Criticism
Tuesday, April 21st, 2020
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Xaviera Simmons, Untitled (Pink), 2008 © Xaviera Simmons, Courtesy of the Artist and Yancey Richardson Gallery
Sunday, September 16th, 2012

Arousing Desire in Post Black America: Mickalene Thomas’s Tête-à-Tête

Provocative  show was at Yancey Richardson this summer

Rudolf Stingel, Untitled, 1987. Oil and enamel on canvas, 78 by 186 inches. Courtesy of Paula Cooper Gallery
Tuesday, September 4th, 2012

Abstraction Goes Underground: The Painting Factory at LA MoCA

“Abstraction After Warhol” featured 11 painters, most not using brushes

Christopher Kurtz, Litany, 2012. Bent and hand-carved maple, oak, cedar, and paint, 64 x 156 x 60 inches. Courtesy of Tomlinson Kong Contemporary
Tuesday, September 4th, 2012

Carpentry at the Service of Art: Christopher Kurtz at Tomlinson Kong

Four-piece sculpture show runs on Bowery through September 8

Wednesday, August 22nd, 2012

Life with a Dolphin: A Memoir from Mrs. Clement Greenberg

Janice Van Horne Greenberg, author of this book reviewed in 2012, passed October 14. RIP Jenny

David Reed, #617, 2003–2011 [detail]. Oil and alkyd on linen, 44 x 190 inches. Kunstmuseum Bonn, Permanent loan from Sammlung Mondstudio, Photograper: Christopher Burke, New York © 2012 VG-Bild Kunst, Bonn
Wednesday, August 22nd, 2012

A Place Only Possible in Painting: David Reed in Bonn

The New York painter’s show at the Kunstmuseum Bonn runs through October 7

Frank Stella, k.359, 2012. Mixed media, 124 x 111 x 77 inches. Courtesy of Freedman Art. © 2012 Frank Stella/ Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Monday, August 20th, 2012

Frank Stella Evolves: The Scarlatti Series at Freedman Art

on view on the Upper East Side  through September 27.

Wu Guangzhong, Pines and Rocks of the Lao Mountains," 1987, Ink and color on rice paper, H. 70.9 in x W. 37.4 in (180 x 95 cm), Shanghai Art Museum
Wednesday, August 15th, 2012

A Triumphant Survivor: The Ink Paintings of Wu Guanzhong

His show this spring was at the Asia Society

Claudia Chaseling, Rat, 2012. Egg tempera and oil on canvas, 35-1/2 x 31-1/2 inches. Courtesy of Slag Contemporary
Saturday, August 11th, 2012

Fast and Loose Play of Planes: Claudia Chaseling at Slag

Ambitious Bushwick show includes video, installation and “painting away from the canvas”

Lex Pott, Transience, 2012 . Oxidized mirrors, dimensions variable. Courtesy of The Wyspa Art Institute, Gdansk
Wednesday, August 8th, 2012

Artworks in the Present Tense: ALTERNATIVA at Gdansk Shipyards

Exhibitions of The Wyspa Art Institute billed as “anti-festival”

Natalia Zourabova, Bakery, 2010. Acrylic on canvas, 230 x 130 cm. Courtesy of Niva Navon Public Relations and Productions
Friday, August 3rd, 2012

The Greenhouse Affect: Tel Aviv’s Fresh Paint Fair Showcases Young Talent

In its fifth year, the Israeli event is still shaking things up