Guest contributor: Jonathan Stevenson / Casualism � the explicit basis for Garis & Hahn�s group show �Dying on Stage� this past summer � is merely […]
Group Shows
The donut muffin: Uniting two worlds
For Tamara Gonzales and Jessica Duffett, curators of “Donut Muffin,” a lively group show on view at Dorsky Gallery Curatorial Projects through March 10, a […]
2013: Neo-Neo-Expressionism?
In Art in America this month Raphael Rubinstein, after reading issues of AiA from thirty years ago, considers the fate of Neo-Expressionism, a movement popular […]
Installation views: Man and beast in Bushwick
Wrapping up a week of links to contemporary figure painting shows in NYC, I’m posting images of work currently on view at Centotto and Studio […]
Abstraction in early 2012: Allen, de Oude, Hathaway, Peterson, Sable, Sanin
In geometric abstraction, doesn’t it seem as though the brushstrokes are either masked and tightly drawn, or loose and drippy these days? At Deborah Brown‘s […]
Textility: Idiosyncratic materiality at the Visual Art Center of New Jersey
To kick off the new year, I will have work� in “Textility,” a big exhibition at the Visual Art Center of New Jersey that brings […]
Artists who curate: “Creating opportunities for felicitous constellations”
The other day Austin Thomas, who is feeling overwhelmed with emails from struggling artists, blogged some career advice. Rather than continually ask other people for […]
Greetings from Nudashank and the Transmodern Festival
Contributed by Sharon Butler / I recently received a note from Seth Adelsberger and Alex Ebstein at Nudashank, an independent artist-run space in Baltimore, about […]
Timothy Buckwalter’s vision
. “Twist and Crawl,” the first of a three-part exhibition curated by artist Timothy Buckwalter, blends more than […]
The French connection at Cheim & Read
Louise Fishman, “Violets For My Furs,” 2010, oil on jute, 50 x 42″ Jean Paul Riopelle (1923-2002), “Untitled,” circa 1967, oil on canvas, 10 1/2 […]
In the attic: Abstract easel paintings from 1920-50
Esphyr Slobodkina’s “Small Abstraction in Tans.” Photo: Slobodkina Foundation Lidy Prati, “Concreto,” 1945 Rosa Acle The first exhibition to bring together […]
Painting a new path at the Rehabilitation Hospital of the Pacific
Ninety-seven-year-old Oshino Okuda (pictured above) regularly attends painting classes at the Rehabilitation Hospital of the Pacific. Although her late husband was an artist, she was […]
Upcoming shows: Inside and out
“HOME,” Westport Arts Center Main Gallery April 3 � June 1, 2009Westport Arts Center�s exhibition HOME, curated by Eric Aho, features paintings and drawings that […]
Superabundant: Pattern power in UK
This is the final week for “Superabundant,” an exhibition at Turner Contemporary Project Space that declares itself a celebration of pattern power. Artists Jacob Dahlgren, […]
Real life at Capricious Space
Beginning this past weekend a leading group of art bloggers, internet artists, online curators and critics began taking up residence at Capricious Space in Williamsburg […]
