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Friday, September 11th, 2015
Gabriel A. Maher, DE___SIGN (video), 2014. Courtesy of the artist
an exhibition at the intersections of craft, gender and modernism ...
Wednesday, September 9th, 2015
The proceedings of a recent symposium on af Klint’s work have been compiled into a new book. ...
Wednesday, August 12th, 2015
Andrew Forge, Willow, 1999. Oil on canvas, 42 x 44 inches. Courtesy of Betty Cuningham Gallery
Parallel qualities in painter and composer sustain a connection between the two ...

Miriam Schapiro, Keyhole, 1971. Acrylic and spray paint on canvas, 71.5 x 106 inches. The Estate of Miriam Schapiro
Friday, February 19th, 2016

Icons of Female Power: Early Works of Miriam Schapiro

exhibitions at the National Academy Museum and Eric Firestone Loft on Great Jones Street

Wednesday, February 17th, 2016

Zombies and Vampires: Alex Bag’s New Scary Movie at Team

Her new video satirizes the monstrous image cast by many dealers in the minds of artists.

detail of Robert Ryman's Arista. Photo: Dennis Kardon Jacobson © Robert Ryman/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Monday, February 15th, 2016

How Bloodless is Robert Ryman?

The author finds “complex, metaphoric activity” despite Ryman’s avowed materialism

Tuesday, September 29th, 2015

Crisp Focus: Hilton Als Talks Diane Arbus at the New Museum

The famed New Yorker critic spoke on the humanity in Arbus’s work.

Thursday, July 9th, 2015

What’s Not the Matter With Richard Prince

What problems in his work are real, and what are merely imagined?

Thursday, April 2nd, 2015

Women’s Work: Considering Feminist Art Through Three Recent Shows

Concurrent exhibitions in Los Angeles provide a lens for thinking about successive generations of feminism in art.

installation shot of 2014/15 exhibition of Allen Jones at Royal Academy of Arts, London
Wednesday, April 1st, 2015

Rich Sources: Reference and Homage in Two Contemporary Artists, Jack Davidson and Alex Da Corte

The double homage, killing two birds with one stone

Saturday, March 28th, 2015

Björk at MoMA: A Conversation with Todd Simmons

Husband and wife critics — and confirmed Björk fans — discuss the chanteuse’s MoMA retrospective.

Saturday, January 3rd, 2015

The Critic as Activist: Thoughts on Race, Voice, and Agency in the Art World

How does the role of the critic address social justice?

Friday, October 31st, 2014

The Zombies: Contemporary Abstraction and Its Critics

Do the recent conversations about abstract painting miss the point?