Friday, April 24th, 2015

“Modulated and transformed”: A Curious Drawing Show in Budapest

A recent exhibition in Budapest plays with line, drawing, and depiction through a variety of mediums.

Saturday, March 28th, 2015

Björk at MoMA: A Conversation with Todd Simmons

Husband and wife critics — and confirmed Björk fans — discuss the chanteuse’s MoMA retrospective.

Thursday, March 12th, 2015

So It Goes: A Survey of Painting’s Influence on Other Media

A recent exhibition at Franklin Street Works shows the conversation around painting in video, sculpture, performance, sound, and other media.

Alfredo Jaar, Shadows (detail), 2014. Lightbox with black and white transparency, 12 x 13 inches. Original photograph by Koen Wessing (1942-2011): Estelí, Nicaragua, September 1978. Courtesy of the artists and Galerie Lelong.
Saturday, February 28th, 2015

Grave and Buried: Alfredo Jaar and Nicaragua’s Ignored History

Using photographs by Koen Wessing, Jaar remembers a moment in the nation’s decades-long cold war strife.

Thursday, February 5th, 2015

A House of Prayer for All People: Yael Bartana at Petzel

Two new videos explore cultural authenticity — one simulating a holy site, another asking how national identity is formed.

Tuesday, January 6th, 2015

The Artist as Voyeur: Group Show as Peep Show

Rear Window Treatment at Louis B. James Gallery through January 17

Andrew Lampert, still from Typewriter Tony 2014. Video, TRT 6:30 minutes. Courtesy of the artist.
Friday, November 21st, 2014

“Antiquated Piece of Shit”: Andrew Lampert at UTVAC

A show examining our relationship to tech, old and new.

Friday, November 14th, 2014

Happy Hunting: Michael Bell-Smith at Foxy Production

Who is the Elmer Fudd of Post-Internet art?

Tuesday, August 12th, 2014

The Smokey Life: Ohad Meromi at Nathalie Karg

Ohad Meromi carries the proletarian banner into Nathalie Karg Gallery.

Monday, July 21st, 2014

Andy Warhol at artcritical

“HUBS” is a new category on artists and subjects discussed multiple times at artcritical.