Maurice Chittenden in the Times Online: “When Sir Trevor Nunn, the theatre director, paid �27,000 for a painting he thought he was getting a genuine Damien Hirst. Then one night at the theatre he found out that he and his wife, the actress Imogen Stubbs, had bought a painting by […]
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Dan Perjovschi scales the walls at MoMa
Andrea K. Scott on Dan Perjovschi in the NYTimes: “You might not guess it, but the Romanian artist Dan Perjovschi was formally trained as a still-life painter in a Soviet-style art academy in Romania. The turmoil of the late �80s prompted him to question the medium�s relevance. In an interview […]
Edith Newhall reviews painting shows in Philadelphia
Joy Feasley and Clare Rojas at the Locks Gallery; Tim McFarlane at Bridgette Mayer Gallery. Read more.
Robert Ryman in conversation with Phong Bui
After his last show, No Title Required, at Pace Gallery uptown, painter Robert Ryman welcomed Brooklyn Rail Publisher Phong Bui to his West Village studio to talk about his recent paintings and other related work. Read more.
Margaret Murphy presents “The Ballerina Project” at Pentimenti Gallery in Philadelphia
Gallery info. “Good Girls/Bad Girls,” another Murphy exhibition, is at Cheryl McGinnis Gallery in NYC. “Third-generation feminist artist Margaret Murphy paints images of kitschy mass produced 99-cent store figurines that challenge the shifting contexts of female stereotypes of fundamentally ‘good’ or ‘bad.’” Read more.
David Hockney slams Tracey Emin’s Venice Biennale paintings
Nigel Reynolds talks to Hockney about the state of British painting: “When asked what he thought about Emin�s paintings, he replied: ‘They�re OK, but you don�t remember them too well.’ With uncharacteristic nuance, the normally blunt Yorkshire artist went on: ‘You always see photos of Tracey (in the papers), not […]
In US museums this month
Artnet’s listing of summer museum exhibitions includes Richard Diebenkorn at the Harwood Museum of Art, Taos, NM; “The Unknown Monet: Pastels and Drawings” at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, MA; and “The Mirror and the Mask: Portraiture in the Age of Picasso” at the Kimbell Art […]
The body of colour
“H�lio Oiticica’s work is as vivid and fluttering as an origami bird – but in his short lifetime, he proved himself to be a serious and influential artist,” says Adrian Searle in The Guardian. Read more.
Abraham Orden’s guide to current NYC shows
“Painters still look, as Monet looked, but there aren�t many around who look and nothing but. Painting is no longer just painting; now it is always ‘painting after’ something, as in ‘painting after photography…’”Read more at artnet.com.
I need a Gabo
In Flash Art online, Patricia Ellis recounts her visit with Gabo in his East London studio. “Though you�d never guess it from his demeanor, the quiet guy with the specs paints like a man possessed: fields of bright colors engulf his canvases with edgy aggression, interrupted with hurried swipes, obsessive […]
