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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, October 9th, 2014

Black Ships Ate the Sky: Drones and Photography at apexart

The confluences of flight and photography, forensics and art, are explored in an exhibition now at apexart.

detail of Roxy Paine, Checkpoint, 2014. Courtesy of Marianne Boesky Gallery
Wednesday, October 8th, 2014

Denuded Lens: Roxy Paine at Marianne Boesky

spatial and informational compression in sculptures of relentless, scrupulous exploration

Wednesday, October 8th, 2014

Try to Make Yourself a Work of Art: Richard Prince’s New Portraits at Gagosian

Richard Prince uses Instagram, but not in the way most people do.

Tuesday, October 7th, 2014

Mind Craft: Munro Galloway’s New Paintings and Drawings

Galloway show’s his head-hand coordination.

Saturday, October 4th, 2014

“Would You Please Keep Looking, Please?”: Samuel Fosso at the Walther Collection

Fosso challenges visions of African identity through self-portraiture.

Wednesday, October 1st, 2014

Revival: Xanti Schawinsky is Rediscovered

Two concurrent exhibitions of the artist’s work run in Midtown and Soho.

Monday, September 29th, 2014

Nature Tries Again: Josh Dorman at Ryan Lee

Geological-, biological-, and mechanical-history paintings as collage.

Saturday, September 27th, 2014

Trompe-l’oeil and Postmodern Cheek: Paul Sietsema at Matthew Marks

Is trompe-l’oeil painting inherently anti-climactic?

Harry Roseman, March 25, 2005.
Wednesday, September 24th, 2014

Snips and Snaps: Harry Roseman’s Haircuts at Sacha & Olivier

A show that gives new meaning to “salon hang”

Monday, September 22nd, 2014

Everything and Nothing At All: Roman Opalka Painting Infinity

Number paintings and early works on paper at Dominique Lévy