Posts from January, 2015

Other Stories: Chris Ofili at the New Museum


A masterful exhibition, closing this weekend


“Playful, Searching and Mischievous”: The Paintings of Jack Bush


Review of the catalog accompanying first major retrospective in 35 years


artcritical’s annual bash for writers and staff


at Sean Scully’s Chelsea studio, December 2014


“Everything Starts From Silence”: Vasudeo Santu Gaitonde at the Guggenheim


The Indian abstractionist’s mini-retrospective is on view through February 11


Weaving a Thread: Fall shows in London and Beyond


From Richard Tuttle at two museums and Jill Baroff (pictured) to a show at Middlesbrough Railway Station


Natural History: Richard Tuttle’s Prints


A new monograph surveying prints by the influential multi-media artist shows his quixotic approach and affinity to a kind of natural abstraction.


Aural Sex: Kate Bush, Word Play and Towering Old Erections


Artist and artcritical contributor Darren Jones opens his browser and gives us a peek.


Subversive Methods: Kianja Strobert at the Studio Museum in Harlem


The first major New York exhibition by Strobert, a painter who reconfigures the medium itself.


A Ceramic Fairytale: Chigusa and the Art of Tea in Japan


Princeton exhibition aks timely questions about art making


Bloom and Drang: Peter Blume’s Eclecticism


A survey of the American painter’s career is currently on view.