In The Brooklyn Rail, Hrag writes that street artists are rebellious lawbreakers exerting their right to public space, but on the other hand they are […]
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Yau on Helen Miranda Wilson
In The Brooklyn Rail, John Yau suggests that Helen Miranda Wilson, whose show at DC Moore recently closed, has moved beyond the Americana references of […]
Abts’ traction
My contribution to the May issue of The Brooklyn Rail is a review of the New Museum’s Tomma Abts show. “For Abts, honesty and sincerity […]
America’s Lessness
My contribution to the April issue of The Brooklyn Rail considers the notion of readymade color, the implications of the current Whitney Biennial, and the […]
Show of the week: James Siena At Pace Wildenstein
From the press release: James Siena�s new work, completed in 2006 and 2007, includes approximately 20 enamel paintings on aluminum or copper and 60 works […]
Agnes Martin daydreams
In The Brooklyn Rail, Jeremy Sigler makes a pilgrimage to see Agnes Martin’s last drawing. “I went to Agnes Martin�s drawing show at Peter Blum […]
Tracking proto-feminist Loren MacIver
Check out my article about Loren MacIver in The Brooklyn Rail’s March issue.“In my first college painting course, which I took several years after completing […]
Yau on Schnabel: Pedestrian at best
In The Brooklyn Rail, John Yau compares Julian Schnabel to Jean Cocteau, another self-agrandizing artist who was a better filmmaker than a painter. “What aberration […]
Miami Beach: Swimming in pigment
Here’s an excerpt from my report on the Art Basel Miami Beach experience in the recently released February issue of The Brooklyn Rail.“To feed Two […]
Writerartists in Cambridge
“The Writers’ Brush, an Exhibition of Art by Writers,” curated by Donald Friedman and Jon Wronski. Pierre Menard Gallery, Cambridge, MA. Through January 15. The […]
Yau on Reed
“David Reed,” Max Protetch, New York, NY. Through Dec. 22. This is Reed’s fifteenth solo show with Max Protetch. In the Brooklyn Rail, John Yau […]
IMHO: Richard Prince and the American girl
In the Dec/Jan issue of The Brooklyn Rail, read my essay on visiting the Richard Prince Show at the Guggenheim. “I spent Black Friday in […]
Mark Greenwold’s small-scale painterliness
�Mark Greenwold: A Moment of True Feeling 1997-2007,� D C Moore Gallery, New York, NY. through Nov. 10 (today).Mark Greenwold’s tiny paintings, which he works […]
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 […]
Laura Newman’s paintings of air
“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 […]
