Adam Williams at Reuters: “Politicians and artists urged Berlin’s authorities on Monday to let them rebuild the longest surviving section of the Berlin Wall before it decays beyond recognition as a reminder of the city’s grim history. In the spring of 1990, when most of the city was itching to […]
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The art of restitution
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner’s “Berlin Street Scene” (1913�14), on view at Neue Galerie, New York, NY. Through September 17. In the Village Voice, Morgan Falconer reports: “This show celebrates its arrival, bringing together similarly debauched urban imagery by Kirchner’s Berlin contemporaries. But while Street Scene is the showpiece, others outstrip it […]
Muralists at work in Baghdad
Stephen Farrell in the NYTimes reports: “Dead blocks, they call them, the most visible legacy of the latest war in a city with a long history of wars. Many murals have focused on the glories of Iraq�s pre-Islamic civilizations in hopes of avoiding the ire, and bullets, of Islamist militants, […]
Pioneering modernist Helen Lundeberg’s WPA mural restored
The History of Transportation Mural Works Project Administration (WPA) Arts project, completed in 1940 and designed by Helen Lundeberg. Located in the Art Park at Manchester Blvd and Grevillea Avenue. Daniel Hernandez in the LA Weekly reports: “The mural represents a renewed sense of identity for Inglewood, which can�t seem […]
Warhol vs. Banksy: celebrity, satire and voyeurism
“Warhol Vs Banksy,” The Hospital, London. Through Sept. 1. Louise Jury in the Evening Standard reports: “Duncan Cargill, The Hospital’s creative director, said: ‘Implicitly, Warhol is defending his title, but Banksy makes for a formidable challenger as he has received maximum exposure since 2000. As soon as we announced we […]
Kahlo’s hidden letters published in Mexico
Javier Espinoza reports in The Observer: “‘My Beloved Doctor’ is a bilingual compilation of the letters Frida Kahlo exchanged with Dr Leo Eloesser between 1932 and 1951, which remained hidden for 50 years after her death…Finally the one part of the Mexican artist Frida Kahlo’s life that has remained secret […]
Herbert Bayer collection exposed in Denver
“Herbert Bayer Collection and Archive,” curated by Gwen Chanzit. Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO. On permanent display. In the Denver Post, Kyle MacMillan reports: “When the Denver Art Museum was campaigning for passage of a $62.5 million bond issue to fund its much-trumpeted expansion, it pledged that the added space […]
Ala Ebtekar: responding to contemporary geopolitical crises
“Ala Ebtekar: Drawings on paper mounted on canvas,” Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA. Through Sept. 1. Kenneth Baker in the San Franscisco Chronicle: “Born in the United States and raised here and in Iran by his Iranian parents, Ebtekar finds himself positioned to respond as few American artists can […]
Daniel Mendel-Black’s thick gush of pigment
“Daniel Mendel-Black: Naked Paintings,” Modernism, 685 Market St., San Francisco. Through Sept. 1. Kenneth Baker in the San Franscisco Chronicle: “The juiciness of his paint and his supercharged color make Mendel-Black’s paintings appear almost naive in their exuberance. They look like what we imagine someone might produce if only descriptions […]
NY Times Friday art reviews: Marl�ne Mocquet, Old School
“MARL�NE MOCQUET Recent Paintings,” Freight & Volume, Chelsea, New York, NY. Through Aug. 17 Roberta Smith writes: “The work of the young French painter Marl�ne Mocquet may be something of a guilty pleasure, but what good is taste if it doesn�t betray you? Working very small, on raw canvas, Ms. […]
