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Tuesday, April 21st, 2020
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Wednesday, April 8th, 2020
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Sunday, March 3rd, 2019
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Christopher Williams; Untitled (Study in Yellow/ Berlin) / Dirk Schaper Studio, Berlin / June 21, 2007 (No. 1); 2008. Chromogenic color print, 20 x 16 inches. Courtesy David Zwirner, New York/London and Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne © Christopher Williams.
Wednesday, November 5th, 2014

The Production Line of Credulity: The Rhetoric of Christopher Williams

Williams’s recent retrospective was praised for its critical and visual ingenuity, but was that adoration misplaced?

Harriet Korman, Untitled, 2012. Oilstick on paper, 16-1/2 x 23-1/2 inches. Courtesy of the Artist and Lennon, Weinberg, Inc.
Friday, October 31st, 2014

Jewel-Pure Color: Harriet Korman at Lennon, Weinberg

“Rigorous, flat, unpredictable, startling, deadpan, funny”

Friday, October 31st, 2014

Give You So Much More: Jim Hodges at the Hammer Museum

A traveling retrospective of the artist’s work renders the personal political and beautiful.

John Walker, Untitled Bingo Card 2013. Oil on canvas, 7-1/2 x 5-5/8. Courtesy of Alexandre Gallery
Friday, October 31st, 2014

Land Meeting Sky: John Walker at Alexandre Gallery

These paintings convey nature’s immensity even as they mangle its topography.

Saturday, October 25th, 2014

Real Spaces and Illusions of Depth: Tomma Abts at David Zwirner

Asymmetry, illusion and odd numbers all add up in her latest exhibition

Wednesday, October 22nd, 2014

Sweet and Dandy: Tomer Aluf’s Bohemian Paintings

The artist’s first solo exhibition at KANSAS, New York, shows his discernment and love of the visual and physical promenade.

William Conger, #131, 2014. Gouache on paper, 5 x 4 inches. Courtesy of Studio Vendome Projects
Tuesday, October 21st, 2014

Beyond Image: William Conger of Chicago

A veteran abstract painter defined by and defining his city.

Installation shot, Spaced Out - Migration To The Interior, lower floor. Photo: Greg Mionske / Red Bull Content Pool
Tuesday, October 21st, 2014

Total Work of Art: “Spaced Out” at Red Bull Studios

Curated by Phong Bui, works and installation alike evoke psychedelic experience

Saturday, October 18th, 2014

Fine Lines: Kate Shepherd at Galerie Lelong

The last day of her Chelsea show is today

Friday, October 17th, 2014

Adventures Close to Home: Do Ho Suh at Lehmann Maupin

The artist’s drawings are collected in a new monograph and a show that spans both of Lehmann Maupin’s New York locations