Posts from March, 2016

“No doubt she’s in control”: A New Niki de Saint Phalle Monograph


An oft-overlooked and misunderstood painter and sculptor gets a close look by the Guggenheim Bilbao


As Agile As Ever: Lois Dodd at Alexandre


As her admirers know, Dodd is a painter who makes things count


Nora Griffin at Louis B. James


The painter’s solo at Louis B. James recently concluded.


Purity or Pollution: Protection, Plastics and Religion in the Work of Sara Mejia Kriendler


A young artist uses monochromatic sculptures to examine vulnerability and danger.


An Outsider’s Tale: Ana Mendieta at Galerie Lelong


A survey of the influential feminist artist’s early films and photographs.


Law as Symbol: Taryn Simon at Gagosian


The beautification of legal and economic power is pinned down and studied.


America is Hard to See: David Hammons at Mnuchin


A retrospective of 50 years’ work by the cantankerous, teasing, cutting, and loving sculptor.


Momentous: Shows by Catherine Murphy and Sylvia Plimack Mangold


Two painters delicately depict mundane instants, beautifully.


The Case For Understatement


With “Unfinished” and “Nasreen Mohamedi”, Met Breuer opens its brutalist walkway to the public today.


“The Solitariness of the Pursuit”: A Studio Visit with Elena Sisto


Since the studio is what I know best at this point, that is what I am painting.