�NeoIntegrity,� curated by painter Keith Mayerson. Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY. Through Aug. 24. Holland Cotter in the NYTimes: “Mr. Mayerson explains in a gallery news release that when he was given the go-ahead for the group show, he decided to take the opportunity to start an art movement. […]
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Art bloggers redefine media coverage of the arts
James Kalm endorses the new art bloggers in the July/ August issue of The Brooklyn Rail: “‘Don�t talk, paint. If you can express what you want in words you should be a writer or poet, not an artist.’ This was one of the slogans frequently repeated by faculty members in […]
Donald and Doris Fisher propose new SF museum for their collection of contemporary art
In the San Francisco Chronicle, Kenneth Baker reports: “San Francisco’s stature as a cultural destination and hub of new art scholarship will jump dramatically if Gap founders Donald and Doris Fisher get their wish to build a museum for their collection of modern and contemporary art on the Presidio grounds. […]
Angry young man is dead in Sydney galleries
In the Sydney Morning Herald: “The angry young man is dead. In his place: refinement, tradition and women. For more than a decade the Sydney art market has run on testosterone. Angry young men have dominated the gallery scene, snapped up by collectors reconnecting with lost youth. The painter Adam […]
LA re-mix: Punk-pop aesthetic with pretty Japanese-girl-craft
Shizu Saldamando,” Tropico de Nopal, 1665 Beverly Blvd., Echo Park. Through Sept. 1. Elina Shatkin writes in the Los Angeles Times: “Combining elements of traditional Chicano portraiture, lowrider art and pinta (jailhouse) art, Shizu Saldamando’s delicate paintings and drawings depict a generation of young adults not commonly seen on canvases […]
Time Out recommends…
Medium Cool choices this week include “Paper,” a huge group exhibition curated by Bill Katz, and “Remembering Michael Hurston: Paintings and Works on Paper. Both at the Fisher Landau Center for Art, Long Island City, Queens. Through Dec. 31. Also recommended: Jean-Honor� Fragonard at the Frick Collection, New York, NY. […]
Peter Simensky’s currency exchange
�Cerca Series: Peter Simensky,� curated by Lucia Sanroman. Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, San Diego, CA. Through Sept. 23 In the Union-Tribune, Robert L. Pincus reports: “The Brooklyn-based artist isn’t the first to make art about or with money � and we can be sure he won’t be the […]
Opening in August
Shows listed in the monthly artnet roundup include: “The Abstract Impulse: Fifty Years of Abstraction at the National Academy, 1956-2006,” National Academy Museum, Aug. 1, 2007-Jan. 6, 2008. “The Arts in Latin America, 1492-1820,” Curated by Joseph J. Rishel, Suzanne Stratton-Pruitt, Ilona Katzew. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Aug. […]
Rewriting history: two surveys of Latin American art
“The Arts in Latin America: 1492-1820,” curated by Ilona Katzew. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA. Through Oct. 28 “La Presencia: Latin American Art in the United States,” Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, CA. through Aug. 25. Lots of saints, lots of blood, lots of […]
“Gateway Bombay” at the Peabody Essex Museum
“Gateway Bombay,” curated by Susan Bean with help from Beth Citron. Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA. Through Dec. 7, 2008. Ken Johnson writes in the Boston Globe: “Can you name a famous contemporary artist from India? OK, other than Anish Kapoor? I couldn’t either before I saw ‘Gateway Bombay,’ an […]