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Tuesday, April 21st, 2020
The American artist Kara Walker poses questions about slavery’s history and legacy with a major UK commission. ...
Wednesday, April 8th, 2020
The work of earlier artists can be found in scenes from this expat Russian painter’s adolescence. ...
Sunday, March 3rd, 2019
A derangement of the senses is arrived at via multifarious stimuli ...

Thursday, July 28th, 2016

Diamond in the Smooth: Stephen Westfall at Lennon, Weinberg

“Color is liberated to function in a kinetic way”

Bas Jan Ader, Untitled (The Elements), 1971/2003. C-type print, 11 x 14 inches. Copyright The Estate of Bas Jan Ader / Mary Sue Ader Andersen, 2016 / The Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York. Courtesy Metro Pictures, New York and Meliksetian | Briggs, Los Angeles.
Wednesday, July 27th, 2016

Practicing Falling: Bas Jan Ader at Metro Pictures

Twin surveys of Ader’s short but brightly burning career are mounted in New York and London.

Bas Jan Ader, Primary Time, 1974. Color U-matic video tape transferred to DVD, silent, PAL format, TRT: 26 minutes. Copyright the Estate of Bas Jan Ader / Mary Sue Ader Andersen, 2016 / The Artist Right’s Society (ARS), New York. Courtesy of Meliksetian | Briggs, Los Angeles and Simon Lee Gallery, London.
Wednesday, July 27th, 2016

The Fall: Bas Jan Ader at Simon Lee, London

Twin surveys of Ader’s short but brightly burning career are mounted in London and New York.

David Mramor, Venus in Bed 3, 2014. Acrylic paint and archival inkjet on canvas, 48 x 72 inches. Courtesy of the artist and PPOW.
Friday, July 22nd, 2016

De Beauvouir’s Inheritors: “The Woman Destroyed” at PPOW

A painterly, sumptuous show of work by women.

Gardar Eide Einarsson, The Next Recession and Where to Hide, 2016. Acrylic, graphite and gesso on canvas, 87 x 71 inches. Courtesy of the artist and Team.
Friday, July 22nd, 2016

Encompassing Hostility: “Golden Eggs” at Team Gallery

A group show gives Marxist voice to recent unrest in art and politics.

Friday, July 15th, 2016

Shaped Canvases and Broken Rules: Shapeshifters at Luhring Augustine

A group show explores the contemporary history of unconventional supports.

Cora Cohen, 015-11, 2011. Archival ink jet, pencil on paper, 21.25 x 22.5 inches. Courtesy of the Artist
Thursday, July 14th, 2016

Slippery Conditions: A Show of Drawings by Cora Cohen

Seen at the New York Studio School earlier this summer

Alisha Wessler, Shedding the Skin, 2016. Watercolor and ink on paper, 22.5 x 30 inches. Courtesy of the artist and Slag Gallery.
Friday, July 1st, 2016

Live Fully and Well: Art at Slag Gallery in a Time of Trauma

In the wake of several highly visible acts of violence, artists present works of passion and compassion.

Monday, June 27th, 2016

Master of Puppets: Jordan Wolfson at David Zwirner

Wolfson’s installation, an animatronic boy, is uncanny and awesome.

Wednesday, June 22nd, 2016

Crudely, Playfully: Nicole Eisenman at the New Museum

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