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 ...

Larry Poons, Araminty, 2013. Acrylic on canvas, 65 x 92-7/8 inches. Courtesy of Danese/Corey
Friday, January 31st, 2014

Orchestration Transformed: Larry Poons, Early and New

Shows this winter at Loretta Howard and Danese/Corey

Paul Glabicki, RELATIVITY # 6, 2013. Graphite pencil, Prismacolor pencil, ink acrylic on paper, 31-1/2 x 34-1/2 inches. Courtesy of the artist and Kim Foster Gallery
Thursday, January 30th, 2014

Hyper-Saturation of Sign and Signifier: Paul Glabicki’s Relativity

At Kim Foster Gallery through February 15

Dorothea Rockburne, Scalar,1971. Chipboard, crude oil, paper and nails, 80 x 114-1/2 inches. The Museum of Modern Art, New York © 2014 Dorothea Rockburne / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Tuesday, January 28th, 2014

Thought Embodied: Dorothea Rockburne’s Drawing Which Makes Itself

now in its final week at MoMA

Ragnar Kjartansson, Guilt Trip, 2007. Video, 10 min, 24 sec.
Tuesday, January 28th, 2014

Warmer Than You Think: Due North at Icebox Project Space

Exhibition paired artists from Iceland and Philadelphia

Alan Shields, Finger Lickin’, 1974-76, acrylic, thread, rope, string and beads on canvas, 118 x 113 inches, 299.72 x 287.02 centimeters. Courtesy of Cherry and Martin.
Monday, January 6th, 2014

Hippies Use Side Door: Alan Shields at Cherry and Martin

A mini-survey of work from the 1960s to the 1980s

Jeff Williams, Oxidation Table, 2013, steel, hydrogen peroxide, muriatic acid, 108 x 60 x 36 inches. Photo by Brad Farwell. Courtesy of Jack Hanley Gallery.
Sunday, December 22nd, 2013

Atomic Minimalism: Jeff Williams at Jack Hanley

Chemical reactions yield striking physical changes in raw materials

Sangram Majumdar, Interrupted, 2013. Oil on linen, 30 x 24 inches. Courtesy of Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects
Friday, December 13th, 2013

Striving For Obfuscation: Sangram Majumdar’s Strange New Turn

On view at Steven Harvey and Projector, through December 22

Patricia Treib, Accoutrements, 2013, oil on canvas, 66 x 50 inches. Courtesy of Wallspace.
Thursday, December 12th, 2013

The Theater of Abstraction: Patricia Treib at Wallspace

Her paint is thinned to the consistency of buttermilk

Mike Yaniro, Caric 1, 2013, graphite and ink on paper, found frame, 21 x 18 inches. Courtesy of Room East.
Wednesday, December 4th, 2013

Sign Painting and Image: Mike Yaniro at Room East

A young artist’s debut on the Lower East Side plays with language, drawing, and commercial processes

Marik Lechner, Untitled, 2013. Oil on canvas, 180 x 240 cm. Courtesy of Rosenfeld Gallery, Tel Aviv
Tuesday, December 3rd, 2013

Urban Jungle: Marik Lechner in South Tel Aviv

Some of the paintings look as if they are still growing.