Sunday, May 24th, 2015

Flying Aces: Malcolm Morely at Sperone Westwater

The realist painter loosens up with new assemblages of warships and planes.

Joan Semmel, Purple Diagonal, 980. Oil on canvas, 78 x 104 inches. Courtesy of the artist and Alexander Gray Associates.
Tuesday, May 19th, 2015

Exposed: Shows by June Leaf and Joan Semmel

Two concurrent exhibitions by women painters, about the body, its love, and labors.

Friday, May 8th, 2015

“The sky has entered our senses”: Paintings by Etel Adnan

New work by the poet and painter, reviewed by one of artcritical’s poet-critics.

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.

Sunday, April 26th, 2015

There is a Season: Julian Hatton’s Figural Painting Gives Way to Abstraction

A new show by a talented painter of abstract expressionist canvases.

Saturday, April 25th, 2015

Two Visions of Realist Painting: Lois Dodd and Brett Bigbee

Two realist painters share space uptown at Alexandre Gallery.

Saturday, April 25th, 2015

Tell Me: with Anne Sherwood Pundyk

The painter and critic discusses her talismanic, nomadic painting, its history and intersection with feminist performance and poetry.

Friday, April 17th, 2015

“A little bit of slippage”: The Sculptures of Painter James Siena

New sculptures at Pace, based on little-seen work the painter has been making since the 1980s.

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.

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