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On the Road: John Baldessari’s Pure Beauty

Friday, March 4th, 2011

An exhibition speaks differently in different venues.


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Frida Kahlo: Her Photos

Saturday, January 8th, 2011

It should come as no surprise that Frida Kahlo, whose own dramatic life was the primary subject of her art, kept a major collection of photographs important to her.  With the intense interest in Kahlo created by Hayden Herrera’s seminal biography, you might in fact wonder, why have we never seen these photos?  Okay, funny…


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Refined Nutt: A Jim Nutt retrospective at Nolan

Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010

Jim Nutt: “Trim” and Other Works: 1967 – 2010 at David Nolan Gallery


Shirley Jaffe, The Gray Center, 1969. Oil on canvas, 76¾ x 51¼ inches. Courtesy Tiber de Nagy Gallery.

Shirley Jaffe: Selected Paintings, 1969 – 2009 at Tibor de Nagy

Friday, April 9th, 2010

Jaffe completely jettisoned the stiff grid and strict geometric shapes in favor of a loose, undeniably playful series of rectangles with interior forms.


Installation shot of the exhibition under review, showing, left, Robert Grosvenor Untitled, 1986-87. Steel, plastic, concrete, 60 x 108 x 96 inches, and right, Untitled, 1994. Fiberglass, metal, plastic, and paint, 38 x 167 inches. Courtesy of Paula Cooper Gallery

Robert Grosvenor at Paula Cooper

Friday, March 12th, 2010

Ordinary inanimate objects do not, as Grosvenor’s works do, emanate persona.


William Carroll, NYC 466 2009. Acrylic on paper, 5-1/4 x 6-7/8 inches

Victor Pesce and William Carroll at the Elizabeth Harris Gallery

Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010

Pesce freeze’s the moment, Carroll celebrates transience, and together they create a deeply meaningful and thoughtful dialogue.


Sylvia Sleigh, Chelsea Garden 1967. Oil on canvas, 57 x 50 inches. Courtesy I-20 Gallery

Sylvia Sleigh at I-20 Gallery

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009

Sleigh took a proto-feminist approach to spatial representation that was, and sometimes still is, confused with a naïve technique.