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Howard Sherman discusses his work with David Cohen on Zoom this evening at 6.30PM EST

THE EDITORS — Tue, 12 Oct 2021 16:49:45 +0000

Based in his hometown of Houston, Tx and in New York City, Howard Sherman graduated with an MFA from the University of North Texas in 2006 since when his gutsy abstract paintings and assemblages, seen by some as a contemporary form of “action painting”, is much sought after by institutions and private collectors in Texas and beyond. Pictured here is Feeding off the Land Like an Animal, 2015 in a private collection. Sherman is to be the subject of a monograph published by Snap Editions in 2022 with essays by Alex Bacon and Andrea Karnes and an interview with David Cohen, for which this Zoom is preparation. [Apology: in an earlier version of this newsletter the artist’s name was misspelled].

Meeting ID: 894 5779 0639
Passcode: 060676

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Jennifer Coates in the National Arts Club’s Exhibition, “Painting the Narrative”

THE EDITORS — Sat, 05 Jun 2021 17:47:48 +0000

Dee Shapiro has gathered a spirited cross section of storytellers in paint in an exhibition that also showcases works by Laura Karetzky, Judith Linhares, Ernesto Renda, Kyle Staver, and George Towne. Coates’s almost ribald bacchanalia manages to channel modernism and classicism simultaneously, a kind of Derainean riff on Poussin. The exhibition continues at Grammercy Square through June 28, by appointment. Coates meanwhile is also showing nine drawing made last April under lockdown at 136 Eldridge Street in a pop up exhibition, open through June 27. Actually, these are not just lockdown drawings but sickbed drawings, indeed. A sign of mastery or courage (art history will decide!) to say that (even) at COVID 19’s door, Coates could draw thusly. DAVID COHEN

Jennifer Coates, Triumph of Pan, 2020. Acrylic and spray paint on canvas, 60 x 72 inches. Courtesy of the Artist

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The Review Panel on Zoom, Season Finale, June 10 with David Rhodes and Melissa Stern

THE EDITORS — Fri, 04 Jun 2021 23:11:36 +0000

Thursday, June 10 at 7 PM
via Zoom

Jason Stopa: Joy Labyrinth at Morgan Lehman Gallery, 2021

DAVID RHODES and MELISSA STERN join DAVID COHEN to discuss three Chelsea exhibitions:

Brian Cirmo: Where Teardrops Fall at 532 Gallery Thomas Jaeckel, 532 West 25th Street, 532gallery.com

Yin Xiuzhen: Along the Way at Pace Gallery, 540 West 25th Street, pacegallery.com

Jason Stopa: Joy Labyrinth at Morgan Lehman Gallery, 526 West 26th Street Suite 410, morganlehmangallery.com

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Le Commandeur: Tribute to Alain Kirili, 1946-2021

THE EDITORS — Thu, 20 May 2021 23:40:35 +0000

Photograph of Alain Kirili by his wife, Ariane Lopez-Huici, posted to her Instragram page announcing the sculptor’s passing.

This panel discussion, recorded the day after Alain Kirili received the insignia of Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters from the French government in his New York loft, was both a tribute to that achievement, shared with the artist at the time, and a tribute to a great friend of artcritical and a major force in contemporary sculpture marking his death earlier this week at the age of 74. The diverse job descriptions of our panelists reflect the important roles Kirili played in different spheres, as a patron of free jazz, as a scholar in the history of sculpture, as an artist and a friend. My guests are Michael Attis, musician; Maria Mitchell, dancer; Dorothea Rockburne, painter; and Barry Schwabsky, art critic, poet and editor. In addition to this video, artcritical salutes Alain Kirili with two archived posts brought to our front page: an interview with the artist from 2018 by Mary Jones (where he made an early public acknowledgement of his battle with leukemia) and a review of an exhibition of iron works from Rouen at Philadelphia’s Barnes Foundation from two years earlier. DAVID COHEN

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Zoom Recording of The Review Panel from April 2021 with Jennifer Coates and David Humphrey

THE EDITORS — Thu, 15 Apr 2021 11:29:11 +0000

Matthew Bollinger, Dishes, 2021. Zurcher Gallery

Thursday, April 8 at 7 PM

JENNIFER COATES and DAVID HUMPHREY join DAVID COHEN to discuss

Julie Mehretu at the Whitney and Matthew Bollinger: Furlough at Zürcher Gallery, plus musical bonus

