. “The United […]
Whitfield Lovell receives a MacArthur genius grant
Whitfield Lovell�s critically acclaimed portraits have been in solo and group exhibitions at prestigious museums throughout the country, including the Seattle Museum of Art, the […]
