Thursday, July 7th, 2016

Fully Fathoming Louise Fishman: Two Surveys of Her Work

The artist’s paintings and drawings are now on view in Philadelphia PA and Purchase NY.

George Sugarman, Yellow and White, 1967. Oil on Wood, in two parts, 25-1/2 x 35-1/2 x 27-1/2 each. © Estate of George Sugarman, courtesy Gary Snyder Gallery, New York
Friday, September 12th, 2014

Take Another Look: Irving Sandler in Conversation with Franklin Einspruch

“Irving Sandler: Out of Tenth Street and Into the 1960s” is at Loretta Howard Gallery

David Rhodes, Untitled, 2013. Acrylic on raw canvas, 20 x 19 inches. Courtesy of Hionas Gallery
Sunday, October 6th, 2013

Starkness and Range: David Rhodes at Hionas Gallery

As his second solo show opens at the same venue, a review of his 2013 debut there

Sarah Walker, Near Earth Objects XII, 2013. Acrylic on paper, 14 x 13.25 inches. Courtesy of Pierogi Gallery
Saturday, April 6th, 2013

Quantum Fields and Cellular Processes: Sarah Walker at Pierogi

Planet X on view in Williamsburg thru’ April 21

Al Held, The Yellow X, 1965. Acrylic on canvas, 90 x 144 inches. Courtesy Cheim & Read, New York
Tuesday, March 26th, 2013

Visually Self-Evident: Al Held’s Alphabet Paintings at Cheim & Read

Paintings of astonishing variety, through April 20

Al Held, Roberta's Trip, 1985. Acrylic on canvas, 96 x 144 inches. Courtesy of Paul Kasmin Gallery, and reproduced in the volume under review
Saturday, July 9th, 2011

Are You Experienced? Ken Johnson on Psychedelic Consciousness

After you read this book, lots of familiar art will look different

Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009

Al Held: Paintings, 1979-1985 at Paul Kasmin Gallery

The interplay of colors and contrasting directions endows the open spaces with their own specific movements. The entire composition is cropped cinematically to add implied drama to what can only be called a scene.

Monday, December 1st, 2003

Al Held: Beyond Sense

Robert Miller Gallery 524 W 26th Street New York, NY 10001 212 366 4774 November 20, 2003 to January 3, 2004 However prepared you are for Al Held’s grandiosity, his work still overawes with technical finesse and compositional drama. Held is best when he’s big. His ability to paint imaginative images at colossal scale sets … Continued