ReviewsRIVERHEAD Master of Evocation: Michael Combs and Parrish Roadshow by MIke Solomon The latest iteration of the Parrish Road Show—"Michael Combs at Hallockville Museum Farm," on view through September 28,...
ReviewsNEW YORK CITY Absorbed Chaos Gives Rise to Alice Aycock’s “Park Avenue Paper Chase” by MIke Solomon The artist Alice Aycock has had a couple of big years recently. Among other things, two prestigious institutions, NYU's Grey Art...
Art ReviewsMUSEUMSHAMPTONS Art Review: Gutsy Paintings by Charlotte Park by MIke Solomon “Charlotte Park: The 1950s” Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center I was privileged to know Charlotte Park from my...
Art ReviewsMUSEUMSHAMPTONS Art Review: Sumptuous Portraits by Chuck Close by MIke Solomon 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 by MIke Solomon In preparation for what promises to be one of the more spectacular installations of sculpture on Park Avenue in the spring of 2014,...
ART FAIRSHAMPTONS Critic’s Picks: Abstraction Strong at artMRKT 2013 by MIke Solomon I was pleasantly surprised by artMKRT Hamptons 2013. Normally, art fairs feel like carnivals, especially on the East End. They stand...
ReviewsHAMPTONS Art Review: Cornelia Foss Starts in the Heart by MIke Solomon 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...
ReviewsHAMPTONS Commentary: Nick Carone-A Primer on Abstract Expressionism in Its Prime by MIke Solomon 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 by MIke Solomon "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 by MIke Solomon "Sydney Albertini: Stuffed and Other Feelings" at ILLE Arts On view through June 3, 2013 Humor, idiosyncratic craft and...
Art Review: Surrealism Lives! by MIke Solomon “Drawing Surrealism” at the Morgan Library & Museum 225 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016 “Drawing Surrealism,”...
Art Review: Matthew Satz, Considered by MIke Solomon “Matthew Satz: Strands” at Glenn Horowitz Bookseller in East Hampton, NY. Artists offering opinions about the work of other...
ReviewsHAMPTONS Art Review: “No Slouch!”: The Spray Lacquer – Metal Flake Paintings of John Chamberlain by MIke Solomon "John Chamberlain: It Ain't Cheap" at The Dan Flavin Art Institute, Corwith Avenue, Bridgehampton, NY 11932. Over a...