Saturday, August 29th, 2015

Northwest Notes: Dispatch from the Pacific

An absolutely, totally huge tour of art offerings throughout the Pacific Northwest, even going to Canada!

Friday, July 24th, 2015

Curatorial Lyricism: “Perfect Likeness” at the Hammer

The Hammer’s current photography exhibition looks at developments in portraiture in the past 40 years.

Friday, June 5th, 2015

Going with the Flow: Frank Bramblett at the Woodmere

The artist’s retrospective of curiously, thoughtfully used materials continues through June 21.

Monday, May 4th, 2015

Richard Diebenkorn at the Royal Academy: Six Painters on a Painters’ Painter

A visit and discussion at Richard Diebenkorn’s Royal Academy retrospective.

Friday, April 24th, 2015

“Modulated and transformed”: A Curious Drawing Show in Budapest

A recent exhibition in Budapest plays with line, drawing, and depiction through a variety of mediums.

Monday, April 20th, 2015

Always a Painter: Lawrence Carroll in Bologna

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

Saturday, April 4th, 2015

Dallas in Wonderland: Chuck and George at CentralTrak

A group show of portraits of the artists by their friends, creates a maximalist collaborative installation in Dallas.

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.

Analia Saban, Fireplace, 2015. Machine rendered acrylic paint on linen, 142.2 x 116.8 x 3.8 cm. Courtesy of the artist and Spru?th Magers.
Monday, March 30th, 2015

Sculpture and Painting on the Line: Analia Saban at Sprüth Magers

Dispatch from London Analia Saban: Interiors at Sprüth Magers February 27 to March 28, 2015 7A Grafton Street London, +44 20 7408 1613 The tradition of paint on canvas can act as a provocation to contemporary artists, who may do without either the liquid (e.g. Binky Palermo’s cloth) or the ground (e.g. Lynda Benglis’s pours). The Los … Continued

Thursday, March 26th, 2015

Show and Tell: John Currin at Gagosian Beverly Hills

The realist painter eschews explicit sex in a new solo show, but refers backwards to earlier tropes of subordination.