Criticism
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Thursday, February 10th, 2011

The Zen of Tchotchkes and the Politics of Mens Suits: Charles LeDray at the Whitney

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Pierre Auguste Renoir, Bather at the Seaside, 1887. Oil on canvas, 16-1/4 x 12-3/4 inches. Courtesy of Hammer Galleries, New York
Monday, February 7th, 2011

An Everyday Eternity: A Show of Late Renoir

The exhibition inaugurated Hammer Galleries new premises.

Esteban Vicente, Untitled (Divertimento), c. 1968–95. Painted wood with pastel crayons, 11-7/8 x 4-3/4 x 3 -1/8 inches. Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Esteban Vicente, Segovia
Sunday, February 6th, 2011

Paragon of Modernism: Esteban Vicente at the Grey

NYU’s exhibition of his collage and sculpture is up through March 26.

Christian Marclay, The Clock, 2010. Single-channel video, 24 hours, still. Courtesy of Paula Cooper Gallery
Saturday, February 5th, 2011

“You Can’t Beat The Clock”: Christian Marclay at Paula Cooper

The Clock, a Frankenstein monster of a movie, is on view through February 19.

Dancer Nan Griffiths on the set of Sarah Michelson's Devotion at the Kitchen, January 2011. Courtesy of The Kitchen. Photograph by Paula Court.
Tuesday, January 18th, 2011

Devotion at the Kitchen

Sarah Michelson and the New York City Players, running through January 22

Tuesday, January 18th, 2011

Captured Through Accumulation: The Reworked Portraits of Anthony Fisher

Exhibition was at Galerie Mourlot, the Boston artist’s second New York solo

Vik Muniz, Isis (Woman Ironing), from Pictures of Garbage, 2008. Digital C-print. Courtesy of Sikkema Jenkins & Co.
Saturday, January 8th, 2011

The Benevolent Ringmaster: Vik Muniz and his portraits in garbage

WASTE LAND, directed by Lucy Walker, to be broadcast April 19 at 10PM EST on PBS

Saturday, January 8th, 2011

Frida Kahlo: Her Photos

It should come as no surprise that Frida Kahlo, whose own dramatic life was the primary subject of her art, kept a major collection of photographs important to her.  With the intense interest in Kahlo created by Hayden Herrera’s seminal biography, you might in fact wonder, why have we never seen these photos?  Okay, funny … Continued

work of Paul McCarthy on view in the exhibition, Alpha Omega – Works from the Dakis Joannou Collection Photo: Fanis Vlastaras & Rebecca Constantopoulou Courtesy: The DESTE Foundation
Wednesday, January 5th, 2011

In the Shadow of the Parthenon

Report from… Athens, and evidence of the heroic spirit in recent Greek painting.

Tuesday, December 21st, 2010

The Raw and the Cooked: The late paintings of Hans Hartung

The French-German abstractionist’s first New York show since 1975, up through December 30