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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 ...

Installation shot of work by David Humphrey in the exhibition under review
Friday, May 11th, 2012

Meth Lab of the Modern Psyche: Dr. Freud’s Consulting Room

In this Long Island University exhibition, artists run amok with the idea of Bergstrasse 19

Peter Howson, Outcast, 2011. Oil on canvas, 48¼ x 36¼ inches. Courtesy of Flowers Gallery
Thursday, May 3rd, 2012

Hell and Back: The Religious Paintings of Peter Howson

“Redemption” was on view at Chelsea’s Flowers Gallery March 29 to May 5, 2012

Beryl Korot, Text and Commentary, 1976-1977. detail: linen and wool weavings, each 61 x 24 inches. Photo by John Berens. Courtesy of bitforms gallery nyc.
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012

Palimpsests of Art and Mind: Three Video Installations by Beryl Korot

This mini-survey of works from 1977 to 2008 closes Saturday at bitforms in Chelsea

Jacqueline Humphries, Untitled, 2012. Oil on canvas, 80 x 87 inches. Courtesy of Greene Naftali Gallery
Saturday, April 28th, 2012

Skepticism Free: The Abstract Paintings of Jacqueline Humphries

A review of her recent show at Greene Naftali

E.V. Day and Kembra Pfahler, Untitled 17, 2012. Archival photographic print mounted on sintra, edition of 3. 24 x 16 inches. Courtesy of The Hole
Tuesday, April 24th, 2012

Bunnies in the Lily Pond: E.V. Day and Kembra Pfahler at Giverny

An irreverent take on Monet’s storied garden, on view at The Hole

Mary Ellen Carroll, Federal, 2003. Cibachrome print, 20 x 24 inches. Courtesy of Third Streaming
Saturday, April 21st, 2012

Specifics of Place and Realities Everywhere: Mary Ellen Carroll at Third Streaming

Her work is on view through May 19th

Jane Dickson, LV17 (Small Skull), 2010. Oil on Canvas, 24 x 18 inches. Courtesy of Valentine Gallery
Friday, April 20th, 2012

Flickering Purgatories: Jane Dickson paints Vegas

Her recent show was at Valentine Gallery, Queens

Lynne Harlow, BEAT, 2007. Acrylic paint (8-1/2 x 8-1/2 feet), drum kit, live performance with musicians. Courtesy of the artist and MINUS SPACE, Brooklyn, NY
Thursday, April 19th, 2012

Finding Art in Empty Space: Responses to John Cage

Notations: The Cage Effect Today at Hunter College through April 21

Installation shot: Willard Boepple: New Sculpture at Lori Bookstein Fine Art, 2012. Photo: Etienne Frossard. Courtesy of Lori Bookstein Fine Art
Monday, April 16th, 2012

Mechanisms of Mediation: Willard Boepple’s Towers

His new sculpture is on view at Lori Bookstein through April 28

Harriet Korman, Convergence, 2011. Oil on canvas, 48 x 60 inches. Courtesy of Lennon, Weinberg, inc.
Friday, April 13th, 2012

The Tremolo Effect: Harriet Korman at Lennon Weinberg

Her deadpan compositions make for lively meditations on painting.  Closes April 13.