Criticism
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Gary Stephan, Untitled, 2007. Acrylic on canvas, 20 x 20 inches. Courtesy devening projects + editions
Monday, September 27th, 2010

Transcending Suburbia: An exceptional show of Gary Stephan

Gary Stephan’s ‘Painting And’ was at Woodstock’s Kleinert/James Arts Center this summer.

screenshot of pbs.org/arts
Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010

Beta Get Your Act Together, PBS: A critical look at their new arts website

No bravos for this lackluster new site, even if the programs trump Bravo’s “Work of Art”

Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010

Vitality Amidst the Ruins: Lower Manhattan’s gritty golden age

Mixed Use, Manhattan: Photography and Related Practices at the Reina Sofia, Madrid, June 10 – September 2, 2010

Mount Tremper Arts gardens Photo by Mathew Pokoik
Saturday, September 11th, 2010

Beautiful Young Men Dancing to Music: Brennan Gerard, Ryan Kelly

Review of a performance by Ideological Formation at Mount Tremper Arts in the Catskill Mountains

Richard Haas, Fontainbleu Hotel, Miami Beach, Fl. 1986
Tuesday, August 24th, 2010

Walls, ceilings and flaws: a book about murals published as a website

The Mural in America by Francis V. Connor, Ph. D. at muralinamerica.com

Nadir Afonso, Composiço Geométrica, 1947
Monday, August 23rd, 2010

Curved Forms, Out of the Loop: Portugal’s Nadir Afonso

Exhibition continues at Museu do Chiado through October 3

Brion Nuda Rosch, installation shot, DCKT New York, 2010
Sunday, August 22nd, 2010

Brion Nuda Rosch’s multimedia installation is sprawling yet restrained

New York debut of San Francisco artist continues at DCKT through August 28

Michael Craig-Martin, An Oak Tree, 1973. Glass, water, shelf and printed text, dimensions vary. Private Collection
Tuesday, August 17th, 2010

The Arts Died with Dada: Roy Harris and the Great Debate About Art

In depth review of the semiotician’s pointed pamphlet on the end of art criticism

Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilis III inspecting newly installed artefacts at the Israel Museum. Courtesy of the Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Tuesday, August 17th, 2010

The New Jerusalem: Israel Museum reopens

Rooms are curated by Yinka Shonibare, Susan Hiller and Zvi Goldstein, and there’s a monumental sculpture by Anish Kapoor

Gershon Iskowitz, Late Summer Evening, 1962. Oil on canvas, 45 x 50 inches. Courtesy of Horton Gallery
Thursday, August 12th, 2010

Caught in Hitler’s Web: Canadian Expressionists Oscar Cahén and Gershon Iskowitz

Through September 8 at Horton Gallery (Sunday L.E.S)