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 ...

Robert Overby, DCT, 1973. Oil on canvas, 38½ x 51¼ inches. Courtesy of Fredericks & Freiser
Thursday, October 20th, 2016

Esquire Showcard: Another layer excavated from the legacy of Robert Overby

at at Fredericks & Freiser through October 22

Thursday, October 20th, 2016

A Passionate Visual Idiom: Carmen Herrera at the Whitney

A segment of her long career leaves a critic hungry for more

Rebecca Morgan, Pajama Jug, 2015. Raku ware, 6.75 x 4.5 x 5 inches. Courtesy of the artist.
Sunday, October 16th, 2016

Hillbillies in Chelsea: Rebecca Morgan at Asya Geisberg

Morgan’s new work develops in the direction of lovingly perverse caricature.

House of Worth, tea gown, blue cut velvet on a green satin ground, Valenciennes lace, circa 1897. © Stéphane Piera/Galliera/Roger-Viollet.
Friday, October 7th, 2016

How To Dress The Guermantes Way: “Proust’s Muse” at FIT

Proust’s Muse, The Countess Greffulhe is on view through January 7

Thursday, October 6th, 2016

So Slow It Stopped: Teiji Furuhashi at MoMA

MoMA re-stages a 1995 installation by one of Japan’s late, great performance, tech, and collaboration innovators.

Installation view: Victor Burgin: Midwest, 2016, with still from Prairie. Cristin Tierney Gallery, New York. Photo by John Muggenborg.
Saturday, October 1st, 2016

Destructive Modernism: Two exhibitions of Victor Burgin

Recent projections at Cristin Tierney, work from 1976 at Bridget Donahue

Installation view, "Joel Perlman: New Sculpture," 2016, at Loretta Howard Gallery. Courtesy of the gallery.
Thursday, September 29th, 2016

Man of Steel: Joel Perlman at Loretta Howard

An exhibition of new sculpture makes an argument for virtuosity.

Tuesday, September 20th, 2016

Terrestrial Studio: Dennis Oppenheim at Storm King

Sculpture made for the outdoors, on view through November

Yeshaiahu Rabinowitz, Green Colored Head, ca. 2014-15. Synthetic felt, 43 x 26 x 19 cm.
Wednesday, September 14th, 2016

Heroic Fantasy: Yeshaiahu Rabinowitz at Hansen House

The Israeli sculptor and video artist contends with physical manifestations of war and trauma.

Étienne Léopold Trouvelot, Étude d’étincelle, ca. 1885. Albumen print, 30 x 24 cm. Collection of Thomas Ruff.
Monday, September 12th, 2016

Subjective Contexts: Thomas Ruff at AGO

Process and history are manipulated and explored through Ruff’s use of found photographs.