Criticism
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. ...
Thursday, January 23rd, 2020
An exhibition that follows a fashion designer as she channels the spirit of her times ...

David Wojnarowicz, Wind (For Peter Hujar), 1987. Acrylic and collaged paper on composition board, two panels, 72 × 96 inches. Collection of the Second Ward Foundation. Image courtesy the Estate of David Wojnarowicz and P.P.O.W, New York
Saturday, September 29th, 2018

Sites of Attraction: David Wojnarowicz at the Whitney

A haunting and timely retrospective closes this weekend

Installation shot, Nomadic Mechanics: Monoprints 2014-2018 by Jeffrey Bishop at SRO Gallery
Saturday, September 29th, 2018

Flight or Fight: Jeffrey Bishop’s Monoprints at SRO Gallery

His Crown Heights show extended through October 7

Babara Takenaga, Outset, 2018. Acrylic on linen, 45 x 54 inches. Courtesy of the artist and DC Moore Gallery
Thursday, September 27th, 2018

Sliding Away Into Space: Barbara Takenaga at DC Moore

“Outset” can be seen in Chelsea through October 6

Malcolm Morley, Starry Starry Knight, 2017. Oil on linen, 50 x 50 inches. Courtesy of Sperone Westwater © Malcolm Morley
Thursday, September 27th, 2018

Starry Starry Knight: Malcolm Morley at Sperone Westwater

Works from the painter’s last three years, on view on the Lower East Side

Edward Hopper, Night Window, 1928. Oil on canvas, 29 x 34 inches. Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of John Hay Whitney
Wednesday, September 12th, 2018

“Right There, Looking”: Brian O’Doherty’s Collected Essays

Irish-honed literary skills placed at service of cosmopolitan visual culture

Gauri Gill. Untitled from the series Acts of Appearance. 2015–ongoing. Pigmented inkjet print. The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Acquired through the generosity of Robert B. Menschel. © 2018 Gauri Gill
Tuesday, August 28th, 2018

Mask Life: The Mystical and the Mundane in Gauri Gill

“Projects 108” is at PS1 through September 3

Linda Stark, Self-Portrait with Ray, 2017. Oil on canvas over panel, 36 x 36 inches. Courtesy the artist.
Thursday, August 16th, 2018

Made in L.A. 2018: A Provocative, “Woke” Biennial for Los Angeles

The fourth “Made in L.A.” is at the Hammer through September 2

Monday, August 13th, 2018

Strange Intimacies: A Survey of Paula Rego in Cascais, Portugal

Presented by the museum of her work, through September 30

Gertrude Abercrombie, Untitled (Blue Screen, Black Cat, Print of Same), 1945. Oil on board, 8 x 10 inches. Courtesy Karma Gallery.
Monday, August 13th, 2018

The Queen of Chicago: Gertrude Abercrombie at Karma

Surreal paintings from the mid-century Mid West, in the East Village through September 16

Louis Eilshemius, Mother and Child, 1914, oil on masonite, 21 x 28 1/4 inches
Friday, August 3rd, 2018

Libidinal Charge: A Summer Group Show at Greenspon

The Seam, the Fault, the Flaw, through August 3