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 ...

Monday, February 29th, 2016

“The object of power is power”: Erika Blair at Rope Gallery

A performance at a Baltimore gallery that raises questions about government intrusion and our responses to it.

Saturday, February 27th, 2016

The Somnambulist: Charles Yuen’s Painterly Waking Dreams

On view at Bushwick’s Studio 10 through Sunday

Wednesday, February 24th, 2016

In the Beginning was the Image: Julian Bell and Archie Rand Paint the Bible

“What’s the right visual style for presenting Christian or Jewish texts? “

cover of "Rembrandt" by Tancred Borenius, Phaidon Classics, 2015
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2016

The Classics: “New” from Phaidon, Early Titles on the Old Masters

In conversation with Diane Fortenberry, Senior Editor at Phaidon Press

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2016

A Holy Grail: Edmund de Waal’s Pilgrimage in Porcelain

The White Road: Journey into an Obsession is his new book

Monday, February 22nd, 2016

The Past is a Foreign Country: On Photos by Peter Hujar and Chris Killip

Two shows chronicle lost worlds, people from the past and the lives they lead.

Martha Diamond, Untitled, 2002. Oil on panel, 12 x 10 inches. Courtesy of Alexandre Gallery
Saturday, February 20th, 2016

An Awesome Pursuit of Variety: Martha Diamond’s Little Pictures

A show of recent paintings was her first at Alexandre Gallery

Friday, February 19th, 2016

Sensing Absent Bodies: Amanda Turner Pohan at FiveMyles

New work by the perfumer and sculptor makes absent bodies sensible through scent, sight, and touch.

Tuesday, February 16th, 2016

A Broader View of Sculpture: Two Books by Artists on the Perception of their Medium

The Elements of Sculpture by Herbert George and The Cardiff Tapes by Garth Evans

Mary Lucier, Color Phantoms with Automatic Writing, 2015. Installation, as seen in "From Minimalism into Algorithm," 2016, at the Kitchen, New York. Courtesy the Kitchen, New York. Photo Jason Mandell
Saturday, February 13th, 2016

In a Distant Temporal Realm: Mary Lucier at the Kitchen

part of “From Minimalism into Algorithm” celebrating 45th anniversary