FIRST PERSON – Led into the Midst: “Detours” and the North Fork Artist Scene
Some have said the North Fork's art community is currently as vibrant as Springs during the 1950s. Who knows whether another Jackson...
Essays
ESSAY: Huang Rui Works Offer Glimpse of Afterlife of a Revolutionary Hero
It seems like such a wishful anachronism to call an artist a “hero.” That kind of adulation—typically reserved for artists like...
ART REVIEW: Offbeat “Cheese Ball Challenge” in Southold Makes Art Lovers Smile, and Think
As a museum director and itinerant art critic, I hit openings all too often. The old joke about Andy Warhol being ready to go to any...
ESSAY: Bettina WitteVeen’s Searing Poetics Mingled with Metamorphosis Continues in Berlin in “Whiteout”
Resonance can seem like too much to ask of an art exhibition in these parlous times of so-called “Insta” critique. Because the...
Curator’s View: Celebrating the Cultural Heritage of African Americans through Art
Any work of art can be considered the sum of all the creator’s experiences. Those experiences include both uniquely personal and...
Essay: In Search of the Ancient Origins of Today’s Photorealism
The current strong survey exhibition, “From Lens to Eye to Hand: Photorealism 1969 to Today,” currently at the Parrish Art Museum...
John Perreault Retrospective Launches a Long Island Gallery Celebrating Art & Community
Bellport Village has a new art gallery. The opening of a gallery isn't typically significant in of itself but for this Long Island...
A Son Reflects on Larry Zox and Their East Hampton Roots
On the occasion of the current Larry Zox exhibition at Berry Campbell gallery in New York City, closing May 26, 2017, the artist's son...
The Closer: Memories of Jeff Koons
“Hi, I’m Jeff Koons,” he whispered over the velvet rope with a syrupy smile, he of the Brooks Bros. coat, the sonorous voice....
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...