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 ...

Friday, May 27th, 2016

Bytes and Biting Satire: Feminist Video at Franklin Street Works

New videos by emerging and established artists explore feminism’s overlapping modes.

Wednesday, May 25th, 2016

Power and Politics in the Paintings of Nguyen Manh Hung

A show of paintings in Ho Chi Minh City subtly inserts subversive content into the censored art scene of Vietnam.

Saturday, May 21st, 2016

Faith and Formalism: Rachel Harrison at MoMA

The sculptor examines religious faith as feeling carefully for something not fully seen.

Friday, May 20th, 2016

Screen Life or Real: William Leavitt’s “Telemetry” at Greene Naftali

The artist’s domestic tableaux use screens and ersatz furnishings to scrutinize the real world.

Cristóbal Lehyt, Untitled, 2016. Mixed media on paper on plexiglas, 48 x 48 inches. Courtesy of Johannes Vogt Gallery
Tuesday, May 17th, 2016

Before The Law: Cristóbal Lehyt at Johannes Vogt

Vogt’s first show in new Lower East Side premises

Saturday, May 14th, 2016

Thank You For What Is Underneath, Nathlie Provosty

Her extended exhibition closes May 15 at Nathalie Karg on the Lower East Side

Saturday, May 14th, 2016

Sara Greenberger Rafferty’s Dresses and Books at Rachel Uffner

The artist explores the interrelation of intellectual, aesthetic, and corporeal adornment.

Wednesday, May 11th, 2016

Speculative Modernism: Robert Irwin at the Hirshhorn

Can Modernism’s history be seen through the lens of Irwin’s work?

Wednesday, May 11th, 2016

“Inventive Disorientation”: Katy and Matthew Fischer at Louis B. James

The artists use ceramics and painting to alter viewers’ perceptions of space and objects.

Wednesday, May 11th, 2016

Library of Babel: Ward Shelley’s Complex Taxonomies at Pierogi

The artist’s drawings, paintings, and collaborative installation use Borgesian parodies of organization.