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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 ...

Gary Stephan, Untitled, 2007. Acrylic on canvas, 20 x 20 inches. Courtesy devening projects + editions
Monday, September 27th, 2010

Transcending Suburbia: An exceptional show of Gary Stephan

Gary Stephan’s ‘Painting And’ was at Woodstock’s Kleinert/James Arts Center this summer.

Brion Nuda Rosch, installation shot, DCKT New York, 2010
Sunday, August 22nd, 2010

Brion Nuda Rosch’s multimedia installation is sprawling yet restrained

New York debut of San Francisco artist continues at DCKT through August 28

Gershon Iskowitz, Late Summer Evening, 1962. Oil on canvas, 45 x 50 inches. Courtesy of Horton Gallery
Thursday, August 12th, 2010

Caught in Hitler’s Web: Canadian Expressionists Oscar Cahén and Gershon Iskowitz

Through September 8 at Horton Gallery (Sunday L.E.S)

Anna von Mertens, Dawn(Left Illinois of California, April 15, 1859), 2007, Hand-stitched, hand-dyed cotton, 54 x 101 inches, Courtesy Collection International Quilt Study Center & Museum, 2010.002.001
Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010

Off the Bed and onto the Wall: Artists who quilt

Assembling Narratives: Quilting Impulses in Contemporary Art at Dorsky Gallery Curatorial Programs, April 11 – June 27, 2010

Brenda Goodman, Burial, 2010. Oil on wood, 52 x 56 inches. Courtesy of John Davis Gallery
Monday, August 2nd, 2010

Death, Loss, Pain and Longing: Core themes abound in the profound work of Brenda Goodman

Brenda Goodman: Work 1990-2010 at John Davis Gallery until August 15

Jeff Kessel, Untitled, 2010. Oil on canvas, 68 x 60 inches. Courtesy of Derek Eller Gallery, New York
Sunday, August 1st, 2010

His Own Person, Despite Influences: Jeff Kessel’s abstract paintings

at Derek Eller Gallery until August 13

Rogert Fenton, The Third Graeco-Roman Saloon on Artists' Day, c. 1857. Albumen print, 10 5/16 x 11 9/16 inches. The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford. Purchased with the assistance of The Art Fund
Thursday, July 29th, 2010

What you bump into when you stand back from a photograph

The Original Copy: Photography of Sculpture, 1839 to Today at the Museum of Modern Art, through November 1

Jonathan Lasker, Lesson in Reality, 2010. Oil on canvasboard, 12 x 16 inches. Courtesy of Cheim & Read
Friday, July 23rd, 2010

When Hypothesis Trumps Quality: Le Tableau at Cheim & Read

Le Tableau at Cheim & Read, through September 3, curated by Joe Fyfe

Tuesday, July 13th, 2010

The Last Roar of Leon Golub

Leon Golub: Live and Die Like a Lion, at the Drawing Center, through July 23

details of Medrie MacPhee, Float, 2009. Oil on canvas, 60 x 78 inches. Courtesy of Van Lintel Gallery, New York.
Tuesday, July 6th, 2010

Hybrid “Futuristic Species”: The latest from Medrie MacPhee

Medrie MacPhee: What It Is at Von Lintel Gallery