“Gary Hume: American Tan,” White Cube Mason�s Yard, London. Through Oct. 7. “Gary Hume Prints: Angels, Flowers and Icons,” Hastings Art Museum and Gallery, East Sussex. Through Sept. 23. Dividing his time between studios in London and upstate New York, Hume’s new series of paintings and bronze sculptures at Mason’s […]
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Criticism and geographic context
Regina Hackett blogs in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer that critics’ choices and interpretations are informed by geographic context: “In Roberta Smith’s obit, Elizabeth Murray became a step in a fictional staircase, one of four painters — Philip Guston, Frank Stella and Brice Marden — who ‘during the 1970s rebuilt the medium […]
Robert Zakanitch in Philadelphia
“Robert Zakanitch: Lace Series,” Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA. Through Sept. 29. Edith Newhall reports in The Philadelphia Inquirer: “A founding member of the 1970s ‘Pattern and Decoration’ movement, Robert Zakanitch has always been an unapologetically exuberant painter who does what he loves….Zakanitch, who began this series in 1999, made six […]
Musicians who paint
“Grace Slick,” Wentworth Gallery, Schaumburg, IL. Sept. 8 and 9. Leah Pietrusiak interviews Gracie in Time Out Chicago: “My agent was like, �Why don�t you do a couple portraits,� and I was like, No; rock & roll draws rock & roll�aw, isn�t that cute? But I liked it. Rock & […]
Gladys Buchs retrospective in Beverly
“Gladys Buchs: A Retrospective,” curated by Tina Buchs. Redbrick Beverly, Beverly, MA. Through Sept. 9. In the Boston Globe, Cate McQuaid reminds us of lifelong painter Gladys Buchs: “Chances are you haven’t heard of Gladys Buchs. At her artistic height, she exhibited alongside Morris Louis and Kenneth Noland in the […]
Sean Scully and Eli Broad
In Stephanie Strom’s report on charitable giving in the NYTimes, take a look at Sean Scully’s big, juicy painting hanging behind philanthropist Eli Broad in the photograph. In the absence of any current articles about Mr. Scully’s work, this presents a good opportunity to revisit material from the Scully exhibtion […]
Odd Odd Nerdrum
Big Red & Shiny #68 includes Victoria Z. Alexander’s thesis on Odd Nerdrum’s slow motion monstrosities:”Nerdrum has been received largely as an outcast in the official art world because his painting poses such a threat to it by evoking ideas that do not promote our culture or what the majority […]
NY passes legislation to fund starving artists
News Ten Now reports: “NY state just passed a law directing the Council on the Arts to come up with grants for working artists in Syracuse. The pilot program offers $12,000 grants for individual artists and up to $20,000 for multiple artists that work as groups. ‘By combining those things […]
Precisionist Charles Demuth’s chimney and tower paintings in Fort Worth
“Chimneys and Towers: Charles Demuth’s Late Paintings of Lancaster,” curated by Dr. Betsy Fahlman. Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, TX. Through Oct. 14. In the Dallas Morning News, Charissa N. Terranova writes that the show is small but exquisite. She reports: “Lancaster’s economic livelihood was rooted in tobacco processing and […]
Billy Sullivan’s painted portraits
“Billy Sullivan,” Guild Hall, East Hampton, NY. Through October 14. Leslie Camhi reports in The Village Voice: “Billy Sullivan’s extensive photographic archive forms the basis for his recent paintings, which are the major news here, rendered in loose brushwork and sometimes jewel-toned colors. ‘Sirpa’ and her breakfast return in them, […]
