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 ...

Saturday, December 9th, 2017

Painterland: Four From California, at Karma

Jean Conner, Wally Hedrick, Deborah Remington, Franklin Williams

Cecily Brown, Madrepora (Shipwreck), 2016. Oil on linen, oil on linen, 97 x 151 inches. Courtesy of the artist and Paul Cooper Gallery
Friday, December 8th, 2017

Sensation to Canvas: Cecily Brown as Antidote to Instagram

The recent show at Paula Cooper was her first with this gallery

Frances Barth, Yellow Yellow, 2016. Acrylic on wood on panel, 24 x 36 inches. Courtesy of the artist and Silas von Morisse Gallery
Thursday, December 7th, 2017

Nothing Forced Yet Nothing Lax: Frances Barth in Bushwick

Her show at Silas Van Morisse up thru’ December 17

Wednesday, December 6th, 2017

Race, History, and the Body Theatrical in Atlanta, Georgia

Four exhibitions dealt with these timely issues this fall

installation shot of the exhibition under review, courtesy of Jeffrey Deitch
Thursday, November 23rd, 2017

Dispelled Illusions: Kenny Scharf takes on Color Field

on view at Jeffrey Deitch in Soho through December 22

Sunday, November 19th, 2017

Coloneobaroque: Didier William at Tiger Strikes Asteroid

A powerful exhibition, titled “We Will Win,” closes in Bushwick this afternoon

Photograph of Ad Reinhardt in his studio, 1953, by Walter Rosenblum. Courtesy David Zwirner, New York/London
Friday, November 10th, 2017

The Threshold of Perception: Ad Reinhardt’s Blue Paintings

An emerging artist’s take on the recent exhibition at David Zwirner Gallery

Julia Jacquette, Actress, Gold Dress, 2015. Oil on linen, 60 x 48 inches. Courtesy of the artist.
Friday, November 10th, 2017

“Playground of my Mind”: Julia Jacquette Educates the Eye

New Jersey show of paintings and gouaches focused on graphic memoir

Tuesday, November 7th, 2017

“A Search For Solace”: Karl Ove Knausgård Curates Edvard Munch

The exhibition was at the Munch Museum, Oslo, this summer

Cover of the book under review
Thursday, November 2nd, 2017

Going His Own Way: A new monograph on Thomas Nozkowski by John Yau

launches a series on contemporary painters, edited by Barry Schwabsky