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 ...

Allison Gildersleeve, Hide Out, 2011. Oil and alkyd on canvas, 52 x 54 inches. Courtesy of Asya Geisberg Gallery
Wednesday, April 4th, 2012

Tunnel Vision: Allison Gildersleeve at Asya Geisberg

Animated touch, sumptuous color and a disquieting absence of context.  Through April 7

Catherine Lee, Ivory Sahara (Quanta #1), 2011. Oil on canvas, 54 x 54 inches. Courtesy of Galerie Lelong
Sunday, April 1st, 2012

“A Yellow Patch of Wall”: Catherine Lee at Galerie Lelong

Her Quanta series injects the grid with measured sensuality.

Toon Kuijpers, Blue Cloth, 2011. Oil on canvas, 8 x 9.5 inches. Courtesy of Howard Scott Gallery.
Saturday, March 31st, 2012

Minimalism, Golden Age-Style: Still Lifes by Toon Kuijpers

The Amsterdam-based painter shows at Howard Scott through April 7

Ellen Berkenblit, Broken Pane of Frosted Glass, 2012. Oil and charcoal on linen, 94 x 76 1/4 inches. Courtesy Anton Kern Gallery, New York
Monday, March 26th, 2012

Doing the Loop-de-Loop: The latest surprise from Ellen Berkenblit

Her show continues at Anton Kern Gallery through March 31

Greg Lindquist, Thanatopsis Revisited (Island, Sanctuary, The Physical World), 2011, Oil and acrylic on wall. Courtesy of Elizabeth Harris Gallery
Sunday, March 25th, 2012

Past The City Limits: Greg Lindquist Breaks New Ground

His recent show at Elizabeth Harris marks a turning point in his career

Wednesday, March 14th, 2012

Winters Lakes: Terry Winters at Matthew Marks

His show continues through April 14

Oded Hirsch, Nothing New, 2012 [still]. Video, color, sound, 10:15 min edition of 6 + 2AP. Courtesy of Thierry Goldberg
Saturday, March 10th, 2012

Fitzcarraldo Joins a Kibbutz: Oded Hirsch at Thierry Goldberg

New York debut for Israeli video artist

Yinka Shonibare MBE, Addio del Passato Film Still 1, 2011. Digital chromogenic print, 27 x 36 inches. Courtesy of James Cohan Gallery
Sunday, February 26th, 2012

Yinka Shonibare MBE: Post-Colonial Mixologist

Dutch wax fabric, Lord Nelson’s death, La Traviata and sex toys, at James Cohan through March 24

Pat Muschinski and Claes Oldenburg in Claes Oldenburg’s Snapshots from the City, performed during Ray Gun Spex at Judson Church, February 29, March 1–2, 1960. © Martha Holmes / TIME & LIFE Images / Getty Images; © Claes Oldenburg
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012

Time Regained: The “Happenings” Show at Pace

A survey in photographs, films and art works runs through March 17

Bettina Blohm, Phoenicia, 2011. Oil on linen, 68 x 84 inches. Courtesy of the Artist
Sunday, February 19th, 2012

Making New Sense of Abstraction: Lisa Abbott-Canfield and Bettina Blohm

Their joint exhibition at  SUNY College Old Westbury runs through March 15