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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 ...

Wednesday, June 22nd, 2016

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

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

Installation view, "Martin Creed: The Back Door," 2016, at the Park Avenue Armory. Photograph by James Ewing, courtesy of the Park Avenue Armory.
Sunday, June 19th, 2016

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.

Saturday, June 18th, 2016

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

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

Friday, June 10th, 2016

Western Culture: Lee Mullican’s Californian Abstraction

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

Jean Dubuffet, Vache la belle mufle?e/Cow with the Beautiful Muzzle, 1954. Oil on canvas, 45-5/8 x 35 inches. Private Collection. Photograph by Kent Pell / © 2016 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
Thursday, June 9th, 2016

Bull’s Eye: Jean Dubuffet’s Anticultural vision

A major exhibition at Acquavella Galleries, closing June 10

Monday, June 6th, 2016

Heartbeats: The Spanish Rhythms of Juan Uslé

The artist draws on biological rhythms and the history of Spanish painting.

Saturday, May 21st, 2016

Faith and Formalism: Rachel Harrison at MoMA

The sculptor examines religious faith as feeling carefully for something not fully seen.

Friday, May 20th, 2016

Screen Life or Real: William Leavitt’s “Telemetry” at Greene Naftali

The artist’s domestic tableaux use screens and ersatz furnishings to scrutinize the real world.

Cristóbal Lehyt, Untitled, 2016. Mixed media on paper on plexiglas, 48 x 48 inches. Courtesy of Johannes Vogt Gallery
Tuesday, May 17th, 2016

Before The Law: Cristóbal Lehyt at Johannes Vogt

Vogt’s first show in new Lower East Side premises

Saturday, May 14th, 2016

Thank You For What Is Underneath, Nathlie Provosty

Her extended exhibition closes May 15 at Nathalie Karg on the Lower East Side