Wednesday, April 8th, 2020

Vera Iliatova: Over the Brooklyn Bridge to Letniy Sad (Summer Garden)

The work of earlier artists can be found in scenes from this expat Russian painter’s adolescence.

Installation shot, exhibition under review. Courtesy of Chambers Fine Art
Monday, May 29th, 2017

Close Reading: Xie Xiaoze paints blown-up books

At Chambers Fine Art, through June 17

Wednesday, January 20th, 2016

500 Years of Earth: A Survey of Landscapes at the Portland Art Museum

A traveling exhibition presents the changing way artists have approached nature over the past half millennium.

Thursday, October 8th, 2015

Looking Back: A Retrospective of German Figure Painting

A show at the historic Städel Museum catalogues German painting from a breakout era.

Mernet Larsen, Mall Event, 2010. Acrylic and mixed media on canvas, 50 x 55 inches. Courtesy of Vogt Gallery
Friday, September 28th, 2012

September 2012: Ariella Budick, Roberta Smith and Marjorie Welish with moderator David Cohen

Joined David Cohen to review shows of Diana Al-Hadid, Mernet Larsen, Gerhard Richter and Andrea Zittel

Gerhard Richter, Grau, 1974. Oil on canvas, 78 3/4 x 59 1/8 inches. Private Collection. Photo Nicholas Moss
Friday, February 3rd, 2012

Its a Gray Old World: Grisaille at Luxembourg & Dayan

Not just another color: grisaille in historically diverse show

Gerhard Richter, Abstract Painting (911-3) 2009. Oil on canvas, 78-3/4 X 118-1/8 inches. Courtesy of Marian Goodman Gallery, New York.
Wednesday, December 30th, 2009

Gerhard Richter: Abstract Paintings 2009 at Marian Goodman Gallery

Austere, calming, provocative, aggressive, confronting, soothing, luring, denying – these are some of the adjectives that can be applied to Richter’s new paintings.

Monday, June 11th, 2007

Venice Biennale 2007

LA BIENNALE DI VENEZIA 52nd International Exhibition of Art A version of this article first appeared in the New York Sun, June 11, 2007 under the title “Pax American in the Serene Republic” The Venice Biennale has been the Olympics of the visual arts since its inception in 1895. In odd years countries choose their artist … Continued