Master of Evocation: Michael Combs and Parrish Roadshow
The latest iteration of the Parrish Road Show—"Michael Combs at Hallockville Museum Farm," on view through September 28,...
Posts by MIke Solomon
Absorbed Chaos Gives Rise to Alice Aycock’s “Park Avenue Paper Chase”
The artist Alice Aycock has had a couple of big years recently. Among other things, two prestigious institutions, NYU's Grey Art...
Art Review: Gutsy Paintings by Charlotte Park
“Charlotte Park: The 1950s”
Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center
I was privileged to know Charlotte Park from my...
Art Review: Sumptuous Portraits by Chuck Close
Ever since Walter Benjamin wrote the essay, “The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction” (1936), the art of painting...
“Alice” Touches Down At LongHouse
In preparation for what promises to be one of the more spectacular installations of sculpture on Park Avenue in the spring of 2014,...
Critic’s Picks: Abstraction Strong at artMRKT 2013
I was pleasantly surprised by artMKRT Hamptons 2013. Normally, art fairs feel like carnivals, especially on the East End. They stand...
Art Review: Cornelia Foss Starts in the Heart
There are some painters who just seem to have a certain grace. I have known Cornelia Foss's work for probably 30 years and I have...
Commentary: Nick Carone-A Primer on Abstract Expressionism in Its Prime
The paintings of Nicolas Carone, in “The East Hampton Years: Paintings from the 1950s” at the Pollock-Krasner House and Study...
Art Review: Darius Yektai: On Country Ground
"Darius Yektai: On Country Ground" at Tripoli Gallery in Southampton, NY
The six large paintings in "Darius Yektai: On Country...
Art Review: The Surrealist Carnival of Life Revealed by Sydney Albertini through Stuffed Art and Costumes
"Sydney Albertini: Stuffed and Other Feelings" at ILLE Arts
On view through June 3, 2013
Humor, idiosyncratic craft and...
Art Review: Surrealism Lives!
“Drawing Surrealism” at the Morgan Library & Museum
225 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016
“Drawing Surrealism,”...
Art Review: Matthew Satz, Considered
“Matthew Satz: Strands” at Glenn Horowitz Bookseller in East Hampton, NY.
Artists offering opinions about the work of other...
Art Review: “No Slouch!”: The Spray Lacquer – Metal Flake Paintings of John Chamberlain
"John Chamberlain: It Ain't Cheap" at The Dan Flavin Art Institute, Corwith Avenue, Bridgehampton, NY 11932.
Over a...