Criticism
Tuesday, April 21st, 2020
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Wednesday, April 8th, 2020
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Thursday, January 23rd, 2020
An exhibition that follows a fashion designer as she channels the spirit of her times ...

David Rhodes, Untitled, 2013. Acrylic on raw canvas, 20 x 19 inches. Courtesy of Hionas Gallery
Sunday, October 6th, 2013

Starkness and Range: David Rhodes at Hionas Gallery

As his second solo show opens at the same venue, a review of his 2013 debut there

Gretchen Bender, video still from Total Recall. Courtesy of The Kitchen.
Friday, October 4th, 2013

The Flow of the Pulse: Gretchen Bender at The Kitchen

The future was in the past

Angelina Gualdoni, Opening the Gates, 2011, acrylic on canvas, 47 x 52 inches. Courtesy of the artist and Asya Geisberg Gallery.
Thursday, September 19th, 2013

Oil as Water: POUR at Lesley Heller and Asya Geisberg

Is the act of pouring paint free from the shackles of art history?

Cy Twombly, Untitled, 1971. Lithograph, 21.6 x 29.5 inches. © 2013 Cy Twombly Foundation
Monday, September 16th, 2013

Calligraphy, Meet Graffiti: Calligraffiti at Leila Heller Gallery

Islamic calligraphy, graffiti art and AbEx painting in Chelsea

Darrien Jones, Pumping Irony, 2013. Intervention on gym motivational board / digital image 5 x 7 inches. Courtesy of Illuminated Metropolis Gallery and the Artist
Tuesday, September 3rd, 2013

Pumping Irony: Darren Jones on Fire Island

“Eden’s Remains,” the Scottish artist’s latest solo show, was at Illuminated Metropolis last month.

Jonathan Lasker, Double Play, 1987, oil on linen, 76 x 100 inches. Courtesy Cheim & Read, New York.
Saturday, August 31st, 2013

Sentimental Education: Abstract Painting in the 1980s

The children of the 1960s grow-up into their paintings

Mengyun Han, Wandering Mind, 2012. Oil on canvas, 72 x 72 inches. Courtesy of the Artist
Friday, August 30th, 2013

Beijing: Mengyun Han at the Today Art Museum

despite the muddy waters of the Chinese art market, a young painter achieves transcendence

Ellsworth Kelly, Chatham XI: Blue Yellow 1971. Oil on canvas, two joined panels. 90 inches x 77 inches. Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo. Gift of Seymour H. Knox, Jr. © Ellsworth Kelly. Photo credit: Albright-Knox Art Gallery / Art Resource, N.Y.
Wednesday, August 28th, 2013

When Two Colors Meet: Ellsworth Kelly at MoMA

An exhibition in celebration of the artist’s 90th birthday

Installation view of exhibit, including Untitled, 1981, acrylic on canvas. Collection of Joan and Fred Nicholas, Los Angeles; and Aphorisms, 1982, vinyl courtesy of the Estate of Jack Goldstein and 1301PE, Los Angeles.
Thursday, August 22nd, 2013

Vibrating Still Lifes: Jack Goldstein at The Jewish Museum

The first US retrospective for the maverick Pictures Generation artist

Thursday, August 22nd, 2013

Et in Pittsburgh Ego: Figment

Live from Andy Warhol’s grave. A collaboration of The Andy Warhol Museum and EarthCam