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 ...

Thursday, July 2nd, 2015

Bruce Gagnier: Shouldering into the Past

The sculptor presents a new series of torqued bronze figures, drawing from the past.

Clyfford Still, PH-401, 1957. Oil on canvas, 113 x 155 inches. Courtesy of the Clyfford Still Art Museum. © City and County of Denver.
Thursday, June 25th, 2015

Lightning Bolt: A Realization of Clyfford Still

How we recognize an artist’s greatness can come slowly over decades, or in a flash.

Installation shot, Luca Dellaverson: Fight This Generation at Tilton Gallery, June 2015
Monday, June 22nd, 2015

The Haze of Passing Years: Luca Dellaverson at Tilton Gallery

Dellaverson breaks apart the monochrome. On view on East 76th Street through June 26

Sunday, June 21st, 2015

Layer by Layer: Art Green’s Complex Paintings

A book of the painter’s work captures his complicated use of collage, illusion, and narrative.

Wednesday, June 17th, 2015

Spinning Out a Readymade: Peter Fox at Front Room Gallery

New paintings by the artist mark a departure and new invention: the use of negative space.

Pablo Picasso, Erotic Scene (La Douceur), 1903. Oil on canvas, 27-5/8 x 21-7/8 inches. Metropolitan Museum of Art. © 2015 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Friday, June 12th, 2015

A Sly Wit: Piotr Uklanski at the Met

two exhibitions: his photography and his selection of works in the museum

Thursday, June 11th, 2015

Housewarming Devices: Lisa Yuskavage at David Zwirner

New work by the artist depicts her infamous nudes, liberated in the spaces that once hunted them.

Thursday, June 11th, 2015

The Way of the World: Three Iranian Artists at Callicoon

A show of installation works, drawings, readymades, and works by other artists, explores the limits of censorship and autonomy around the world.

Deborah Rosenthal, Landscape in the Studio, 2014. Oil on linen, 40 x 30 inches. Courtesy of the Artist
Tuesday, June 9th, 2015

The Velocity of Vision: Deborah Rosenthal’s Geography

On view at Bowery Gallery through June 13

Tom Burckhardt, Tangential Meditation, 2015. Oil on linen, 60 x 48 inches. Courtesy of Tibor de Nagy Gallery
Tuesday, June 9th, 2015

Kid in a Candy Store: Tom Burckhardt and the Provenance of Style

A breakthrough show at Tibor de Nagy, through June 13