Criticism
Tuesday, April 21st, 2020
The American artist Kara Walker poses questions about slavery’s history and legacy with a major UK commission. ...
Wednesday, April 8th, 2020
The work of earlier artists can be found in scenes from this expat Russian painter’s adolescence. ...
Thursday, January 23rd, 2020
An exhibition that follows a fashion designer as she channels the spirit of her times ...

Jennifer Steinkamp, Premature 5 & 7, 2010. 3-D computer animation, projected. Courtesy of Lehmann Maupin
Monday, October 25th, 2010

“I think you know what the problem is just as well as I do”

Jennifer Steinkamp at Lehmann Maupin

Edward Burtynsky, Shipbreaking #2 Field Proof, Chittagong, Bangladesh, 2000. Chromogenic print from Type 55 Polaroid, 46 x 38 inches, Edition of 12. Courtesy of Hasted Hunt Kraeutler
Saturday, October 23rd, 2010

Clicking while the Gulf Burns: Edward Burtynsky’s photography

Edward Burtynsky: Pentimento at Hasted Hunt Kraeutler

Pam Lims, Medusa page design decoy, 2010. Spray paint and acrylic on panel, paint, ACX plywood, plaster, approx. 66 x 20 x 20 inches. Courtesy Rachel Uffner Gallery
Friday, October 22nd, 2010

The Fifth Leg: Pam Lins at Rachel Uffner Gallery

Pam Lims: Problem Picture Sources New Sculptures up through October 24

Friday, October 22nd, 2010

Missing the Magic: YouTube Play at the Guggenheim

The Biennial for Creative Video is mostly an excuse to show off projection technology

Saturday, October 16th, 2010

Redeemed from Aesthetic Limbo: Aimée Price Brown on Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

Her long-awaited catalogue raisonné is published by Yale.

Frank Bowling, Resting, 2010. Mixed media on canvas, 25 x 31 inches. Courtesy of Spanierman Modern
Saturday, October 16th, 2010

The Ultimate Proof of His Freedom: Frank Bowling’s abstract painting

on view at at Spanierman Modern through October 16

Monday, October 4th, 2010

Seeing the World Differently: Bill Berkson’s lectures on art and poetry

A review of Bill Berkson’s “Sudden Address: Selected Lectures 1981-2006” from Cuneiform Press

Alex Olson, Plot, detail, see article for details
Thursday, September 30th, 2010

The Grammar of the Grid

Alex Olson: As a Verb, As a Noun, In Peach and Silver, at Lisa Cooley through October 17

Tommy White, Pretty When You Smile, 2009. Oil on canvas, 114 x 90 inches. Courtesy of Harris Lieberman Gallery
Wednesday, September 29th, 2010

So Pretty When You Smile: The Gothic Enigmas of Tommy White

at Harris Lieberman through October 2

Polaroid by Julian Schnabel of Mickey Rourke reproduced in the book under review. Courtesy Prestel Publishing
Tuesday, September 28th, 2010

Purloined Destiny: Julian Schnabel’s Polaroids

Julian Schnabel: Polaroids by Petra Giloy-Hirtz is published by Prestel.