Posts from June, 2016

Crudely, Playfully: Nicole Eisenman at the New Museum


The painter and sculptor of recent renown has a large survey at the New Museum.


Paint Queer, Gender Fluid, Meaning Ambiguous: Nicole Eisenman at Anton Kern


The figure painter confounds the gender roles expected of her subjects.


“I Paint Myself Out Of The Paintings”: A Studio Visit with David Rhodes


his show at Hionas Gallery runs through June 25


Back Door Man: Martin Creed at the Park Avenue Armory


The Turner Prize-winning artist and musician’s exhibition is currently on view at the Park Avenue Armory.


Haptic Hallucinations: The “Suns” and “Wavy Rays” of Karen Arm


on view at P.P.O.W. through June 25


Failure Virtue and Risky Poetry: Kyle Schlesinger with Paul Maziar


The two poets talk publishing and the arts, and the economics of success.


Painting in Water: A Studio Visit with Beatrice Pediconi


Her debut New York show, Alien/Alieno, is on view at Sepia Eye through June 25


June 2016: Christina Kee, Mónica De La Torre and Christopher Stackhouse with moderator David Cohen


Discussing shows at The Met, Moma PS1, the New Museum and the Studio Museum.


Western Culture: Lee Mullican’s Californian Abstraction


A brief history of the work of a West Coast abstract expressionist.


artcritical Prize at PAFA: Jonathan Lyndon Chase


Now in its second year, the artcritical prize at the Annual Student Exhibition of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, chosen by faculty vote, awards a graduating MFA student an article in these pages. Author DIDIER WILLIAM was recently named chair of the MFA program at PAFA. read Didier William’s essay here