Sunday, April 1st, 2007

The linear and the painterly: How art today uses its traditions

Saul Steinberg at the Morgan Library, Merlin James at the Studio School

Thursday, March 1st, 2007

Melissa Meyer in Black and White: Works on paper, 1984-1994

New York Studio School 8 West 8 Street New York City 212 673 6466 December 14, 2006 to February 3, 2007 traveling to the Wiegand Gallery of Notre Dame of Namur University January 20 to March 3, 2008 What is it to exhibit the black and white works on paper of Melissa Meyer made between … Continued

Saturday, July 1st, 2006

An American Abroad: Sandra Fisher and her School of London Friends

New York Studio School 8 West 8 Street New York NY 10011 212 673 6466 March 30 to May 13, 2006 The achievement of the American artist Sandra Fisher  (1947–94) was overshadowed during her lifetime by her husband R.B. Kitaj and other School of London artists. Now, 12 years after Fisher’s  death from a cerebral hemorrhage, … Continued

Thursday, December 1st, 2005

George Nick

George Nick: Recent Paintings Tibor de Nagy Gallery 724 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 212-262-5050 November 16 to December 23 George Nick: An Artist’s Conscience New York Studio School (8 West 8th Street, New York, NY 212-673-6466 October 27 to December 10, 2005 Underneath the luscious surfaces of George Nick’s paintings lurks a contradiction. His … Continued

Wednesday, June 1st, 2005

Barbara Grossman: A Survey

New York Studio School 8 West 8 Street New York NY 10011 212 673 6466 May 12 – June 26 2005 Barbara Grossman has achieved substantial recognition over the three decades of her exhibiting life. The reasons why are on view at the Studio School, the fourth and final stop of a traveling exhibition of … Continued

Meyer Schapiro, Slipped Grid, 3-Jul-79 1979. Oil on plasterboard, 7 x 10 inches Estate of Meyer Shapiro
Thursday, February 17th, 2005

The Continuous Mark: 40 Years of the New York Studio School

New York Studio School 8 West 8th Street New York NY 10011 212 673 6466 February 17 to May 7, 2005 The New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting, and Sculpture is housed in a nationally land marked building on 8th Street – a maze-like architectural wonder that combines four Victorian townhouses, mews carriage houses, … Continued

Tuesday, June 1st, 2004

Rackstraw Downes: Drawing as Part of the Process

New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting & Sculpture 8 West 8 Street New York NY 10011 212.673.6466) April 29 to June 12, 2004 A version of this essay appeared in The New York Sun, Thursday, June 3, 2004. Does drawing matter anymore? It is a common question made all the more pointed by the … Continued

Milton Resnick, Untitled, 1975. Oil on canvas, 40 x 36 inches. © 2013 The Milton Resnick and Pat Passlof Foundation
Saturday, May 1st, 2004

Out of the Picture – Milton Resnick and the New York School

Book review from 2004 as major Resnick survey continues at Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, through August 1

Sunday, February 1st, 2004

Rosemarie Beck: Paintings 1965 – 2001

New York Studio School 8 West 8th Street, New York Tel. 212.673.6466 Rosemarie Beck died in New York in July, 2003. This posthumous exhibition is the final stop on a tour that originated at Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio, in 2002. It is her first in Manhattan in fifteen years. Since the closing of the … Continued

Thursday, January 1st, 2004

Lois Dodd

Lois Dodd: Nudes in the Landscape New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting & Sculpture 8 West 8th street NYC 10011 212 673-6466 www.nyss.org/dodd December 4, 2003-January 17, 2004 Lois Dodd: Small Paintings Alexandre Gallery 41 East 57th St. NYC  212 755 2828 www.alexandregallery.com December 4, 2003-January 17, 2004 When one thinks about it, it’s … Continued