Criticism
Tuesday, April 21st, 2020
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Gabriel Kuri, Two nudes two points, 2013, marble slabs, crushed aluminum drink cans, 39 1/8 x 4 71/3 x 33 1/4 inches. Courtesy of Miguel Abreu Gallery.
Tuesday, August 13th, 2013

The Sovereignty of Strangeness: Conspicuous Unusable at Miguel Abreu

Philosophy, scrap metal, and classic Minimalism on the Lower East Side

Installation view of Orly Genger’s Red, Yellow and Blue (2013) in Madison Square Park. Photo by James Ewing / Courtesy of Madison Square Park Conservancy.
Sunday, August 4th, 2013

Back to Basics: Orly Genger at Madison Square Park

Take a lunch break next to these massive, interactive outdoor sculptures

Jackson Pollock, Number 7, 1952, 1952, enamel and oil on canvas, 53 x 40 inches. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Purchase, Emilio Azcarraga Gift, in honor of William S. Lieberman, 1987.
Thursday, August 1st, 2013

Elective Affinities: Alfonso Ossorio and his Masterful Friends

Angels, Demons, and Savages: Pollock, Ossorio, Dubuffet at the Parrish Art Museum

Screen image of select books, film, and music from the "Resources" section of the Keith Haring app for iPad2
Thursday, August 1st, 2013

Capturing Keith Haring’s Dynamism for $5.99

An app for iPad2 digitizes the 1980s art star

Michael Landy, Saint Jerome, 2012, mixed media, 310 x 245 x 106 cm. Duerckheim Collection. © Michael Landy, courtesy of the Thomas Dane Gallery, London / Photo: The National Gallery, London.
Tuesday, July 30th, 2013

Sacred and Profane Machines: Michael Landy at the National Gallery, London

Martyrdom has never been this much fun before

Paul McCarthy, WS, 2013. Courtesy of the artist and Hauser & Wirth. Photo: Joshua White.
Thursday, July 25th, 2013

X-Rated Fairy Tale: Paul McCarthy at the Armory and Hauser & Wirth

Step inside a visually lavish psychosexual fantasy

Installation view, "Works of the Jenney Archive." Private collection. Courtesy Gagosian Gallery. Photography by Robert McKeever.
Saturday, July 20th, 2013

The Artist and the Archive: Neil Jenney at Gagosian

What is the relationship between an artist’s work and the art he collects?

Daniel Lefcourt, Drawing Board, 2013, graphite on machined fiberboard panel with pine frame 32 by 42 inches. Courtesy of Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York.
Saturday, July 13th, 2013

Modeling Art: Daniel Lefcourt at Mitchell-Innes & Nash

The artist’s debut show at Mitchell-Innes & Nash

Arne Svenson, Neighbors #5, 2012, pigment print, 44.5 x 30 inches. Courtesy Julie Saul Gallery, New York.
Tuesday, July 9th, 2013

Painterly Voyeurism: Arne Svenson at Julie Saul

A photographer frames his city neighbors

cover of book under review. Chris Johanson, Survey by Bob Nickas, Interview by Corrina Peipon, Focus by Julie Deamer, writings by Chris Johanson, £35 / €49.95 / $59.95, Phaidon 2013, www.phaidon.com
Wednesday, July 3rd, 2013

In Praise of Peaceful Art: A Chris Johanson Monograph

The first comprehensive survey of the “underground” artist