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 ...

Andy Wicks. Courtesy &Model Gallery.
Friday, May 2nd, 2014

Letter from Leeds

Yorkshire is a surprising hub for contemporary art in the UK

David Salle, Ghost 10, 1992. Ink on photosensitized linen, 85 x 75 inches. © copyright David Salle, VAGA, NY courtesy of Skarstedt NY
Wednesday, April 30th, 2014

Shape Shifters: David Salle Ghost Paintings

on view late last year at Skarstedt on the Upper East Side

A viewer studies Alain Jacquet’s Déjeuner sur l’herbe, 1964, while seeming to avoid Allen Jone’s Chair, 1969 © Gar Powell-Evans 2013 Courtesy Barbican Art Gallery
Sunday, April 27th, 2014

A Dizzying Kaleidoscope: Artistic Experiment meets Product Design at London’s Barbican

Pop Art Design wrapped up a European tour in London this winter

Jasper Johns, Untitled, 2013. Ink on Plastic27-1/2 x 36 inches. The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Promised gift from a private collection. Art © Jasper Johns/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY. Photograph: Jerry Thompson
Thursday, April 24th, 2014

Rubber Stamped Regrets: Jasper Johns at MoMA

Exhibition as exercise in shoring up reputation

Gary Stephan, Untitled, 2013. Acrylic on canvas, 30 x 30 inches. Courtesy: Susan Inglett Gallery, NYC.
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2014

The Slide Area of Abstraction: Gary Stephan at Susan Inglett

A show of new paintings, through the weekend

Connie Fox, Sammy's Beach III, 2007. Acrylic on canvas, 80 x 72 inches. Courtesy of Danese/Corey
Saturday, April 12th, 2014

Sainte Victoire on the South Fork: Connie Fox and Sammy’s Beach

The veteran painter’s first show at Danese/Corey, up through April 19

Germaine Richer, Don Quichotte à la lance, 1949. Polished natural bronze, 18 x 6-1/4 x 7 inches, Edition 12. Courtesy of Dominique Lévy, New York
Saturday, April 12th, 2014

Ready for Revival: Germaine Richier’s Figurative Sculptural Fantasies

a crowded show of her bronzes at Dominique Lévy and Galerie Perrotin

Ali Banisadr, We work in shadows, 2017. Oil on linen, 82 x 120 inches. Courtesy of Sperone Westwater
Friday, April 11th, 2014

Brueghel Meets Mughal: Ali Banisadr at Sperone Westwater

“Motherboard” continues at Sperone Westwater through April 19

Eric Fischl, Self-Portrait: An Unfinished Work, 2011. Oil on linen, 84 x 108 inches. Courtesy of Mary Boone Gallery
Sunday, March 16th, 2014

Too Sincere To Be Ironical: Eric Fischl, Bad Boy

A review of his autobiography

Thursday, March 13th, 2014

The Art of the Chart: Loren Munk at Freight + Volume

The richly contentious art world in lavishly loving detail