“Laura Newman,” Lesley Heller Gallery, New York, NY. Through Oct. 27. “I would like to be able to paint air, but in order to paint […]
Tag: Abstract painting
Karl Benjamin’s hard edge abstraction
“Karl Benjamin: Dance the Line,” Louis Stern Fine Arts, West Hollywood, CA. Through Dec. 22. “Birth of the Cool: California Art, Design, and Culture at […]
Painted word and reductive abstraction in Philadelphia
“Anthony Campuzano: Note on Door,” Fleisher/Ollman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA. Through Oct. 27. “Kevin Finklea: I know what I want and I’m certain I can’t have […]
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. […]
Squares in Chicago
Joanne Mattera’s blog features a photographic roundup of the abstract painting she saw while on whirlwind tour of Chicago galleries. Don’t miss Part II .Featured […]
Latin American abstraction, 1930s-1970s
“The Geometry of Hope: Latin American Abstract Art From the Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Collection,” organized by Gabriel P�rez-Barreiro, curator of Latin American art at […]
Joseph Solman: last surviving member of “The Ten”
“Paintings from the WPA,” Mercury Gallery, Boston, MA. Artists include Herman Rose, Louis Schanker and Joseph Solman. Sept. 15-Oct 9. Albert Fayngold profiles Solman in […]
Gary Hume’s cheerleaders, angels, flowers and icons
“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 […]
Learning to love abstraction (with footnotes)
�The Abstract Impulse: Fifty Years of Abstraction at the National Academy, 1956-2006,� at the National Academy Museum, New York, NY. Through February 2008. Benjamin Genocchio […]
Deborah Muirhead’s abstract paintings tell tales of early African-Americans
“Deborah Muirhead: Fly Away,” Purdue University’s Stewart Center Gallery, West Lafayette, IN. Through Oct. 7. Tim Brouk in the Journal & Courier reports: “In 1991, […]
Mary Heilmann retrospective: injecting vernacular juice into abstract art
Mary Heilmann: To Be Someone,”curated by Elizabeth Armstrong. Orange County Museum of Art in Newport Beach, CA. Through Aug. 26, 2007; Contemporary Art Museum, Houston, […]
Postwar occupation: American painters in Paris
“Americans in Paris: Abstract Painting in the Fifties,” Tibor de Nagy, New York, NY. Through September 29. Note: Gallery closed August 18 to September 3. […]
Good vibrations: Peter Young paintings pulsate in P.S. 1 retrospective
�Peter Young: 1963-1977,” organized by Alanna Heiss and David Deutsch. P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, Queens, NY. Through Sept. 24. �Peter Young: […]
NY Times Friday art reviews: abstraction and landscape
“LATE LIBERTIES,” John Connelly Presents, New York, NY. Through Aug. 24 / Bridget L. Goodbody reviews: “One can’t help but agree with Augusto Arbizo, a […]
Hearts, Minds, and Abstract Expressionism
For more on the relationship between government funding and international art collaborations between institutions, check out “Arts and Minds,” an article I wrote for the […]
