Thursday, January 25th, 2018

Insider Criticism: Mrs. Peter Plagens Reveals All

A review of his show at Nancy Hoffman Gallery by the artist’s spouse

C. Michael Norton
Thursday, February 16th, 2017

From the archives: Peter Plagens in 2015, with Christina Kee and Roberta Smith

exhibitions of Natalie Frank, Rosy Keyser, C. Michael Norton and Christine Rebet

C. Michael Norton
Friday, May 29th, 2015

May 2015: Christina Kee, Peter Plagens and Roberta Smith with moderator David Cohen

exhibitions of Natalie Frank, Rosy Keyser, C. Michael Norton and Christine Rebet

Nicola Tyson, Figure with Sphinx, 2011. Oil on canvas, 72 x 72 Inches, Courtesy Friedrich Petzel Gallery
Friday, October 28th, 2011

October 2011: Milder, Panero, and Plagens with moderator David Cohen

Amy Cutler at Leslie Tonkonow Artworks + Projects, Michelle Lopez at Simon Preston Gallery, Melissa Meyer at Lennon, Weinberg, Inc., and Nicola Tyson at Friedrich Petzel Gallery

Friday, July 15th, 2011

The Review Panel: September 30 Launch of Eighth Annual Season

Carly Berwick, Ellie Bronson and Peter Plagens will be David Cohen’s guests

Monday, February 14th, 2011

Star-Crossed Painters: Laurie Fendrich and Peter Plagens

Husband and wife exhibitions overlap – and on St Valentine’s Day to boot.

Roxy Paine, Distillation, 2010. Stainless steel, glass, paint, pigment. Courtesy James Cohan Gallery
Friday, November 19th, 2010

November 2010: Anderson-Spivy, Buhmann and Plagens with moderator David Cohen

James Casebere at Sean Kelly Gallery, Sherrie Levine at Paula Cooper Gallery, Wangechi Mutu at Gladstone Gallery, and Roxy Paine at James Cohan Gallery

Thursday, January 1st, 2009

The Art Critic by Peter Plagens

I’ve long felt that Peter Plagens and I had a community of interest, as we’ve both written about art for weekly newsmagazines (he for Newsweek, I for Time, having preceded Robert Hughes in that slot). Imagine my delight when I learned last August that Plagens was publishing his second novel, The Art Critic, in 24 installments on artnet! Twenty-four … Continued