Criticism
Tuesday, April 21st, 2020
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Wednesday, April 8th, 2020
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Thursday, January 23rd, 2020
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Monday, July 16th, 2012

In Fashionable Flower: Lee Friedlander’s Mannequins

Reflections of the clamorous streetscape invade the dummies’ glamorous domains

Hugo McCloud, Judith, 2012. Patina, mixed media on copper sheet, 77 x 93 inches. Courtesy of Meulensteen Gallery.
Wednesday, July 11th, 2012

A Curation of Curators: Young Curators, New Ideas at Meulensteen

A  multifarious show equates curatorial choice with artistic production

Fontana cover detail
Thursday, July 5th, 2012

Spatialism in Action: Lucio Fontana at Gagosian Gallery

His Ambiente Spaziale were on view in May and June

Thursday, July 5th, 2012

Beyond the Studio & Out of the Closet: Art and Sex on the Waterfront, 1971-83

Leslie + Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art

Marcia Hafif, Fresco: Italian Brown Pink Lake NY 09 2, 2009. Oil on canvas, 30 x 30 inches. Courtesy of Larry Becker Contemporary Art
Tuesday, July 3rd, 2012

Monochrome Austerity, Late Roman Style: Marcia Hafif at Larry Becker

Was seen in Philadelphia early Summer 2012

Keith Haring (American, 1958–1990). Still from Painting Myself into a Corner, 1979. Video, 33 min. Collection Keith Haring Foundation. © Keith Haring Foundation
Sunday, July 1st, 2012

Out of the Gallery and Into the Streets: Keith Haring’s Early Years

Keith Haring: 1978-1982 at Brooklyn Museum until July 8

Martha Diamond, Untitled, (detail), 2011, Oil on board, 15 x 10 inches. Courtesy of Sue Scott Gallery
Saturday, June 30th, 2012

Diamond Bright: Martha Diamond at Sue Scott Gallery

Her “bright brush” paintings are on view on the Lower East Side

 

Installation view, Josiah McElheny: Thoughts about the Abstract Body at Andrea Rosen Gallery, May/June 2012. Courtesy Andrea Rosen Gallery
Saturday, June 30th, 2012

Context is Key: Josiah McElheny at Andrea Rosen

Thoughts about the Abstract Body remained on view through June

Sunday, June 24th, 2012

Allowing Loose Ends To Linger: dOCUMENTA(13)

The  five-yearly international art festival  in Kassel, Germany