Larger Than Life: A Journey through Shimon Okshteyn’s Art that Skewers and Reveals
It is already dark when I turn down the long, dark driveway leading up to the Southampton, NY studio of Shimon Okshteyn. Though the...
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ART REVIEW: Carnality and Culture, Part I: Marlene Dumas at David Zwirner
Two of the most important painters of the human figure working today are currently exhibiting new works at two of New York City’s...
Art Review: A Cy Twombly Odyssey of Pictorial Exploration at Gagosian
“In Beauty it is finished: Drawings 1951-2008,” the Cy Twombly exhibition currently on view at Gagosian on West 21st Street, is an...
Cool School Artists Ed Moses, Billy Al Bengston & Ed Ruscha Bring Southern California to New Britain Museum of American Art
NEW BRITAIN, C.T. – In the 1950s, when much of the art world was focused on New York’s burgeoning Abstract Expressionist...
ART REVIEW: Lively Audrey Flack Show Has a Conventionality All Its Own
The Audrey Flack exhibition at Hollis Taggart’s downtown space, whimsically subtitled “Master Drawings from Crivelli to...
Intimate Julian Schnabel Painting Survey Opens at the Glass House
NEW CANNAN, CT—Six. That is the number of paintings the renowned architect Philip Johnson believed should be viewed at one time....
John Graham Retrospective Launches Parrish Summer Season
The Parrish Art Museum presents "John Graham: Maverick Modernist" as the first exhibition in the museum's summer season. The...
Marilyn Church’s Courtroom Illustrations Now on View at the Library of Congress
Marilyn Church's illustrations are an integral part of a new group show opening this week at the Library of Congress in Washington,...
ART REVIEW: Whirling Visual Activity in Beth Campbell Mind-Maps at Aldrich
RIDGEFIELD, CT—At first glance, “Beth Campbell: My Potential Future Past,” at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, seems quiet....
“Outcasts” Empowered, Upend Ideas on Female Identity at Wave Hill
Banishment. Erasure. Dismissal. These are the themes behind “Outcasts: Women in the Wilderness” at Wave Hill, a 28-acre public...
“Urban Revival” Debuts RJD Gallery’s New Location in Bridgehampton
RJD Gallery opens its doors for the first time in Bridgehampton with a Grand Opening Celebration and a Reception for “Urban...
Critic’s Picks: NYC Gallery Shows at Ronin, Pen + Brush, Van Doren Waxter
This week’s selection features three rewarding shows just steps from Fifth Avenue on the stretch from 22nd to 73rd street: A master...
ART REVIEW: African-American Artists Draw on Realism’s Aesthetic Strengths
Timed to celebrate Black History Month, Grenning Gallery has assembled a group show of contemporary African-American artists working...
CRITIC’S PICKS: NYC Gallery Shows at Paula Cooper, Matthew Marks, Hauser & Wirth
Critic's Picks is a new column featuring stand out art gallery shows in New York City, selected and reviewed by critic, curator and...
ART REVIEW: Rothko’s “Dark Palette,” Meppayil’s Bright Minimalism at Pace
Like night and day, two absorbing exhibitions at two Chelsea locations of the Pace Gallery a block apart shuttle between the “dark...
Art & Technology: “Oregon Project” Lets Visitors Hear a Painting
For visually impaired people, the world of art can be a challenge. Almost any genre—painting, sculpture, graphics, and photography,...
ART REVIEW: Carmen Herrera Exhibit Offers Joy of Pure Abstraction and More
The “Lines of Sight” retrospective of Carmen Herrera on the top floor of the Whitney Museum offers the chance for an exhilarating...
ART REVIEW: Lorraine Shemesh Probes Balance of Abstraction and Figuration
That blessed freedom from gravity, heat, cares and constraints conferred by the summer’s first dive into the aquamarine purity of a...