Andy Warhol, Silver Liz (diptych), 1963. Silkscreen ink, acrylic, and spray paint on linen, two panels: 40 × 80 inches. Private collection; promised gift to the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego. © 2018 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Licensed by Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Tuesday, June 4th, 2019

The Time-Capsule Formula: Warhol at the Whitney

Our critic descries a kitchen-sink approach to curating

Thomas Bayrle, Mao, 1966. Oil on wood construction and engine, 145 x 148 x 32 cm. Photo: Axel Schneider.
Thursday, August 2nd, 2018

Disrupting the System: Thomas Bayrle at the New Museum

Five-decade survey delving culture, politics, economics, infrastructure

Monday, February 6th, 2017

Autonomous Brushwork: Warhol, Wool, Guyton at Nahmad Contemporary

A small but striking exhibition on the Upper East Side

Guggi, Dusk, 2016. Oil on canvas, 35-3/8 x 35-3/8 inches. Courtesy of the Artist and Yoshii Gallery, New York
Thursday, January 5th, 2017

Serial Bowls: The Still Life Paintings of Guggi

Ex-Virgin Prune Guggi is a cult figure in Ireland

Thursday, April 7th, 2016

Poet, Printer, Prankster: Marcel Broodthaers in Retrospect

The late artist is the subject of four simultaneous exhibitions, including a MoMA retrospective.

Friday, February 5th, 2016

Something Old, Something New: Glitter and Glam at Berry Campbell

A show of paintings playing with the vagaries of imagery and language.

Monday, August 24th, 2015

Aesthetics and Social Justice: “Arresting Patterns” at ArtSpace

An exhibition and its extracurricular programming explore artistic representations of mass incarceration.

Wednesday, February 25th, 2015

Pop History: Jiri Georg Dokoupil’s Modernist Bubbles

The artist uses an idiosyncratic technique to make colorful paintings of bubbles, following in a long line of Modernists.

Monday, November 24th, 2014

Candy Says: Remembering Two Artists and One Image

Looking back at the life of a muse, the work of a photographer.

Edward Leffingwell, 1941-2014. Courtesy of Tom Leffingwell
Sunday, September 14th, 2014

Critic, Curator, Dandy: Edward Leffingwell, 1941 to 2014

A cosmopolitan of astringent, forthright wit, according to his friend, Lilly Wei