criticismExhibitions
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 ...

Saturday, May 14th, 2016

Sara Greenberger Rafferty’s Dresses and Books at Rachel Uffner

The artist explores the interrelation of intellectual, aesthetic, and corporeal adornment.

Wednesday, May 11th, 2016

“Inventive Disorientation”: Katy and Matthew Fischer at Louis B. James

The artists use ceramics and painting to alter viewers’ perceptions of space and objects.

Wednesday, May 11th, 2016

Library of Babel: Ward Shelley’s Complex Taxonomies at Pierogi

The artist’s drawings, paintings, and collaborative installation use Borgesian parodies of organization.

Saturday, May 7th, 2016

Black Genius: Roy DeCarava at Anders Wahlstedt

The photographer’s documentary images of Harlem reveal lives and history there.

Friday, May 6th, 2016

Originals: Amy Hill and the Kids of America

At Front Room Gallery in Brooklyn, the show is a disconcerting delight

Tuesday, May 3rd, 2016

H/er Transformative Art: Genesis Breyer P-Orridge at the Rubin

An installation brings sympathetic magic to the museum.

Friday, April 29th, 2016

Revisiting the Never-Ending Now: Luigi Ghirri at Matthew Marks

A survey of the photographer’s work opens vistas onto small moments.

Tuesday, April 26th, 2016

At a Safe Remove: Omer Fast at James Cohan

a jarring experience, both intellectually and emotionally, his three films are on view through May 7

Thursday, April 21st, 2016

Intense Immobility: “In the Wake” at Japan Society

Photography, history, loss, and the Tohoku earthquake disaster at Japan Society.

Laura Poitras, ANARCHIST: Power Spectrum Display of Doppler Tracks from a Satellite (Intercepted May 27, 2009), 2016. Pigmented inkjet print mounted on aluminum, 45 × 64-3/4 inches. Courtesy the artist
Wednesday, April 20th, 2016

O’Say Can You See: Laura Poitras at the Whitney

The filmmaker’s exhibition exploits the techniques of its subject: surveillance