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 ...

installation shot with works from the First series, 2014 by Richard Nonas. Courtesy of Fergus McCaffrey
Friday, December 5th, 2014

Field Anthropologist: The Sculptures of Richard Nonas

His show was at Fergus McCaffrey earlier this fall

Sunday, November 23rd, 2014

Hybrids, Mutants: Alexander Ross at David Nolan

A show of “Archimboldo-esque coagulations that insist on being read as faces.”

Thursday, November 20th, 2014

Animal Spirits: Elizabeth Ferry at Honey Ramka

An exhibition of sculptures and paintings of beastly sexual energy.

Carla Gannis, The Garden of Emoji Delights, 2014. Digital C-print, detail of right panel. Courtesy of the Artists
Saturday, November 15th, 2014

Carla Gannis: The Garden of Emoji Delights

On view at Kasia Kay Art Projects, Chicago

Friday, November 14th, 2014

Happy Hunting: Michael Bell-Smith at Foxy Production

Who is the Elmer Fudd of Post-Internet art?

Thursday, November 13th, 2014

Social Collaboration in the Fifth Borough: William Corwin and Neil Greenberg at Staten Island Arts

Show remembers the borough’s past and imagines possible futures

Tuesday, November 11th, 2014

Clusterfunk: Six Solo Shows in Two Galleries

Two galleries cluster three solo shows each, a less-than-ideal way to show interesting work by six artists.

Bettina Blohm, Diagram 1, 2014. Charcoal on paper, Courtesy of Marc Straus Gallery
Monday, November 10th, 2014

Diagrams Intuited: Bettina Blohm at Marc Straus

An abstract painter with drawing roots in the landscape

Theresa Chong, LU (Walking Carefully), 2014. Gouache and colored pencil on Shikibu Gampi, 12 x 11-3/4 inches. Courtesy of Danese/Corey
Thursday, November 6th, 2014

Imagined Landscape: Theresa Chong at Danese/Corey

A show of small works on paper, through November 15