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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
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Sunday, March 3rd, 2019
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Richard Timperio, Jazz Blocker, 2011. Acrylic on paper, 30 x 22 inches. Courtesy of Art 101.
Friday, September 23rd, 2011

Ebullience in Acrylic: Richard Timperio at Art 101

Williamsburg show up through October 9

Thursday, September 22nd, 2011

Beyond the Yogurt Cap: New Works by Gabriel Orozco

on view at Marian Goodman through October 15

Lee Ufan, Relatum, 1978/1990. Steel and stones Two plates, 0.9 x 210 x 280 cm each; two stones, approximately 30 cm and 70 cm high The National Museum of Art.
Tuesday, September 13th, 2011

Encounters Between Seer and Seen: Lee Ufan at the Guggenheim

His retrospective continues through September 28.

Monday, September 12th, 2011

The Reductive Expands: MINUS SPACE will move from 175 feet in Gowanus to a Dumbo loft

Last show in old space closes September 17

Cory Arcangel, Still from Various Self Playing Bowling Games (aka Beat the Champ), 2011. Hacked video game controllers, game consoles, cartridges, disks, and video, dimensions variable. Collection of the artist; Team Gallery, New York; Lisson Gallery, London; and Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg and Paris. Image courtesy Barbican Art Gallery, London; photograph © Eliot Wyman
Friday, September 2nd, 2011

Function Follows Formula: Cory Arcangel at the Whitney

Equal parts hacker and historiographer, his central theme is built-in obsolescence

Still from the hologram of Kate Moss that closed Alexander McQueen's 2006 show, Widows of Culloden. photo credit: WireImage.com
Friday, September 2nd, 2011

Savage Beauty, Tame Museum: Alexander McQueen at the Met

Offers feminist and museological criticism of the hugely popular show.

Xavier Cha, Body Drama, 2011. I(nstallation view, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York). Performance with actor and body-mounted video camera; and video, color, silent; time variable, looped. Photograph by Sheldan C. Collins
Wednesday, August 17th, 2011

Distance and Dissonance: Xavier Cha at the Whitney

Body Drama, live performance and video projection, continues through October 9.

Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011

Transcending Barriers: George Tun Sein at Tally Beck Contemporary

This Lower East Side show is up through August 30

Elisabeth Condon, Woke Up To Find It Missing, 2011. Acrylic on linen, 52 x 72 inches. Courtesy of Lesley Heller Workspace, photo by Karineh Gurjian-Angelo
Tuesday, July 19th, 2011

Paintings That Shouldn’t Work: Elisabeth Condon

Her show was at Lesley Heller, April 13 to May 15, 2011

Matt Jones, Wolverine Black Flag (Jen), 2011, Alcohol Based Marker, Elmer's Glue, Toner, And Paper On Wood, 48 x 36 x 1-1/2 inches. Courtesy of Freight + Volume
Thursday, July 14th, 2011

Punk Rock Nirvana: Matt Jones’s Multiverse

Was at at Freight + Volume this spring.