A group show explores the contemporary history of unconventional supports.

Tom Friedman plays with viewer expectations, using nothing but two materials.

Sarah Morris at Petzel, Richard Aldrich at Bortolami, Malerie Marder at Leslie Tonkonow and Reinhard Mucha at Luhring Augustine.

Joined moderator David Cohen to discuss Tam Van Tran, Shinique Smith, Ragnar Kjartansson, Bernard Frize

Falling short of her own high standards, an innocuous version of earlier work

FORTIFIED ART VAULT Timed to open the same week as The Armory Show on the piers, the ADAA’s long-running fair is Blue Chip city, with high-end historical and contemporary offerings. The name confusion between the two fairs is an ongoing source of befuddlement to the general public—and probably part of some larger, intentional strategy. ROLLING … Continued

Trying to fail has played a major role in the work of Albert Oehlen.

Rachel Whiteread at Luhring Augustine, Su-en Wong at Danese, Jake Berthot at Betty Cuningham and Thomas Nozkowski at Max Protetch

RACHEL WHITEREAD: BIBLIOGRAPHY Luhring Augustine thru March 31, 531 W24, 212 206 9100 CALDER: FROM MODEL TO MONUMENT PaceWildenstein thru March 4, 545 W 22 PHILIP GRAUSMAN Lohin, Geduld thru March 11, 531 W25, 212 675 2656 Monuments maybe every sculptor’s dream, but they can be a mixed blessing. They communicate beyond the artworld with … Continued

Luhring Augustine Gallery 631 W 24th Street Through April 30, 2005 The German artist Martin Kippenberger, who died in 1997, is being celebrated with three shows in New York right now. The most interesting of these is a show of self-portraits, in various mediums, at Luhring Augustine Gallery. Kippenberger was “an 80’s artist”. That is … Continued