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, June 8th, 2015

Dangerous Tangles: Cecily Brown, Rosy Keyser and the Undoing of Images

Two painters on view at Maccarone.

Friday, June 5th, 2015

Going with the Flow: Frank Bramblett at the Woodmere

The artist’s retrospective of curiously, thoughtfully used materials continues through June 21.

Carlo Ferraris A Flat, B Flat, B Sharp, 2015 Amplifier, keyboard, screw 68 x 24 x 18 inches, Courtesy LYNCH THAM
Monday, June 1st, 2015

Nobody’s Chump: Carlo Ferraris at LYNCH THAM

I’m no longer obsessed with winning, his solo show, up through June 7

Wednesday, May 27th, 2015

Naked City: Holly Zausner at Postmasters

The artist’s new video shows the city emptied, but nonetheless full of majesty.

Installation view, "Brian Belott: Dr. Kid President Jr," 2015, at 247365. Courtesy of the gallery.
Tuesday, May 26th, 2015

Brian Belott at 247365’s New Location

New paintings and early works, adapted from children.

Sunday, May 24th, 2015

Flying Aces: Malcolm Morely at Sperone Westwater

The realist painter loosens up with new assemblages of warships and planes.

Friday, May 22nd, 2015

Eruption: Louise Despont’s Colorful, Vivid Drawings

New drawings at Nicelle Beauchene, with tropical patterns and Art Brut style.

works by Adrian Ghenie on view at the Romanian Pavilion, Terry Adkins, Darkwater Record, 2003, on view at - la Biennale di Venezia, All the World’s Futures, 2015
Wednesday, May 20th, 2015

Marx, Africa and the Serene Republic: A Dispatch from Venice

The first of artcritical’s takes this summer on the Venice Biennale

Joan Semmel, Purple Diagonal, 980. Oil on canvas, 78 x 104 inches. Courtesy of the artist and Alexander Gray Associates.
Tuesday, May 19th, 2015

Exposed: Shows by June Leaf and Joan Semmel

Two concurrent exhibitions by women painters, about the body, its love, and labors.

Friday, May 8th, 2015

“The sky has entered our senses”: Paintings by Etel Adnan

New work by the poet and painter, reviewed by one of artcritical’s poet-critics.