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 13th, 2016

Light as a New Plastic Medium: László Moholy-Nagy at the Guggenheim

Moholy-Nagy: Future Present on view through September 7

William Corwin, Double Doors of the Horizon, 2016. Resin, 14 x 9.5 x 4 inches. Courtesy of Geary Contemporary, New York, 1916
Thursday, August 11th, 2016

Doors of Perception: William Corwin at Geary Contemporary

His exhibition, titled “Champollion”, closes this week

Mathew Cerletty, Almost Done 2, 2015. Oil on canvas, 48 X 70 X 1 1/4 inches. Courtesy of the artist and Marlborough Chelsea.
Tuesday, August 2nd, 2016

The World Outside: “Landscapes” at Marlborough Chelsea

An exhibition wonders at how landscape painting has changed to address the contemporary world.

Verónica Puche, Granada, 2016. Archival pigment print, 13 x 17 inches. Courtesy of the artist
Friday, July 29th, 2016

Overlap: Intersecting Identities at the Baxter St. Camera Club

A survey of new photography about identity.

Thursday, July 28th, 2016

Diamond in the Smooth: Stephen Westfall at Lennon, Weinberg

“Color is liberated to function in a kinetic way”

Bas Jan Ader, Untitled (The Elements), 1971/2003. C-type print, 11 x 14 inches. Copyright The Estate of Bas Jan Ader / Mary Sue Ader Andersen, 2016 / The Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York. Courtesy Metro Pictures, New York and Meliksetian | Briggs, Los Angeles.
Wednesday, July 27th, 2016

Practicing Falling: Bas Jan Ader at Metro Pictures

Twin surveys of Ader’s short but brightly burning career are mounted in New York and London.

Bas Jan Ader, Primary Time, 1974. Color U-matic video tape transferred to DVD, silent, PAL format, TRT: 26 minutes. Copyright the Estate of Bas Jan Ader / Mary Sue Ader Andersen, 2016 / The Artist Right’s Society (ARS), New York. Courtesy of Meliksetian | Briggs, Los Angeles and Simon Lee Gallery, London.
Wednesday, July 27th, 2016

The Fall: Bas Jan Ader at Simon Lee, London

Twin surveys of Ader’s short but brightly burning career are mounted in London and New York.

David Mramor, Venus in Bed 3, 2014. Acrylic paint and archival inkjet on canvas, 48 x 72 inches. Courtesy of the artist and PPOW.
Friday, July 22nd, 2016

De Beauvouir’s Inheritors: “The Woman Destroyed” at PPOW

A painterly, sumptuous show of work by women.

Gardar Eide Einarsson, The Next Recession and Where to Hide, 2016. Acrylic, graphite and gesso on canvas, 87 x 71 inches. Courtesy of the artist and Team.
Friday, July 22nd, 2016

Encompassing Hostility: “Golden Eggs” at Team Gallery

A group show gives Marxist voice to recent unrest in art and politics.

Steven MacIver, Sentinel 1, 2016. Acrylic and gold on birch wood panel, 23.6 x 19.7 inches. Courtesy of the artist and Dillon Gallery.
Sunday, July 17th, 2016

In the Spaces of Memory, Geometries of Place: Steven MacIver at Dillon Gallery

The painter creates abstractions based on the coast of his home.