SOL LEWITT and SUMMER GROUP SHOW Pace Wildenstein until August 25 (534 W. 25th Street, between Tenth and Eleventh Avenues, 212-929-7000). PHONG BUI Sarah Bowen until August 7 (210 N. 6th Street, between Driggs and Roebling Avenues, Brooklyn, 718-302-4517).   For all his extreme, at times arid, cerebrality, Sol LeWitt has a soft spot. The … Continued

IDOLS OF PERVERSITY Bellwether until August 6 134 Tenth Avenue, at 19 Street, 212-929-5959 AUGUSTIN FERNANDEZ Mitchell Algus until July 16 511 W. 25th Street, 212-242-6242 GOOD VIBRATIONS McKenzie until July 30 511 W. 25th Street, between Tenth and Eleventh Avenues, 212-989-5467 The Pre-Raphaelites still have a lot to answer for. The cult of wan Ophelias, … Continued

The Nathalie and Irving Forman Collection The Albright-Knox Art Gallery 1285 Elmwood Ave. Buffalo, NY 14222 716-882-8700 May 6 – July 3, 2005 Carter Ratcliff , in his introductory essay to Michael Wall’s 1979 pioneering exhibition “In the Realm of the Monochrome”, characterized the act of painting a monochrome as an act of defiance. Equally … Continued

Whitney Museum of American Art 945 Madison Avenue at 75th Street New York, NY 10021 (212) 570-3676 June 23 – October 23, 2005 The Robert Smithson retrospective on view at the Whitney, which originated at LA’s Museum of Contemporary Art, thoughtfully presents the singular intelligence of Smithson’s radical vision. The exhibition features a representative selection … Continued

PS1 Contemporary Art Center 22-25 Jackson Ave at 46th Ave Long Island City, NY 11101 718 784 2084 March 13 to September 26, 2005 “Greater New York” is a survey exhibition mounted periodically by PS1 to give an overview of exciting work done recently in or near New York by artists who are not household … Continued

National Academy Museum 1083 Fifth Avenue New York NY 10128 212 369 4880 July 14 to October 9, 2005 Jean Hélion Essays by Didier Ottinger, Henry-Claude Cousseau, Matthew Gale and Debra Bricker Balken (English edition) Paul Holberton Publishing, London, 2004 ISBN 1-903470-27-7 a short version of this article first appeared in The Burlington Magazine One … Continued

David Zwirner 525 W 19 Street New York, NY  10011 212-727-2070 May 9-June 18, 2005 Neo Rauch is a prolific artist whose skill is put to the service of his imagination.  His large-scale, often mural size paintings at David Zwirner might seem to employ the usual grab bag of tricks other painters use, but Rauch … Continued