Criticism
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Henry Rothman, Untitled (Blue and Red) [double-sided] circa 1960-63. Paper collage, 6-7/8 x 4-7/8 inches. Courtesy of Lori Bookstein Fine Art
Wednesday, October 10th, 2012

Beyond The Frame: Henry Rothman at Lori Bookstein

Collages of exquisite touch by frame maker to the New York School

Jiro Yoshihara, Work, 1965. Oil on canvas, 71-5/8 x 89-3/8 inches. Courtesy of Hauser & Wirth
Friday, October 5th, 2012

What if…? Gutai, Japan’s New York School

A Visual Essay on Gutai at Hauser & Wirth, through October 27

installation shot of the exhibition under review, courtesy of The Jewish Museum
Thursday, October 4th, 2012

Addressing Politics Poetically: Izhar Patkin at the Jewish Museum

The Messiah’s glAss is up through November 11

Fran O’Neill, earthly delight, 2012 (detail). Oil on canvas, 72 x 72 inches. Courtesy of The Artist.
Friday, September 28th, 2012

In Hot Pursuit: Fran O’Neill at the Studio School

Her show of rigorous gestural abstraction is up through October 13

Pierre Soulages, Painting, November 20, 1956 (Peinture, 20 novembre 1956), 1956 Oil on canvas, 195 x 130.2 cm. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York © 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris
Wednesday, September 26th, 2012

Sweeney Guards the Horned Gates: International Abstraction and the Guggenheim

A recent show celebrated collecting tastes of the 1950s

Sandi Slone, Sex With Strangers, 2012. Oil, acrylic, resin on canvas, 40 x 30 inches. Courtesy of Allegra LaViola Gallery
Tuesday, September 25th, 2012

Sex With Strangers: Sandi Slone at Allegra LaViola

Her  aggressively voluptuous paintings are on view through October 6

Stephen Ellis, Marine, 2012. Oil and alkyd on linen, 26 x 36 inches. Courtesy of the artist and Von Lintel Gallery, NY
Tuesday, September 25th, 2012

Digital Space: Stephen Ellis at Von Lintel

The veteran of “conceptual abstraction” embraces a new metaphor.

Josef Albers, Color Study for White Line Square, not dated. Oil on blotting paper (with gouache, pencil, and varnish), 29.5 x 29.5 cm © 2012 The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation / Artists Rights Society New York
Monday, September 24th, 2012

“The Greens are Envious of Each Other”: Josef Albers at the Morgan

Josef Albers in America: Painting on Paper at the Morgan Library & Museum

Kris Scheifele, Hate Fade, 2012. Acrylic and acetate, 16 x 12 x 1-1/2 inches. Courtesy of Janet Kurnatowski Gallery and the artist
Sunday, September 16th, 2012

Box Cutter Sensuality: The Peeled-Off Paintings of Kris Scheifele

Fade is at Janet Kurnatowski through October 7

Sunday, September 16th, 2012

Nuances That Carry Weight: Jesper Just at James Cohan

The quiver of a lip, a glance, the color of a dress…
Up through October 27