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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, August 1st, 2019

Mode Shifting: Elizabeth Riley at SL Gallery

Her show of video and sculptural works in midtown through August 9

Mark Greenwold, Christmas Painting, 1964. Acrylic on canvas, 51-1/2 x 48-3/4 inches. Courtesy of the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery
Thursday, July 11th, 2019

Careful What You Wish For: Mark Greenwold at Garth Greenan

Recent paintings take a significant turn

Thursday, May 30th, 2019

Dual Visions: Len Bellinger and Denise Sfraga in Bushwick

Through June 2 at M. David & Co. on Bogart Street

Wednesday, May 29th, 2019

If These Walls Could Talk: Ryan Oskin and Kate Stone at Transmitter

Ryan Oskin and Kate Stone: Inside Out at Transmitter March 29 to May 5, 2019 1329 Willoughby Avenue, 2A, between Wycoff and St. Nicholas Brooklyn, transmitter.nyc Any twelve-year-old with Photoshop can tell you about the inherent untruthfulness of photography, and yet our predilection to accept visuals as facts extends beyond the image. We see the … Continued

Tuesday, May 28th, 2019

Pareidolia: Jeremy Stenger at Kristen Lorello

A chapel-like installation of monochrome paintings with a hint of botanicals

Jasper Johns, Untitled, 2014. Acrylic on canvas, 21 x 30-1/2 inches. Jasper Johns/VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY; via Matthew Marks Gallery
Friday, May 17th, 2019

Uncomfortable Questions: Jasper Johns at Matthew Marks

Mordant “late” works were on view earlier this spring

Thursday, May 16th, 2019

The Botanical Sublime: Po Kim, Sylvia Wald, Young Sup Han, Young Hie Nam

A group show of two couples, at the Sylvia Wald Po Kim Gallery through June 6

Installation shot of the exhibition under review, with works by Nari Ward: “Sky Juice,” 1993; “Iron Heavens,” 1995; “Blue Window-Brick Vine,” 1993; “Savior,” 1996. Image courtesy of the New Museum. Maris Hutchinson/EPW Studio
Sunday, May 5th, 2019

Between the Ancestors and the Living: Nari Ward at the New Museum

A mid-career retrospective with profound lessons about youth and struggle

A work by Charles Spurrier from 2000. Image details to follow
Saturday, May 4th, 2019

A Blast from the Past: David Cohen on Charles Spurrier in December 2000

as his show of new works opens in Brooklyn’s 490 Atlantic Avenue

Friday, April 19th, 2019

Consciousness Raising: Martha Rosler at the Jewish Museum

A long overdue mid-career retrospective