The inaugural edition of NADA New York, May 4-7, 2012, may seem a peculiar setting for design. But wedged in among the 66 dealers from 11 countries set up in the former Dia Center for the Arts Building in Chelsea, also the home of the Independent art fair two month ago, is a surprising amount of design- and function-focused material.
SPRINGTIME IN PARIS by Elisabeth Kley
“Arthur Rainbow” at Air de Paris, with Dorothy Iannone, Jean-Luc Verna and others, plus André Raffray, Richard Kern, Ryan Gander and Gelitin in the City of Light.
"L.A. Raw" RADICAL CALIFORNIA by Patricia Cronin
"Abject Expressionism" -- Kienholz, Foulkes, Garabedian, Paul McCarthy, plus 37 others -- at the 10-year-old Pasadena Museum of California Art.
Tales of Two Cities AT LARGE IN LONDON & PARIS by Adrian Dannatt
Christian Leigh at Castillo/Corrales, Mike Kelley’s Picabia, Bourgeois nu assis, Dorothea Tanning, Carmen Herrera, Rose Hinton, Cy Twombly at Eykyn Maclean, Therese Oulton, Andrew Strauss and John and Paul Herring.
Miami Art Week PAPER CHASE by Deborah Ripley
Prints and multiples by Buckminster Fuller, Larry Bell, Wolf Kahn, Yoshitomo Nara and more at Art Basel Miami Beach, INK, the Design District, Art Miami and elsewhere.
WEEKEND UPDATE by Walter Robinson
Spartacus Chetwynd, Georges Braque, Paul McCarthy, "Grisaille," Charles Simonds, Diego Rivera, Judy Hudson, Nick Poe, Terry Richardson, Urs Fischer, Margaret Lee, more.
Performa '11 POOR PLAYERS TO THE STAGE by Emily Nathan
The fourth edition of RoseLee Goldberg's international performance art biennial brings even more theater to NYC -- and prompts questions about what exactly performance art should do.
WEEKEND UPDATE by Walter Robinson
Gallery Night on 57th Street, featuring Doug Ohlson, Craig Kauffman, Ad Reinhardt, Beatrice Wood, Gabriel Orozco and more.
WEEKEND UPDATE by Walter Robinson
Stressed out at "De Kooning," plus, Jenny Saville, Bjarne Melgaard, Matthew Barney, Zhang Enli, Graham Dickson, Kendall Shaw, Michael Leavitt, more.
New Art MY NIGHT IN CHELSEA by N.F. Karlins
As the fall art season gets underway, our intrepid critic visits exhibitions of works by Minnie Evans, Nick Cave and Lee Bae in Chelsea.
ARTNET DESIGN by Brook S. Mason
Wendell Castle, Dan Dailey, George Kravis, Artware Editions, Sarah Morris, Markus Linnenbrink, London Design Festival, John Pawson, David Chipperfield, Adirondack style, more.
New Art GALLERY RAMBLE by Emily Nathan
"Powhida" at Marlborough Chelsea, "Fucknails" at Daniel Reich, "Third Order" at Charles Bank, "Shakedown" at Dodge, "Of Memory and Time" at Hendershot, and Tracey Emin at Lehmann Maupin.
WEEKEND UPDATE by Walter Robinson The new Parrish, artMRKT, Ned Smyth, Alexis Laurent, Mark Borghi, Richard Prince, "Nose Job," Dorothea Rockburne, Russell Young, more.
Close Encounters DATELINE MANCHESTER by Linda Yablonsky Robert Wilson’s The Life and Death of Marina Abramovic, plus Laura Lima, Santiago Sierra, Xu Zhen and more in the "11 Rooms" performance art show in Manchester.
WEEKEND UPDATE by Walter Robinson
The ArtPrize in Grand Rapids, Kembra Pfahler's "Wall of Vagina," Lyonel Feininger and Xavier Cha, the Kitchen's SoHo years, Phoebe Washburn, and the new doors at MoMA PS1.
Venice Biennale 2011 VENICE ART DIARY by Antoine "Tony" Guerrero
"ILLUMInations," Tintoretto, Okwui Enwezor, the Triennale of Paris, the Palazzo Grassi, Elton John and Ruben Ochoa, the Iraq Pavilion, James Turrell, Yael Bartana, Princess Gloria, Mary Sibande, more.
Art Reviews NEW ART IN TOKYO by Elisabeth Kley
Hiroshi Sugito & Jun Aoki, "Zen and the Psychedelic," Shoshiro Matsubara, Kun Ying Lin, Megumi Yamashiro, sangjunRoh, Yosuke Kobashi, Chiyuki Sadagami.
SOFA New York: DECO ARTS AND DESIGN by Brook S. Mason
Now in its 14th edition, the fair for deco arts and design gets a total facelift.
