Contributed by Sharon Butler / At artist-run galleries, the conversation centers on art rather than commerce. Alternative spaces provide a place for unknown and under-recognized artists to mount exhibitions, […]

When artist Jennifer Riley saw a cavernous vacant storefront on Front Street in DUMBO, she thought it would make a good exhibition space, so she […]

  Gallerist Elizabeth Heskin and artist Patricia Spergel, in collaboration with the NURTUREart Registry of Artists and Curators, have assembled a lively exhibition of contemporary […]

Contributed by Sharon Butler / Color is slippery. Anyone who has ever tried to translate a casually observed color into pigment on canvas knows that the hue will never be the same as what he or she remembers. Variables like light and shadow change the same basic color from warm to cool, light to dark. And, as Albers taught us, chromatic context is also a critical factor. The lively exhibition, “Color Matters,” at The Painting Center, comprises paintings by thirteen artists for whom the exploration of color’s transience is a driving force.

The Internet, especially through social media, facilitates a direct and immediate connection between interior and exterior worlds, and I have little doubt that this recent […]

Contributed by Sharon Butler / In his final show at 681 Washington Street in the West Village, Peter Makebish has curated “Paintings from Paris,” an […]

If readers are up near Union College in Schenectady, NY, please check out “blueprint,” a three person exhibition in The Atrium Gallery curated by Brece […]

“Out of Step,” opens on Tuesday, October 8, at the Harold B. Lemmerman Gallery on the campus of New Jersey City University. Curated by Brendan […]