The 2006 New York Armory Show

The 2006 New York Armory Show: Piers 90 and 92 12 Ave at 50 & 52 Street New York City March 10-13, 2006 The Not So Sweet Smell of Success What can be said of a fair that was enormously successful financially while being aesthetically unsatisfying? Fair officials reported that more than 47,000 collectors, critics, … Continued

Paint it with Black

Betty Cuningham Gallery 541 West 25th Street 212-242-2772 This review first appeared in The New York Sun, July 21, 2005. Black is the primary color of the creative classes; every artling sports it. Now Betty Cuningham Gallery is trying it on the walls in a “search for resonant symbols”. Despite curator Phong Bui’s unsmiling jargon … Continued

Jane Freilicher: Paintings, 1954 – 2004

Tibor de Nagy Gallery 724 Fifth Avenue 212-262-5050 January 13 – February 12, 2005 Refinement is in such short supply that I feel ungrateful to be less than wholehearted about Jane Freilicher’s show at Tibor de Nagy. Any reservation seems a sin against civility, like kicking the Queen Mother’s corgies. But disappointment sets in when … Continued

Robert Sussman

CUE Art Foundation 511 West 25th Street, Ground Floor New York, New York 10001 Tel: 212-206-3583 Robert Sussman’s show at Cue Art Foundation breathes the same Chelsea air as that of his esteemed predecessor Willem de Kooning at Gagosian. I visited the latter just before the former. Unfair perhaps, comparing the two seems nonetheless profitable; … Continued

Craig Fisher at Florence Lynch, Friedel Dzubas at Jacobson Howard Gallery, Angelo Ippolito at David Findlay

“Craig Fisher: Recent Paintings” at Florence Lynch, through May 8 Florence Lynch Gallery, 531-539 W 25, ground floor, between 10th and 11th Avenues, 212-924-3290 “Friedel Dzubas: Paintings of the 1950s” at Jacobson Howard Gallery through April 17th 2004, 19 East 76th Street, between Madison and Fifth 212-570-2362 “Angelo Ippolito (1922-2001)” at David Findlay Jr Fine … Continued

Bill Jensen at Danese, Ying Li at the Painting Center, Marc Quinn at Mary Boone

“Bill Jensen: Duo Duo and Drunken Brush Drawings” at Danese until March 13 (41 East 57th Street, between Park and Madison Avenues, 212-223-2227). Prices: The gallery declined to disclose its prices. “Ying Li” at the Painting Center until February 28 (52 Greene Street, 2nd Floor, between Broome and Grand Streets, 212-343-1060). Prices: $1,800-$4,000. “Marc Quinn” … Continued

Endless Love: Curated by Mark Greenwold

DC Moore Gallery until February 7 724 Fifth Avenue at 57th Street, 212-247-2111 A version of this article first appeared in the New York Sun, February 5, 2004. Mark Greenwold has a problem. Actually, judging by his bizarre symbolist pictures, he has a few. But from a career perspective, his problem is what to put in … Continued