Wednesday, May 11th, 2016

Speculative Modernism: Robert Irwin at the Hirshhorn

Can Modernism’s history be seen through the lens of Irwin’s work?

Monday, April 11th, 2016

Perceptual Inventory: A New Anthology by Barry Schwabsky

The poet-critic’s recent writing for The Nation is collected by Verso.

Thursday, April 7th, 2016

Poet, Printer, Prankster: Marcel Broodthaers in Retrospect

The late artist is the subject of four simultaneous exhibitions, including a MoMA retrospective.

Wednesday, February 24th, 2016

In the Beginning was the Image: Julian Bell and Archie Rand Paint the Bible

“What’s the right visual style for presenting Christian or Jewish texts? “

Saturday, October 3rd, 2015

Accidentally on Purpose: Bill Beckley at Albertz Benda

The gallery presents a retrospective of the poet-artist’s varied oeuvre.

Wednesday, September 9th, 2015

Hilma af Klint and the Spiritual in an Artist

The proceedings of a recent symposium on af Klint’s work have been compiled into a new book.

Bill Jensen, Mountain Tiger-Sky, 2013. Oil on linen, diptych, 40 x 32 inches overall. Courtesy of Cheim & Read Gallery
Tuesday, May 5th, 2015

Loom of Origins: Bill Jensen’s Way of Developing

A one-man group show of possibilities at Cheim & Read

Monday, April 20th, 2015

Always a Painter: Lawrence Carroll in Bologna

“Ghost House” was at Museo d’Arte Moderna di Bologna

Friday, April 3rd, 2015

Making Art, and Making It Well: Two Recent Group Shows

Exhibitions at the New York Studio School and Freedman Art examine art about its own creation.

Wednesday, February 25th, 2015

Pop History: Jiri Georg Dokoupil’s Modernist Bubbles

The artist uses an idiosyncratic technique to make colorful paintings of bubbles, following in a long line of Modernists.