Criticism
Tuesday, April 21st, 2020
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Robert Rauschenberg, Untitled [Bathroom Window, Broadway studio], ca. 1961. Gelatin silver print. Photo © Estate of Robert Rauschenberg/VAGA
Tuesday, December 13th, 2011

All the World’s a Combine: Robert Rauschenberg’s Photographs

Review of the new book from D.A.P.

cover of the book under review
Monday, December 12th, 2011

Caravaggio: James Dean of Baroque Painters

Andrew Graham-Dixon’s Caravaggio: A Life Sacred and Profane

Charles Simonds, Arabesque, 2011. Metal, polyurethane, plaster and clay, 37 x 24 x 54 inches. Courtesy of Knoedler & Company
Saturday, December 10th, 2011

Little People Orphaned Once More: Charles Simonds at Knoedler

First New York show in a decade ends abruptly as storied gallery is shuttered

The Merger, Cuban Pocket Knife. Photo: Roslyn Bernstein for artcritical
Tuesday, December 6th, 2011

Where Artists Are Richer Than Doctors: Report from Havana

The starving artist stereotype is, surprisingly, not the Cuban model

Charles Andresen, Densities of Intensities, 2009. Acrylic on canvas, 38 x 33 inches. Courtesy of Guided by Invoices
Wednesday, November 30th, 2011

Blobs, Under the Radar: Charles Andresen at Guided by Invoices

Inaugural show at Chelsea’s latest gallery showcases eccentric abstractionist.

Martha Wilson (with sound by Ron Littke), Martha Wilson as Barbara Bush, March 11, 1991. Color video with sound 7 mins., 23 secs. Courtesy of Martha Wilson
Friday, November 25th, 2011

Making Up: Martha Wilson Sourcebook from Independent Curators International

First in a projected series, a new kind of monograph.

Randy Bloom, Clown Around, 2011. Acrylic on canvas, 67 x 65 inches. Courtesy of Sideshow
Friday, November 11th, 2011

Blazing Autumn: Louise P. Sloane and Randy Bloom at Sideshow

This two woman show of abstract painting ends November 13

Georges Braque, The Billiard Table, 1945. Oil and sand on canvas, 35 x 45 ¾ inches. Tate © 2011 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
Thursday, November 10th, 2011

Development Issues: Georges Braque at Acquavella Galleries

This magnificent show, on East 79th Street, is up through November 30

Wednesday, November 9th, 2011

Making Space For Innocence: Bianca Beck at Rachel Uffner

An impressive debut show that marks affinities with two of the reviewer’s favorite painters

Lynne Yamamoto, Loboptera dimidiatipes, 2009-11. Hand embroidery on found doily, 10 inches in diameter. Courtesy of P.P.O.W.
Monday, November 7th, 2011

Parts of a Whole: Lynne Yamamoto at P.P.O.W

A small show of hauntingly austere works, through November 12