Criticism
Tuesday, April 21st, 2020
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William Kentridge Interviews Himself: two stills from William Kentridge, Drawing Lesson 47 (Interview for New York Studio School), 2010. Video, 4'48". YouTube.
Friday, April 22nd, 2011

The Pleasures of the Pursuit: Talks by William Kentridge and Philip Pearlstein in Jerusalem

The artists gave lectures at the Jerusalem Studio School and the Israel Museum

Günther Uecker, New York Dancer, 1965. Nails, cloth, metal, electric motor, 78-3/4 x 11-3/4 x 11-3/4 inches. Courtesy of L&M Arts, New York
Thursday, April 21st, 2011

Sitability Undermined: The Nail Works of Günther Uecker

Important loan exhibition from museums and private collections was at L&M Arts

Monday, April 18th, 2011

Teller of Tales: The Loquacity of Philip Guston

Reviews his collected writings, edited by Clark Coolidge, and a study of the late works by poet David Kaufmann.

Philip Guston. Tuscan City, 1971, Oil on paper. Private Collection, Spain. © Estate of Philip Guston; image courtesy McKee Gallery, New York, NY
Monday, April 18th, 2011

Piero and Pastrami: Guston in Rome

On view at the Phillips Collection, Washington DC until May 15

Bradley McCallum and Jacqueline Tarry, The Evidence of Things Not Seen, 2008. Oil on Linen, Toner on Silk, detail. Detail. Courtesy of the Artists.
Saturday, April 16th, 2011

Now or Nothing: Contemporary Art and the Queen City

Twenty years on from the Mapplethorpe case, Cincinnati debuts a Keith Haring retrospective.

Installation view: Kate Shepherd: And Debris, Galerie Lelong, New York, 2011. Photo: Michael Bodycomb. Courtesy Galerie Lelong, New York
Friday, April 8th, 2011

Through the Coat-Hanger Portal: Kate Shepherd’s Debris

on view at Galerie Lelong through April 30

Eiko & Koma: Naked, a performance, photographed by Anna Lee Campbell, courtesy of the artists.
Tuesday, April 5th, 2011

A Seamless Part of the Landscape: Eiko & Koma

Naked, at the Baryshnikov Arts Center, part of survey of husband/wife teams’s 40 year collaboration

Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011

Hippie Edenists Adrift: Judith Linhares at Edward Thorpe

On view until April 2

Marjorie Strider, Eyeful, 2010. Acrylic on canvas, 72 x 60 inches. Courtesy of Hollis Taggart Galleries
Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011

Girlies, Flowers, and Vegetable Delights: Marjorie Strider Rediscovered

on view at Hollis Taggart Galleries through April 2

Marcel Dzama, A Game of Chess, 2011. Still. Video projection, 14 min, black & white, sound. Courtesy of David Zwirner Gallery
Saturday, March 19th, 2011

The Orchestration of Emotions: Marcel Dzama at David Zwirner

By layering his compositions, Dzama introduces a notion of spatial depth that is further explored in his dioramas.