Criticism
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Jean Hélion, Equilibre, 1936. Oil on canvas, 44-7/8 x 57-7/8 inches. Courtesy of Schroeder Romero & Shredder
Monday, June 18th, 2012

Permanent Transformation: Jean Hélion at Schroeder Romero & Shredder

Gem of an exhibition by this enigmatic French modernist is up through June 30

Judith Murray, Elevation, 2011. Oil on linen, 63 x 68 inches. Courtesy of Sundaram Tagore Gallery
Tuesday, June 12th, 2012

Neither Hats Nor Unicorns: Judith Murray at Sundaram Tagore

A boldly original painter revisits her hard-edged past.

Leo Rabkin, Untitled, ca. 1958. Canvas, rope, 30 x 35 x 2 inches. Courtesy of Luise Ross Gallery, New York
Saturday, June 9th, 2012

Rhinestones, Goggle Eyes and Flocking: Leo Rabkin’s Visual Poems

On view with examples from his folk art collection at Luise Ross through June 22

Thursday, June 7th, 2012

An Air of Intellectual Mystery: Noam Rappaport at James Fuentes

His show of destabilizing shaped canvases, on the Lower East Side, closed June 10

André Masson, Corrida au soleil, 1936. Oil on canvas, 29-3/8 x 50-3/4 inches. © 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris. Courtesy Blain Di Donna
Wednesday, June 6th, 2012

“Desire Causes the Current to Flow”: André Masson’s Innovations in Taste

A twenty year survey of the Surrealist master at Blain/Di Donna through June 15

Thursday, May 31st, 2012

The External Feminine: Chantal Joffe at Cheim & Read

The British painter’s portraits of women are on view through June 22

Domenico Gnoli, What is a Monster? Snail on Sofa, 1967. Tempera, acrylic, and ink on carton, 17-1/3 x 24 inches. Fundación Yannick y Ben Jakober Collection, Mallorca, Spain
Tuesday, May 29th, 2012

Sly Sexuality and Rigorous Tailoring: Late Paintings of Domenico Gnoli

Antidote to Arte Povera: His work from the 1960s at Luxemboug & Dayan

Katherine Bradford, Liner Collage, 2013. Mixed media on paper, 11 x 11-3/8 inches. Courtesy of Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects
Saturday, May 26th, 2012

A New Hero: Katherine Bradford at Edward Thorp

Katherine Bradford: Small Ships is at Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects through October 13.

Trisha Baga, Plymouth Rock, 2012. 2 channel video, projected from memory cards, mixed media: acrylic on canvas (3), spray paint on CD player, foil, bubbled-wrapped plinth, box of electrical wires, spray paint and acrylic on phone, water bottle, 27:12 mins. Courtesy of Vilma Gold, London
Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012

Over Here: Three Americans in London, Testing the Boundaries between Object and Subject

William Corwin at George and Jørgen, Pascual Sisto at Seventeen, Trisha Baga at Vilma Gold

Dan Flavin, proposals for (in memory of “Sandy” Calder), 1977. Graphite pencil and colored pencil on graph paper, 17 x 21 7/8 inches Collection of Stephen Flavin (c) 2012 Stephen Flavin/ Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Graham S. Haber, 2011
Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012

A Radical’s Romantic Side: Dan Flavin’s Drawings at the Morgan

A different, private side of the minimalist artist