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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 ...

Ivor Abrahams, Privacy Plots III, 1972. Screen print. Image courtesy of Artnet
Thursday, June 28th, 2012

Pre-History: Artnet Articles from the 1990s on Bruce Pearson, Ivor Abrahams and Damien Hirst

In tribute to the magazine which closed this week

Lucas Samaras in Claes Oldenburg’s Circus: Ironworks/Fotodeath at the Reuben Gallery, February 1961. © Robert R. McElroy/Licensed by VAGA, New York, New York
Sunday, March 11th, 2012

Shooting a Revolution: Robert R. McElroy, Photographer of the Happenings

As this landmark show enters its last week at Pace Gallery, a profile of the man behind the camera

Mary Corse, Untitled, 2011. Glass microspheres in acrylic on canvas, 114 x 90 inches. Photo Courtesy of Ace Gallery
Sunday, February 26th, 2012

See First, Think Later: The Art of Doug Wheeler and Mary Corse

The psychology behind Light and Space art and how it sensitizes us to subtleties

Thursday, October 6th, 2011

The Dutchmen’s Heir: Jenny Saville at Gagosian

The author is having a Frankenstein moment.  “Continuum” continues on Madison Ave through October 22.

Anni Albers, Untitled Tapestry, based on a 1933 design. Hand knotted wool, hand twisted wool and silk, 72 x 116 inches. Courtesy of Loretta Howard Gallery
Thursday, September 29th, 2011

An Education Over Coffee: Black Mountain College and Its Legacy

A rich historic show at Loretta Howard Gallery, up through October 29

Saturday, September 3rd, 2011

Picking Up the Pieces: Julie Heffernan’s Honest Pessimism

Her show opens September 3 at Catherine Clark Gallery, San Francisco

Francesca Woodman, Untitled, New York, 1979-1980. Gelatin silver print, 4 x 9-1/2 inches. Courtesy of George and Betty Woodman
Friday, September 2nd, 2011

Gorgeous Metamorphoses: Alexander McQueen and Francesca Woodman

More than goth aesthetics and youthful suicides unite the fashion designer and the photographer.

Hilton Miller, Ireland, untitled landscape #17, 2005. Oil on board. 18 x 24 inches. . Courtesy of the Artist
Saturday, July 9th, 2011

“The Bewildering Multiplicity of Things Seen”: Landscape Paintings of Hilton Miller

The 80 year old artist received his debut in London earlier this year.  He is father of Irish painter Nick Miller, currently showing at the Concord Art Association

Frank Stella, right, and Kenneth Tyler at work on a print. Courtesy of Kenneth Tyler
Monday, June 6th, 2011

Betting the Farm on His Art: A Salute to Frank Stella by a Longtime Collaborator

Master printmaker Kenneth Tyler has worked with Frank Stella for 35 years

Monday, May 30th, 2011

The Art of Simon Dinnerstein

His exhibition at the German Consulate General opens June 16