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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 ...

Simon Hantaï, Blancs, 1973-1974. Acrylic on canvas, 78 x 84 5/8 inches. Courtesy of Paul Kasmin Gallery
Tuesday, December 8th, 2015

Eyes Wide Shut: Simon Hantaï at Paul Kasmin

In the Blancs, colored forms made by folding and creasing the canvas

Saturday, December 5th, 2015

Day Jobs, Dictators and Musical Scales: Carol Szymanski at Tanja Grunert

An artist returns from her day job with new work documenting life, big and small.

Wednesday, November 25th, 2015

Strong, Sweet, Sorrowful Sculptures by Alina Szapocznikow

The artist’s work embodies her life, tribulations, and love, in works from the 1960s and ’70s.

John Lees, 42nd Street (Main Title and Dialogue), 2015. Oil on canvas, 24 x 32 inches. Courtesy of Betty Cuningham Gallery
Tuesday, November 24th, 2015

Howdy Doody Gravitas: A John Lees Double Bill

and a review by Thaddeus Radell; show on view at Betty Cuningham through Saturday

John Lees, In the Park/Early Morning, 2015. Graphite, ink on paper, 11 x 9-1/8 inches. Courtesy of Betty Cuningham Gallery
Tuesday, November 24th, 2015

A Fine Insanity: John Lees at Betty Cuningham

another take on the show, on view through Saturday

Tuesday, November 17th, 2015

Something Untranslatable: A Digital Homage to Smithson’s “Monuments”

An online project for the Kadist Foundation explores the codes and changes of Passaic, NJ.

Friday, November 13th, 2015

Love Canal: Joan Linder at Mixed Greens

Project Sunshine is penultimate show at much-valued gallery, closing Saturday

Wednesday, November 11th, 2015

Angelus Novus Anew: R.H. Quatyman’s Chapter 29

Interpreting Paul Klee after Walter Benjamin, her exhibition continues at Miguel Abreu

Wolfgang Tillmans: PCR at David Zwirner September 16 to October 24, 2015
Friday, October 23rd, 2015

Right Beneath Our Noses: The Beauty in Wolfgang Tillmans

Wolfgang Tillmans: PCR at David Zwirner through October 24

Friday, October 23rd, 2015

Concrete, Leather, Light, Glass: Davina Semo at Lyles & King

Semo’s new sculptures use language and erotically industrial materials to manipulate and entice.