Guest contributor Jonathan Stevenson / Liam Everett�s large paintings � on display in his show �Montolieu� at On Stellar Rays � are insidiously provocative. At […]
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ON FILM: Wes Anderson’s big picture
Guest Contributor Jonathan Stevenson / Art — especially painting — is an honored cinematic metaphor for culture, particularly as a symbol of civilization under siege. […]
ON FILM: Blonde on blondes
Guest Contributor Jonathan Stevenson / In the watching, video artist Shannon Plumb’s debut feature Towheads, which MoMA screened last week and has wisely purchased […]
ON FILM: Tornatore�s creepy art auctioneer in The Best Offer
Virgil Oldman (Geoffrey Rush) admiring his secret collection of ladies in Giuseppe Tornatore�s The Best Offer. Guest Contributor Jonathan Stevenson / In Giuseppe Tornatore�s The […]
On film and painting: Repetitive stress
Guest contributor Jonathan Stevenson / Wall Street hustler Jordan Belfort and sculptor Camille Claudel had little in common, and the recent movies about the lives […]
LOVE: Robert Indiana’s hard-edged visual essays
Guest Contributor Jonathan Stevenson / �Robert Indiana: Beyond Love� at the Whitney unabashedly aims to extricate the artist from the public�s myopic reduction of his […]
From Marfa to Venice with Ellen Altfest
Guest contributor: Jonathan Stevenson / In �Showing A Little Leg� in the November issue of Harper�s, novelist Dan Keane offers a clever, peripatetic piece that […]
By any other name: Casualism at DODGE
Guest contributor: Jonathan Stevenson / Casualism � the explicit basis for Garis & Hahn�s group show �Dying on Stage� this past summer � is merely […]
Matthew Miller: One Painting’s Presence
Contributed by Jonathan Stevenson / Some paintings have to be seen in person, up close, and without distraction to be fully appreciated. That is […]
Paul D’Agostino: Fear and Loathing in Purgatory
Contributed by Jonathan Stevenson / Like an eccentric Brooklyn character in a Paul Auster novel, Paul D�Agostino � writer, curator, Italian literature scholar, and resolute […]
Studio Visit: Matthew Miller and the Drama of Subtlety
A corner in Matthew Miller’s Bushwick studio. Miller’s collection of well-worn brushes. Reading material: Frank Stella’s Working Space, Wyndham Lewis Portraits, and a book about […]
Thinking Beyond The Unthinkable
Contributed by Sharon Butler / Taking a little break from painting, I’d like to recommend Jonathan Stevenson’s new book, Thinking Beyond the Unthinkable, which was […]