Timed reservations are required to view exhibitions at the Whitney

Whitney Museum of American Art: 99 Gansevoort Street, between Washington Street and 10th Avenue
Zürcher Gallery, 33 Bleecker Street, between Lafayette Street and Bowery

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The Review Panel, at 7PM today: Jennifer Coates and David Humphrey are David Cohen’s Guests

THE EDITORS — Sat, 03 Apr 2021 15:41:23 +0000

Matthew Bollinger, Dishes, 2021. Zurcher Gallery

Thursday, April 8 at 7 PM
via Zoom

JENNIFER COATES and DAVID HUMPHREY join DAVID COHEN to discuss

Julie Mehretu at the Whitney and Matthew Bollinger: Furlough at Zürcher Gallery, plus musical bonus

Timed reservations are required to view exhibitions at the Whitney

Whitney Museum of American Art: 99 Gansevoort Street, between Washington Street and 10th Avenue
Zürcher Gallery, 33 Bleecker Street, between Lafayette Street and Bowery

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The Review Panel: On Zoom, Thursday at 7pm

THE EDITORS — Wed, 10 Feb 2021 23:04:30 +0000

Karen E. Jones and Christopher Stackhouse are David Cohen’s guests, discussing Hugo McCloud: Burdened, at Sean Kelly Gallery, 475 Tenth Avenue; and “Black Futures” by Kimberly Drew and Jenna Wortham, One World (Penguin Random House)

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Ben Pritchard at New York Artists Equity Association

THE EDITORS — Tue, 26 Jan 2021 21:22:04 +0000

On Wednesday evening (January 27), Brooklyn-based painter Ben Pritchard will be interviewed by artcritical editor David Cohen on Zoom, in conjunction with his ongoing exhibition at the Equity Gallery, “Ecstatic Visions of the Day”. For log-in details, RSVP here. “I think of painting as a quasi religious activity involving the concept of the sacred,” Pritchard has said. “What this actually means and how it is represented is revealed piece by piece in the work. In this way I think that the subject of painting exists outside of language and is more involved with the unsayable experiential aspects of life and the world.”

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This Evening! Reserve to Receive Zoom Details

THE EDITORS — Wed, 18 Nov 2020 18:18:07 +0000

Wednesday, November 18 at 7 PM

Installation view, Theaster Gates, Gagosian Gallery. (c) Theaster Gates. Photo: Rob McKeever

BLAKE GOPNIK and LAILA PEDRO join DAVID COHEN to discuss

Theaster Gates: Black Vessel at Gagosian Gallery, 555 West 24th Street, New York

Wojnarowicz (2020; directed by Chris McKim) streaming, November 11-19, at the DOC-NYC Festival
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Questions and comments from participants will be fielded during the virtual presentation and recorded for later podcast

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Famous Artists of Williamsburg Pop-up Covid Survival Exhibit & Very Excellent Art Sale

THE EDITORS — Wed, 18 Nov 2020 18:09:27 +0000

Seventeen artists, “quarantined in Williamsburg and developing cabin fever,” according to their press release, responded to a group chat instigated by one of their number, Brenda Zlamany, that buoyed them along through lockdown. This show is an offshoot of their collective energy and remains on view weekends, in a commercial space that’s on the rental market in the building of participants James Esber and Jane Fine. The show is dedicated to Matt Freedman, one of the crew, who died of cancer last month. Besides Zlamany, Freedman, Esber and Fine the artists on view are Jude Tallichet, Laura Newman, Linda Nagaoka, Wendy Klemperer, Kurt Hoffman, Jen Hitchings, Chuck Hagen, Tim Spelios (in a collaboration with Freedman), Carolyn Cox, Ron Baron, Mike Ballou, Joe Amrhein, and David Brody, whose tribute to Freedman tops a review of the artist retrieved from our archives. Pictured here: sculpture by Matt Freedman

179 Grand Street, (ground floor) between Bedford and Driggs, Brooklyn. Appointments: Jane Fine at 646-250-4908 or janemfine@gmail.com

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