Posts from February, 2015

Roundtable: “The Forever Now” at MoMA


with Becky Brown, Dennis Kardon, Carrie Moyer, Raphael Rubinstein, and Jason Stopa


Glimpsed Curiosities: The Boyhood New York of Kenny Rivero


at Shin Gallery on the Lower East Side, through February 28


“Portraits are universal”: Peter Malone in Conversation with Jeanne Wilkinson


The painter and artcritical contributor discusses his art, his writing, craft, and the current state of painting.


Visual Scientific Poetry: Susan Bee’s Photograms


An exhibition of work by Bee shows photograms by the artist not seen in more than 30 years.


Bruce Davenport Jr. at the Outsider Art Fair and Louis B. James Gallery


Proving the slippery boundary between outsider and hipster, an artist with shows at an Outsider fair and a Lower East Side gallery


Atmosphere is Key: Eric Holzman at Lori Bookstein


Small, luminous paintings reach deep into American art history


A House of Prayer for All People: Yael Bartana at Petzel


Two new videos explore cultural authenticity — one simulating a holy site, another asking how national identity is formed.


Tribute: Walter Liedtke, Curator of Dutch and Flemish painting at the Met


He was the quintessence of a gentleman


Helen Miranda Wilson: A New Kind of Space, Carved Out for the Mind to Explore


Her show was at at Lori Bookstein Fine Art late last year


The Hungry Connoisseur: Claude Simard, 1956 to 2014


An artist’s eulogy for her dealer, co-founder of Jack Shainman Gallery