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, August 19th, 2017

Social Amnesia: Strangers, curated by Emma Frank

at Castor Gallery, on the Lower East Side, through Saturday

Rico Gatson, Billie #2, 2014. Color pencil and photograph on paper, 22 x 30 inches. Courtesy of Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York
Wednesday, August 9th, 2017

Aspirational: Rico Gatson’s Icons at the Studio Museum in Harlem

Works in colored pencil and collage, on view through August 27

Wednesday, August 9th, 2017

Differently-Abled in High Heels: Carol Rama at the New Museum

Exuberant joy in the face of anguish; through September 10

Wednesday, August 9th, 2017

Material Synthesis: The collaborative art of Crystal Gregory and Alexa Williams

Their show was seen last month at Black and White in Bushwick

DeShawn Dumas, Hold in Mind, 2017. Thermoplastic and spray paint on wood, 67 x 42 inches. Courtesy of the Artist and Ethan Cohen New York
Tuesday, July 18th, 2017

Holocene Extinction: DeShawn Dumas at Ethan Cohen

For Dumas, the question of extinction also points to violence against African-Americans

Florine Stettheimer, Self-Portrait with Palette (Painter and Faun), ca. 1915, oil on canvas. Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library, Columbia University, New York
Tuesday, July 11th, 2017

Pretty, Ugly, Beautiful: Florine Stettheimer at the Jewish Museum

“Painting as Poetry” on view through September 25

Thursday, July 6th, 2017

Psychological Environments: Daniel Gerwin and Eleanor King at 326 Gallery

This two-person show ends July 8.

Wednesday, July 5th, 2017

Agreed Roles: Fetish and theater in the masks of Mehryl Levisse

His show at Catinca Tabacaru is up through July 9

Wednesday, July 5th, 2017

A Hybrid State: Art by seven Iranian-American women

Echo, curated by Azita Moradkhani, at Gallery Kayafas

Bram van der Velde, caption details to follow
Thursday, June 22nd, 2017

“The Impregnable Without”: Samuel Beckett and Painting

Review of “Beckett’s Thing” by David Lloyd