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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 ...

Eric Holzman, Late Afternoon / Crestwood II, 2013-14. Oil on canvas, 10 x 10 inches, Courtesy of Lori Bookstein Fine Art
Thursday, February 5th, 2015

Atmosphere is Key: Eric Holzman at Lori Bookstein

Small, luminous paintings reach deep into American art history

Thursday, February 5th, 2015

A House of Prayer for All People: Yael Bartana at Petzel

Two new videos explore cultural authenticity — one simulating a holy site, another asking how national identity is formed.

Helen Miranda Wilson, Treasure Land, 2012. Oil on panel, 12 x 9 inches. Courtesy of Lori Bookstein Fine Art.
Wednesday, February 4th, 2015

Helen Miranda Wilson: A New Kind of Space, Carved Out for the Mind to Explore

Her show was at at Lori Bookstein Fine Art late last year

V. S. Gaitonde, Untitled, 1975. Oil on canvas, 70 x 42 inches. Mr. and Mrs. Rajiv Chaudhri Collection, New York © Christie’s Images Limited 2014
Sunday, January 25th, 2015

“Everything Starts From Silence”: Vasudeo Santu Gaitonde at the Guggenheim

The Indian abstractionist’s mini-retrospective is on view through February 11

Monday, January 12th, 2015

Upcycled: Joe Montgomery’s Painting Remixes

The artist, who showed at at Laurel Gitlen last month, makes mutants of his materials.

Marisol, Lick the Tire of My Bicycle, 1974 © Marisol Escobar/Licensed by Vaga, New York, NY
Thursday, January 8th, 2015

Uncanny Presences: The Dynamic Sculptures of Marisol

closing this weekend at El Museo del Barrio, retrospective of a powerful, hands-on sculptor.

Cy Twombly, Untitled, 1970. Crayon, graphite pencil, ink, oil stick, colored pencil, tape, and cut and torn paper on paper. The Menil Collection, Houston; Gift of the artist. Photograph: Paul Hester © Cy Twombly Foundation
Tuesday, January 6th, 2015

“Soft and Full of Patience”: Cy Twombly at the Morgan

“Treatise on the Veil” on view through January 25

Tuesday, January 6th, 2015

The Artist as Voyeur: Group Show as Peep Show

Rear Window Treatment at Louis B. James Gallery through January 17

Saturday, December 13th, 2014

Mind Ride: Nathan Lyons at Bruce Silverstein

The iconic photographer presents a new book and a new exhibition.

Vicky Colombet, Earth series # 1305, 2014. Oil, pigment, alkyd wash on canvas, 7-3/4 x 5-3/4 inches. Courtesy of Christian Duvernois Landscape/Gallery
Sunday, December 7th, 2014

A Philosophy of Form: In Vicky Colombet, Abstraction and Nature Meet on Equal Terms

Her show continues at Christian Duvernois