Criticism
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Friday, September 23rd, 2011

Abstract Expressionism Is Alive and Well in Denmark

Per Kirkeby at Michael Werner Gallery through October 29

Richard Timperio, Jazz Blocker, 2011. Acrylic on paper, 30 x 22 inches. Courtesy of Art 101.
Friday, September 23rd, 2011

Ebullience in Acrylic: Richard Timperio at Art 101

Williamsburg show up through October 9

Thursday, September 22nd, 2011

Beyond the Yogurt Cap: New Works by Gabriel Orozco

on view at Marian Goodman through October 15

Wednesday, September 21st, 2011

How Active Need A Viewer Be? Noémie Lafrance at Black & White

Five more peformances September 24 and 25

Wednesday, September 21st, 2011

China Modernism/Harvard Semiotics

Gao Minglu’s Total Modernity and the Avant-Garde in Twentieth-Century Chinese Art

Lee Ufan, Relatum, 1978/1990. Steel and stones Two plates, 0.9 x 210 x 280 cm each; two stones, approximately 30 cm and 70 cm high The National Museum of Art.
Tuesday, September 13th, 2011

Encounters Between Seer and Seen: Lee Ufan at the Guggenheim

His retrospective continues through September 28.

Monday, September 12th, 2011

The Reductive Expands: MINUS SPACE will move from 175 feet in Gowanus to a Dumbo loft

Last show in old space closes September 17

PHOTO CREDIT: DAVID BROTHERS
Monday, September 5th, 2011

Step Right Up! A Conversation with Crispin Hellion Glover

Enfant terrible actor/director screens his movies with slideshows and Q&As at the IFC

Cory Arcangel, Still from Various Self Playing Bowling Games (aka Beat the Champ), 2011. Hacked video game controllers, game consoles, cartridges, disks, and video, dimensions variable. Collection of the artist; Team Gallery, New York; Lisson Gallery, London; and Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg and Paris. Image courtesy Barbican Art Gallery, London; photograph © Eliot Wyman
Friday, September 2nd, 2011

Function Follows Formula: Cory Arcangel at the Whitney

Equal parts hacker and historiographer, his central theme is built-in obsolescence

Still from the hologram of Kate Moss that closed Alexander McQueen's 2006 show, Widows of Culloden. photo credit: WireImage.com
Friday, September 2nd, 2011

Savage Beauty, Tame Museum: Alexander McQueen at the Met

Offers feminist and museological criticism of the hugely popular show.