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, May 11th, 2017

The Opposite of Sex: Betty Tompkins Paints Porn

Shows at PPOW and Marlborough through this weekend

Wednesday, May 10th, 2017

Leaving Traces Behind: Bob Nickas’s Collected Writings

A look at eight years of writing by Bob Nickas.

Wednesday, May 10th, 2017

City as Museum: Mimmo Rotella at Gladstone

selected early works were on view uptown

Friday, May 5th, 2017

Mentors, Muses and Mystery: Alfonse Borysewicz at First Things Gallery

A Catholic artist and his paintings of ideas

Wednesday, April 26th, 2017

Back Turned: The Romanticism of Susan Bee and Bill Jacobson

Work by two different artists examine and expand facets of the Romantic tradition in the visual arts.

Thursday, April 20th, 2017

Shared Spaces: Dona Nelson Brings Back The Figure

The new works stubbornly resist any reduction to decorative backdrops; extended through May 13

Harvey Quaytman, Jacob’s Coat, 1984. Acrylic on canvas, 80 x 80 inches. Courtesy of Van Doren Waxter
Tuesday, April 18th, 2017

Hard-Edge Happiness: The Paintings of Harvey Quaytman

On view at Van Doren Waxter through April 28

Yvette Brackman, AGIT MEM, 2016. Video still. Courtesy of the Artist
Friday, April 14th, 2017

The Gentle Art of Disruption: Three Shows in Philadelphia

Stephanie Bursese and Yvette Brackman at Vox Populi, Patrick McCaughy at Practice Gallery

Friday, April 14th, 2017

Narrowing the Field: The Fate of Genius in the Age of the Readymade

A review of Art in the Making by Glenn Adamson and Julia Bryan-Wilson

Agnès Varda, La terrasse du Corbusier, Marseille (1956) / Les gens de la terrasse (2008), 2012. Black and white digital c-print, color/sound video projection with English subtitles., 2 minutes 33 seconds, looped. Courtesy of Blum & Poe, Photo: Genevieve Hanson
Tuesday, April 11th, 2017

An Impulse Towards Narrative: Agnès Varda at Blum & Poe

A survey in different mediums of the legendary New Wave director