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Cy Twombly, Untitled, 1971. Lithograph, 21.6 x 29.5 inches. © 2013 Cy Twombly Foundation
Monday, September 16th, 2013

Calligraphy, Meet Graffiti: Calligraffiti at Leila Heller Gallery

Islamic calligraphy, graffiti art and AbEx painting in Chelsea

Darrien Jones, Pumping Irony, 2013. Intervention on gym motivational board / digital image 5 x 7 inches. Courtesy of Illuminated Metropolis Gallery and the Artist
Tuesday, September 3rd, 2013

Pumping Irony: Darren Jones on Fire Island

“Eden’s Remains,” the Scottish artist’s latest solo show, was at Illuminated Metropolis last month.

Jonathan Lasker, Double Play, 1987, oil on linen, 76 x 100 inches. Courtesy Cheim & Read, New York.
Saturday, August 31st, 2013

Sentimental Education: Abstract Painting in the 1980s

The children of the 1960s grow-up into their paintings

Ellsworth Kelly, Chatham XI: Blue Yellow 1971. Oil on canvas, two joined panels. 90 inches x 77 inches. Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo. Gift of Seymour H. Knox, Jr. © Ellsworth Kelly. Photo credit: Albright-Knox Art Gallery / Art Resource, N.Y.
Wednesday, August 28th, 2013

When Two Colors Meet: Ellsworth Kelly at MoMA

An exhibition in celebration of the artist’s 90th birthday

Installation view of exhibit, including Untitled, 1981, acrylic on canvas. Collection of Joan and Fred Nicholas, Los Angeles; and Aphorisms, 1982, vinyl courtesy of the Estate of Jack Goldstein and 1301PE, Los Angeles.
Thursday, August 22nd, 2013

Vibrating Still Lifes: Jack Goldstein at The Jewish Museum

The first US retrospective for the maverick Pictures Generation artist

Gabriel Kuri, Two nudes two points, 2013, marble slabs, crushed aluminum drink cans, 39 1/8 x 4 71/3 x 33 1/4 inches. Courtesy of Miguel Abreu Gallery.
Tuesday, August 13th, 2013

The Sovereignty of Strangeness: Conspicuous Unusable at Miguel Abreu

Philosophy, scrap metal, and classic Minimalism on the Lower East Side

Installation view of Orly Genger’s Red, Yellow and Blue (2013) in Madison Square Park. Photo by James Ewing / Courtesy of Madison Square Park Conservancy.
Sunday, August 4th, 2013

Back to Basics: Orly Genger at Madison Square Park

Take a lunch break next to these massive, interactive outdoor sculptures

Jackson Pollock, Number 7, 1952, 1952, enamel and oil on canvas, 53 x 40 inches. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Purchase, Emilio Azcarraga Gift, in honor of William S. Lieberman, 1987.
Thursday, August 1st, 2013

Elective Affinities: Alfonso Ossorio and his Masterful Friends

Angels, Demons, and Savages: Pollock, Ossorio, Dubuffet at the Parrish Art Museum

Paul McCarthy, WS, 2013. Courtesy of the artist and Hauser & Wirth. Photo: Joshua White.
Thursday, July 25th, 2013

X-Rated Fairy Tale: Paul McCarthy at the Armory and Hauser & Wirth

Step inside a visually lavish psychosexual fantasy

Installation view, "Works of the Jenney Archive." Private collection. Courtesy Gagosian Gallery. Photography by Robert McKeever.
Saturday, July 20th, 2013

The Artist and the Archive: Neil Jenney at Gagosian

What is the relationship between an artist’s work and the art he collects?