With a surgeon’s attention to detail, William Beckman depicts the people and places closest to him: his family, his first home, and studio, all down […]
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Rosemarie Beck(1923-2003) in NYC
“Rosemarie Beck: Paintings, Abstraction into Figuration, 1952-1966,” Lori Bookstein, New York, NY. Through Dec. 1. In the NY Sun, John Goodrich reports: “Rosemarie Beck (1923�2003) […]
Seurat’s light and shadow
“Georges Seurat: The Drawings,” curated by Jodi Hauptman. Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY. Through Jan. 7. This exhibition, the first NYC show of […]
Georg Baselitz, Ellsworth Kelly, Giuseppe Penone, and Dorothea Rockburne select
“Drawing Connections: Baselitz, Kelly, Penone, Rockburne, and the Old Masters,” curated by Isabelle Dervaux. Morgan Library and Museum, New York, NY. Through Jan. 6. “Drawing […]
Ofili shows us the long journey, the big picture
“Chris Ofili,” David Zwirner, New York, NY. Through November 3. This is Ofili’s first NY solo show since The Holy Virgin Mary came to the […]
What does Pettibon think?
“Raymond Pettibon: Here�s Your Irony Back (The Big Picture),” David Zwirner Gallery, New York, NY. Through October 20. Other Pettibon sightings:“Sympathy for the Devil: Art […]
Kara Walker’s racy cutouts arrive at the Whitney
“Kara Walker: My Complement, My Enemy, My Oppressor, My Love,” organized by Philippe Vergne and Yasmil Raymond, both from the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN. […]
Hard edge in Grand Rapids
Minimalist painter Ellsworth Kelly has redefined abstraction by examining the shapes and colors found in natural and man-made forms, producing a visually breathtaking and philosophically […]
Joan Snyder receives MacArthur genius award
The MacArthur Foundation profile of Joan Snyder declares that her paintings “mirror her personal experience, but, at the same time, the visual messages she provides […]
Xavier Tricot, Ensor scholar, cuts to the bone
“I Am As You Will Be:�The Skeleton in Art,”curated in part by James Ensor scholar Xavier Tricot. Cheim & Read, New York, NY. Through November […]
Rembrandt and pals stir unlikely controversy in Gotham
The Age of Rembrandt: Dutch Painting in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, organized by Walter Liedtke, Curator in the Metropolitan Museum’s Department of European Paintings. […]
FU figuration at Deitch Projects
“Mail Order Monsters,” curated by Kathy Grayson. Deitch Projects, New York, NY. Through Sept. 29. Originally installed at Peres Projects, Berlin. See the installation video […]
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 […]
Sylvia Plimack Mangold: tree, view, season
“Sylvia Plimack Mangold,” Alexander and Bonin, New York, NY. Through Oct. 13. Annemarie Verna Galerie, Z�rich, November 9�January 12. Paintings by Plimack Mangold from the […]
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 […]
