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 ...

Thursday, June 14th, 2018

Ruggedly Refined Monochrome: Ha Chong-Hyun at Tina Kim

Conjunctions, veteran Korean painter’s new show, on view in Chelsea through June 16

Wednesday, June 13th, 2018

Body Language: Michal Rovner’s Evolution at Pace

At both Chelsea venues, the show includes her trademark video tableaux

Lucian Freud, Sleeping by the Lion Carpet, 1996. Oil on canvas, 89 x 47 inches. The Lewis Collection
Wednesday, June 6th, 2018

A Big Umbrella: “All Too Human” at Tate Britain

Bacon, Freud and a Century of Painting Life, on view through August 27

Charles Gaines, Faces 1: Identity Politics, #4, W.E.B. Du Bois, 2018 (detail). Acrylic sheet, acrylic paint, lacquer, wood, 74 x 59-1/8 x 5-3/4 inches. Courtesy of the artist and Paula Cooper Gallery.
Wednesday, June 6th, 2018

Workable Identity: Charles Gaines at Paula Cooper

An unusual show of portraits, on view in Chelsea through June 9

Tuesday, June 5th, 2018

The Restlessness of Thought: Adrian Piper at MoMA

A Synthesis of Intuitions is up through July 22

Thursday, May 17th, 2018

Ghosts and Ghouls on Grand Street: Yun-Fei Ji at James Cohan

What’s allegory in Chinatown is reality in rural China, Robert C. Morgan argues

Clive Hodgson, Untitled, 2017. Oil on canvas, 55 x 60 cm. Courtesy of the Artist and Arcade Gallery, London
Wednesday, May 16th, 2018

The Limits of Viability: Clive Hodgson’s ostensibly failed paintings

An exhibition in two parts in London this winter

Wednesday, May 16th, 2018

A Scrambling of Clues: Paul Resika, Geometry and the Sea

A two-part show at Bookstein Projects and Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects

A detail of a painting by Carol Rhodes reproduced in the book under review. (Construction Site, 2003)
Tuesday, May 15th, 2018

Edgelands: The Paintings of Carol Rhodes

New monograph published by Skira Editore

Laura Newman, Reach, 2018. Acrylic, ink and Flashe on canvas, 54 x 70 inches. Courtesy of the artist and Victoria Munroe Fine Art
Thursday, May 3rd, 2018

Being in the World: Laura Newman at Victoria Munroe

A show of new paintings, on view on the Upper East Side