Idris Khan at Yvon Lambert New York, the spiritual as subject of an avant-garde investigation.
Simon Leung COSMOPOLITAN NOMAD by Elisabeth Kley
The peripatetic life of art world intellectual Warren Niesluchowski is the subject of Simon Leung's new docuvideo at CUE Art Foundation.
AIPAD Photo Show: LOOK SMART by Walter Robinson
A quick look at the Association of International Photography Art Dealers Photography Show with critic Carlo McCormick and painter Duncan Hannah.
BLINDED BY THE LIGHT by Beatrice Thornton
Two kinds of "Drawing by Light" at Paul Kasmin Gallery -- with neon by Iván Navarro and with paper negatives by 19th-century photographers.
Kai Althoff: LONELY HEART by Elisabeth Kley
At Gladstone Gallery in Chelsea, artist Kai Althoff constructs a otherworldly narrative of youth and desire.
WEEKEND UPDATE by Walter Robinson
George Condo, Luis Camnitzer, León Ferrari, Vargas-Suarez-Universal, Gerd and Gego, David Hammons, Rachel Feinstein, more.
January
Jan. 26, 2011
OLD MASTER IN DENIM by N.F. Karlins
Newly discovered paintings by a 17th-century Italianate painter dubbed the Master of the Blue Jeans.
WEEKEND UPDATE by Walter Robinson
Dior, Phillips de Pury, Robert Irwin, Irving Penn, Jill Krementz, David Aronson, T.R. Ericsson, Tibor de Nagy’s 60th, more.
CHICAGO 2010 by Pedro Vélez
The Year of Theaster Gates, plus notes on important artists, exhibitions, controversies and critics in the Windy City.
Jan. 11, 2011
ARTNET DESIGN by Brook S. Mason
Ezra Stoller’s architectural photos, Peter Marino’s Dior makeover, Lowy’s frames are in demand, and Jens Praet’s furniture made from magazines.
Jan. 10, 2011
WEEKEND UPDATE by Walter Robinson
Aura Rosenberg, Taro Suzuki, Larry Clark, Jesse McCloskey, Barton Lidice Benes, McDermott & McGough, Jon Kessler, Joe Zucker, Sam Samore, Joe Bradley, Ann Craven, more.
VIENNA ART WEEK 2010 by Julie Ryan
"Crossing Limits," Christoph Schlingensief, Jonathan Meese, Ragnar Kjartandsson, Caroline Heider, Henri Chopin, more.
Jan. 5, 2011
SENSUAL SPACES by N.F. Karlins
A look at the yin and yang of ceramics and baskets in "Contained Excitement" at Cavin-Morris Gallery.
Jan. 4, 2011
LONDON DISPATCH by Laura K. Jones
Martin Creed, Genesis P-Orridge, Charles Saatchi, Tracey Emin, Gilbert & George, "400 Women," Gary Webb, Rachel Kneebone, Hannah Barry, Ibid Projects, more.
LONDON DISPATCH by Laura K. Jones
Paola Pivi, Anti Design, “Loud Flash,” Pinkietessa, “Back, Sack and Crack,” Henry Moore’s Old Flo, Racky la Rue, Helene Appel, Cineroleum, Marisol Malatesta, Thomas Scheibitz and the Turner Prize.
WEEKEND UPDATE by Walter Robinson
Dan Colen, Pipilotti Rist, Louise Bourgeois & Tracey Emin, Mark Newson, Anselm Reyle skateboards, Sterling Ruby ashtrays, more.
ARTNET DESIGN by Brook S. Mason
Design Miami update, Constantin & Laureen Boym to Doha, Anish Kapoor for Bulgari, Cristóbal Balenciaga, Cecily Brown, more.
Sept. 2, 2010
MAGAZINE RACK by Grant Mandarino
In the August issues of our favorite art mags, it was museums, museums, museums (what else was open?).
August
Aug. 31, 2010
REPORT FROM REYKJAVIK by David D’Arcy
Spessi, Eggert Johanesson, Katrin Sigurdardottir, Friederike von Rauch, David Byrne, Fridgeir Helgason, Ragnar Axelsson, more.
ARTNET DESIGN by Brook S. Mason
Design Onscreen, Lucienne Day, Leleu, Carlos Cruz-Diez, Pol Quadens, Maria Pergay, Miuccia Prada, and François-Xavier Lalanne’s 1968 Chat Polymorph.
LONDON DISPATCH, PART ONE by Laura K. Jones
"Crash," Bani Abidi, Ximena Garrido-Lecca, Kelly-Anne Davitt, Bruce McLean, Testbed 1, "Peeping Tom," Giles Round, Richard Hamilton.
