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Pat Muschinski and Claes Oldenburg in Claes Oldenburg’s Snapshots from the City, performed during Ray Gun Spex at Judson Church, February 29, March 1–2, 1960. © Martha Holmes / TIME & LIFE Images / Getty Images; © Claes Oldenburg

Time Regained: The “Happenings” Show at Pace


Landmark survey in photographs, films and art works runs through March 17


Ridley Howard, Trattoria, 2011. Oil on linen, 24 x 30 inches. Courtesy of Leo Koenig, Inc

The Review Panel Is This Friday


February 24 at the National Academy.  Ridley Howard’s is one of the shows reviewed


George McNeil, Landscape Motif, 1968. Oil on panel, 13 x 16 1/8 inches. Courtesy of Ameringer, McEnery, Yohe.

Paintings You Can Jump On: George McNeil in the 1960s


He aspired to be “completely sensate” – spontaneous, but with long periods of revision


Lori Ellison, Untitled, 2011, gouache on wood panel, 10 x 8 inches. Courtesy of McKenzie Fine Art

Mesmerizing Claustrophobia: Drawings and Paintings by Lori Ellison


“Impossibly dense, emphatically wobbly, but geometric to the core.” At McKenzie Fine Art


Simone Jones, All That Is Solid, 2011. Four-screen 3D animation, run time: 12 minutes. Edition of 3

All That Is Solid Melts Into Air: Simone Jones at Ronald Feldman


A new writer at artcritical. The show took place in November/December.


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Intimate Love, Infinite Line and Sunflower Seeds by the Thousand


The Review Panel: January 27 at the National Academy Museum, 1083 Fifth Avenue artcritical’s The Review Panel  returns to the National Academy Museum January 27 at the new start time of 6.30 PM.  Anthony Haden-Guest is welcomed as a new voice on the panel where he joins veterans Michèle Cone and Berlin-based Ana Finel Honigman,…


Brett Bigbee, James, 1999-2001. Oil on canvas, 47-3/4 x 22-1/2 inches. Courtesy of Alexandre Gallery

Triggering the Ingres Reflex: Brett Bigbee, His Powers and His Intentions


The recent overview of his paintings and drawings was at Alexandre Gallery


Bob Thompson, Study for Expulsion and Nativity, 1966. oil pastel and ink on paper, 9 x 12 inches. Courtesy of Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects

Looking to Poussin: Bob Thompson’s Drawings


on view at at Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects through January 8


Helen Frankenthaler, Paris at Night, 1986. Acrylic on canvas, 86 x 55-1/2 inches. Courtesy Greenberg van Doren Gallery. © Helen Frankenthaler/ Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Defying Categories: Helen Frankenthaler, 1928-2011


He r work was invariably ambiguous, in the best tradition of abstract painting


Anish Kapoor, Mother as Mountain, 1985. Wood, gesso and pigment 140 × 275 × 105 cm. Walker Art Center, Minneapolis

The Yorkshire Connection: Books on British Sculpture


Titles on John Skeaping, Barbara Hepworth, Anthony Caro, Anish Kapoor and Thomas Houseago.