on view atop Store for Rent Gallery through April 9

A chapel on Court Street where prayers for the defeat of Donald Trump were answered.

In the years that multi-disciplinary conceptual artist Carol Syzmanski supported her family with a day job as a corporate banker she was (a) obliged to maintain a wardrobe of designer suits by the likes of Valentino, Jill Sander and Alexander McQueen and (b) able to keep a portion of her mind focused on artistic creativity … Continued

On this last afternoon of the 2019 Invitational Exhibition of Visual Arts, artcritical’s David Cohen moderates a discussion with five of this year’s prizewinners: Judith Bernstein, Charlotte de Larminat, Inka Essenhigh, Alain Kirili, and Doron Langberg. 4PM; FREE, following public hours viewing the exhibition, in the Academy’s Library. A wine reception will follow in the galleries … Continued

through June 14

Ami Yamasaki recital closes the show

Robert Goldman’s resuscitated East Village mural initiated Peter Hionas’s Brooklyn space

In his review in these pages of a recent Matt Bollinger show, Dennis Kardon wrote: “While his work doesn’t fit into conventional categories like animation or conceptual art (though it partakes of both), I consider Bollinger a Proustian painter. He is constantly in search of the lost fourth dimension, the one to which painting alludes but cannot really … Continued

My personal way of taking stock of another great year of exhibitions

Recently at Mana Contemporary