Thursday, April 15th, 2021

Zoom Recording of The Review Panel from April 2021 with Jennifer Coates and David Humphrey

Joining David Cohen to discuss exhibitions by Julie Mehretu and Matthew Bollinger

Agnes Pelton, Messengers, 1932. Oil on canvas, 28 x 20 inches. Collection Phoenix Art Museum; Gift of the Melody S. Robidoux Foundation
Thursday, April 2nd, 2020

Desert Rose: Agnes Pelton at the Whitney

An American visionary whose Transcendentalist canvases hang at the shuttered museum

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

David Wojnarowicz, Wind (For Peter Hujar), 1987. Acrylic and collaged paper on composition board, two panels, 72 × 96 inches. Collection of the Second Ward Foundation. Image courtesy the Estate of David Wojnarowicz and P.P.O.W, New York
Saturday, September 29th, 2018

Sites of Attraction: David Wojnarowicz at the Whitney

A haunting and timely retrospective closes this weekend

Thursday, January 26th, 2017

“Thank You, Fuck You”: J20/Occupy Museum at the Whitney

artcritical’s report on the “Speak Out” on Inauguration Day

Thursday, October 20th, 2016

A Passionate Visual Idiom: Carmen Herrera at the Whitney

A segment of her long career leaves a critic hungry for more

Saturday, April 16th, 2016

Unbridgeable Gap: Andrea Fraser Brings Sing Sing to the Whitney

A recent sound art installation at the Whitney tries to link two New York institutions.

Saturday, September 12th, 2015

J.S. (Je Suis/Jack Smith)

Artist Felix Bernstein describes to curator Jay Sanders his affair with the work and ghost of Jack Smith.

Friday, September 12th, 2014

Jeff Koons at artcritical

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

Jeff Koons, Play Doh, 1994-2014. © Jeff Koons
Wednesday, September 10th, 2014

From Popeye to Play-Doh: The Psychology of Jeff Koons

The key to Koons is his narcissism