Apr. 12, 2010
WEEKEND UPDATE by Walter Robinson
George Condo, Rosemarie Trockel, Paul Rusconi, Sundarshan Shetty, Tatiana Trouvé, Alberto di Fabio, more.
SAN FRANCISCO SKETCHY by Walter Robinson
Cartier, King Tut, "Shanghai," Luc Tuymans, Tomokazu Matsuyama, John Bankston, Shannon Ebner, Theophilus Brown, Diane Arbus, more.
GAGA AT THE PHOTO FAIR by Walter Robinson
Searching for the MacGuffin at the 30th AIPAD Photography Show in New York.
Mar. 17, 2010
TEFAF MAASTRICHT 2010 by Brook S. Mason
Briefly plunged into darkness, the world’s finest fair emerges still glittering with feverish sales.
Mar. 10, 2010
IT’S NOT THE SIZE. . . by Ben Davis
Scoring Jeff Koons’ "Skin Fruit" vs. Shaq’s "Size Does Matter."
Mar. 9, 2010
ARMORY WEEK 2010 by Walter Robinson
The art fairs all go round and round.
Mar. 8, 2010
GIFT HORSE by Laura K. Jones
A visit to the UK premiere of Banksy’s new film, Exit through the Gift Shop.
Mar. 4, 2010
THE COLOR OF MEANING by Adrian Dannatt
New paintings by the Georgia artist Alexandro Santana.
Mar. 3, 2010
DIGITAL DREAMS by Blake Stone-Banks
China’s urbane new generation of digital photography tricksters.
February
Feb. 23, 2010
MAGAZINE RACK by Grant Mandarino
February issues of Artforum, Art in America, The New Criterion and Flash Art.
Feb. 19, 2010
X OUT by Ben Davis
The lesson’s of X-Initiative’s final show, "Bring Your Own Art."
Feb. 12, 2010
GOTHAM ART & THEATER by Elisabeth Kley
"Rip it Up and Start Again" at Artists Space, "Ecstatic Peace Poetry Journal" at White Columns and "Double Bill" at Art in General.
Feb. 11, 2010
LONDON DISPATCH by Laura K. Jones
Vyner Street, Magali Reus, A K Dolven, Rolf Wallin, Rebecca Stevenson, Bishi, Paul Pieroni, Aleksandra Domanovic, Destroy All Monsters, John Sinclair, Polly Morgan, Michael Landy, Walton Ford, more.
Feb. 9, 2010
PAPER CHASE by Deborah Ripley
Part two of our report on "Philagrafika 2010," the citywide print exposition in Philadelphia.
WEEKEND UPDATE by Walter Robinson
"The Visible Vagina," Superflex, KK Kozik, Jon Pylypchuk, Philip Haas, Ned Smyth, XXX Macarena, Gelitin, Damien Hirst.
PAPER CHASE by Deborah Ripley
"Philagraphika 2010" exposes "The Graphic Unconscious."
January
Jan. 29, 2009
CHICAGO BUILD UP by Pedro Vélez
A survey of notable 2009 art events in the Windy City, plus "Italics" at the MCA.
Jan. 28, 2009
THE BAUHAUS IN HISTORY by Ben Davis
The Bauhaus and the contradictions of artistic utopia.
Jan. 26, 2009
AS GOOD AS IT GETS by Brook S. Mason
The 2010 Winter Antiques Show in New York.
Jan. 25, 2009
MAGAZINE RACK by Grant Mandarino
Crossing the streams in Modern Painters, Juxtapoz, Frieze and Art in America.
Jan. 22, 2010
WEEKEND UPDATE by Walter Robinson
Marcus Schinwald, No Longer Empty’s "Never Can Say Goodbye," Antony McCall, James Siena, Anna Von Mertens, Hannes Bend, "Look Again," more.
Jan. 21, 2010
GOTHAM ART & THEATER by Elisabeth Kley
Virgil Marti, Claire Fontaine, Omer Fast, Sharon Lockhart, Robin Graubard and Hélio Oiticica.
Jan. 11, 2010
WEEKEND UPDATE by Walter Robinson
Thomas Dozol, Ellen von Unwerth, R. Kern, Warhol drawings of feet, Annette Lemieux, MPA, Matthew Cusick, Vadim Katznelson, Les Rogers, John Tottenham, more.
Jan. 7, 2010
PHOTOS FOR TINO by Ben Davis
The erotics of Tino Sehgal’s photo ban.
Jan. 5, 2010
GOTHAM ART & THEATER by Elisabeth Kley
Martin Wong, Christian Holstad, Wallace Berman, Tommy Hartung, Kuba Bakowski, Clara Tice.
