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, April 23rd, 2016

Little Boxes: Samara Golden at Yerba Buena

A new installation holds a mirror to the stultifying nature of cookie-cutter housing.

Thursday, April 21st, 2016

Intense Immobility: “In the Wake” at Japan Society

Photography, history, loss, and the Tohoku earthquake disaster at Japan Society.

Laura Poitras, ANARCHIST: Power Spectrum Display of Doppler Tracks from a Satellite (Intercepted May 27, 2009), 2016. Pigmented inkjet print mounted on aluminum, 45 × 64-3/4 inches. Courtesy the artist
Wednesday, April 20th, 2016

O’Say Can You See: Laura Poitras at the Whitney

The filmmaker’s exhibition exploits the techniques of its subject: surveillance

Tuesday, April 19th, 2016

Black Flag: CAPITAL at Minnesota Street Project

A short show of heavy materials and tough, beautiful artworks.

Saturday, April 16th, 2016

Drawing a Line: “A Constellation” at the Studio Museum in Harlem

A recent group show connects dots between form and narrative.

Saturday, April 16th, 2016

Unbridgeable Gap: Andrea Fraser Brings Sing Sing to the Whitney

A recent sound art installation at the Whitney tries to link two New York institutions.

Thursday, April 14th, 2016

John Hodgman Meets John Dewey: Fischli and Weiss at the Guggenheim

Humor and hermeneutics collide in the duo’s retrospective.

Monday, April 11th, 2016

Perceptual Inventory: A New Anthology by Barry Schwabsky

The poet-critic’s recent writing for The Nation is collected by Verso.

Friday, April 8th, 2016

“This is how it’s done”: David Salle Curates Recent Painting

“Nice Weather” is at Skarstedt, uptown and Chelsea, through April 16

Installation shot: Ellsworth Kelly, Curve seen from a Highway, Austerlitz. 1970. Gelatin silver print, 8-1/2 x 12-3/4 inches. Courtesy of Matthew Marks Gallery
Friday, April 8th, 2016

A Process That Takes Place In The Mind: Ellsworth Kelly’s Photographs

on view at Matthew Marks through April 30