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 ...

Rob Pruitt's eBay Flea Market: Year 1, published by bruno, 2015.
Friday, September 9th, 2016

Art Sales 2.0 IRL: A Book of Rob Pruitt’s eBay Flea Market

Is he a trickster, or a Warholian innovator? What’s the difference?

Allen Ruppersberg, The Singing Posters: Poetry Sound Collage Sculpture Book, 2006. installation shot in the exhibition under review
Thursday, September 8th, 2016

Space is the Central Fact: The Beats at the Centre Pompidou

“There’s an appealing narrative, with a French inflection, to this voyage of marginalized individuals”

Installation view, "Jonathan Horowitz: Occupy Greenwich," 2016 at the Brant Foundation. Photo by Tom Powel Imaging, Inc. Courtesy The Brant Foundation.
Wednesday, September 7th, 2016

Go Vegan!: Jonathan Horowitz at the Brant Foundation

Contradiction, formalism, and politics in Greenwich, Connecticut.

Thomas Moor, Buechel001, 2016. Bubble wrap and mixed media. Courtesy of the artist and Despacio.
Tuesday, September 6th, 2016

Not for Nothing: Two Exhibitions at Despacio

Concurrent solo shows, running at a new experimental space in Costa Rica’s capital, explore the artifacts of collecting.

Keegan Monaghan, Thriller, 2016. Courtesy of On Stellar Rays
Friday, September 2nd, 2016

The Fuzzy Space of Lived Experience: Keegan Monaghan at On Stellar Rays

“The paintings flash a vibrant density across a room”

Friday, September 2nd, 2016

The Boxer: Judy Chicago Retrospective in Bordeaux, France

“This Olympian of feminist art sprints toward fire”.

Jayson Musson, Pedestrian (detail), 2014. Fiberglass, powder coated paint, 73 x 32 x 32 inches. Courtesy of the artist and Rachel Uffner.
Saturday, August 27th, 2016

Soft-Core: A Show of Sculpture at Rachel Uffner

Sculptures and reliefs show their soft side, from the 1960s to the present.

Teresa Margolles, Irrigación (Irrigation), 2010. Single channel video projection, color, sound, 34:12. Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich.
Sunday, August 21st, 2016

Implicated Viewers: Looking at Violence through Contemporary Latin American Art

A show of activist art from across Latin America.

Friday, August 19th, 2016

Old Gods and New: Sadie Benning at Callicoon and Mary Boone

Twin exhibitions of the transgendered artist’s new work.

Cover of Serious Bidness: The Letters of Richard Bellamy, 2016, by Richard Bellamy. Edited by Miles Bellamy.
Wednesday, August 17th, 2016

Serious Eye: Two New Books About Richard Bellamy

Two new books document the life and letters of the influential dealer.