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Wednesday, September 12th, 2018
Edward Hopper, Night Window, 1928. Oil on canvas, 29 x 34 inches. Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of John Hay Whitney
Irish-honed literary skills placed at service of cosmopolitan visual culture ...
Tuesday, May 15th, 2018
A detail of a painting by Carol Rhodes reproduced in the book under review. (Construction Site, 2003)
New monograph published by Skira Editore ...
Wednesday, May 10th, 2017
A look at eight years of writing by Bob Nickas. ...

Thursday, December 31st, 2015

“I Build Ruins”: Charles Simonds and the Dwellings of his Little People

His new memoir, Dwelling, is published by Walther König

Friday, December 25th, 2015

Carnival Fun-House: Alva Noë’s Strange Tools

Reviewer to philosopher: Check your privilege

Saturday, November 14th, 2015

Working Together: A New Book on Words and Art

An anthology of essays on poet-artist collaborations, recently published by Cuneiform Press.

Thursday, November 12th, 2015

Mythos and History: A New Agnes Martin Biography

A new biography of the idiosyncratic and influential painter untangles myth and fact.

Wednesday, October 28th, 2015

“Paper Should Be Edible, Nutritious”: John Cage’s Diary

The radically inventive and prolific musician’s ethics and curiosity are revealed in a new diary facsimile by Siglio Press.

Thursday, September 17th, 2015

Light and Liminality: Looking at Suzan Frecon

How and why Suzan Frecon’s recent work really succeeds, bending light and color.

Thursday, July 16th, 2015

Sophie Calle’s Suite Vénitienne: Following as Performance and Book

A new book by Siglio reproduces Calle’s 1980 performance, following a near-stranger through Venice.

Sunday, June 21st, 2015

Layer by Layer: Art Green’s Complex Paintings

A book of the painter’s work captures his complicated use of collage, illusion, and narrative.

Monday, February 16th, 2015

“Best When He’s Messy”: Jason Brinkerhoff’s Unfinished Drawings

Taking a cue from Morton Feldman’s remark that “the love of the past in art is something very different to the artist than it is to the audience,” it’s fair to assume that the audience can remain attached to their favorite masters all their lives without very much ado. For the artist, however, a fixity … Continued

Jack Bush Ex on Spring Green, June 1974 acrylic on canvas, 160 x 195.5 cm (63.25 x 77 in.) Collection of H. Arnold and Blema Steinberg. . © Estate of Jack Bush / SODRAC (2014). Photo: Michael Cullen, TPG Digital Art Services
Thursday, January 29th, 2015

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

Review of the catalog accompanying first major retrospective in 35 years