December
Dec. 29, 2009
LONDON DISPATCH by Laura K. Jones
Mustafa Hulusi, Peter Davies, Phil Collins, Katie Paterson, Bob Law, William E. Jones, Lise Hovesen, Daniel Sinsel, Boo Saville and more.
Dec. 22, 2009
HOLIDAY MUSEUM-HOPPING by N.F. Karlins
The Horse Nation, American Beauty, El Greco, New York folk artists and the Danube Valley.
Dec. 21, 2009
A LITTLE MORE ON MIAMI by Walter Robinson
The Maybach, "Being in the World," NADA, the De La Cruz Collection, Miami street murals, Robert Indiana’s HOPE, Claire Fontaine, more.
Dec. 18, 2009
MAGAZINE RACK by Grant Mandarino
December issues of Artforum, ARTnews, Art in America and Art Monthly.
Dec. 15, 2009
GOOD OLD BOYS by Alexandra Anderson-Spivy
Richard Serra, Dan Flavin, Red Grooms, Philip Pearlstein and Al Held.
Dec. 11, 2009
LOST IN MIAMI by Ben Davis
Wandering through Art Basel Miami Beach 2009.
Dec. 7, 2009
ARTNET GOSSIP by Rosetta Stone
Naughty doings, online and in Miami Beach.
Dec. 3, 2009
MIAMI MANIA 2009 by Walter Robinson
Art Basel Miami Beach 2009 takes off.
November
Nov. 24, 2009
IN DEFENSE OF CONCEPTS by Ben Davis
A new battle between "conceptual" and "traditional" art.
Nov. 24, 2009
SILVER ANNIVERSARY by N.F. Karlins
Choice early photographs at Hans P. Kraus, Jr. Fine Photography.
Nov. 20, 2009
MAGAZINE RACK by Grant Mandarino
November issues of ARTnews, Artforum and Art in America.
Nov. 19, 2009
GOTHAM ART & THEATER by Elisabeth Kley
Tracey Emin, Steve Gianakos, Sister Mary Corita Kent, Jonas Mekas, William Kentridge, Joan Jonas.
Nov. 11, 2009
CHICAGO A GO-GO by Brook S. Mason
Windy City news update, Richard Gray "pop-up," SOFA art fair, more.
Nov. 13, 2009
ALICE’S WONDERLAND by Walter Robinson
"Alice Guy Blanché: Cinema Pioneer" at the Whitney Museum.
Nov. 11, 2009
ARTNET GOSSIP by Rosetta Stone
Good stuff at Artnet Auctions. Plus, cakes, meat, bullfights and more.
Nov. 10, 2009
GOTHAM ART & THEATER by Elisabeth Kley
George Grosz, Fernell Franco, Sally Mann, Justine Kurland, Hellen van Meene and Keizo Kitajima.
Nov. 6, 2009
PAPER CHASE by Deborah Ripley
Prints in New York in fall 2009, at auction and at the fairs.
Nov. 5, 2009
LOST IN TIME by Ben Davis
Josh Gosfield imagines the life of completely made-up French pop star "Gigi Gaston."
Oct. 29, 2009
RED ALL OVER by Walter Robinson
A spiritual journey -- in ketchup -- from Cosimo Cavallaro.
Oct. 26, 2009
I REALLY WANT TO DIRECT by David D’Arcy
With so many artists working in video, their percolation to feature films is only a matter of time, or of ambition.
Oct. 23, 2009
LIGHT TOUCH by Ben Davis
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer represents the future of art -- but what kind of future is it?
Oct. 21, 2009
LONDON DISPATCH by Laura K. Jones
Frieze Art Fair number seven, plus more, much more.
Oct. 20, 2009
LITTLE THINGS MEAN A LOT by Alexandra Anderson-Spivy
The Brothers Quay, Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt and John Evans, Robert Kinmont and Jacques Henri Lartigue.
Oct. 19, 2009
HOT TAMALE! by Walter Robinson
El Museo del Barrio reopens with "Nexus New York: Latin/American Artists in the Modern Metropolis."
Oct. 19, 2009
ARTNET DESIGN by Brook S. Mason
Glamour, super gilt and some drop dead chic at the 21st Haughton International Fine Art & Antique Dealers Show.
Oct. 16, 2009
WEEKEND UPDATE by Walter Robinson
Joe Brainard, Alfred Gescheidt, Mary McConnell, Simone Lucas, A.R. Penck, Jean Paul Riopelle, the Gagosian store, Mike Glier, more.
Oct. 15, 2009
ENDLESS SUMMER by Lara Taubman
Bruce Nauman, Kenny Scharf, Zoë Sheehan Saldaña, Sanford Biggers, William Leavitt, Gustavo Artigas, Brian Bress, Neïl Beloufa, June Wayne, Titus Kaphar, more.
Oct. 14, 2009
MAGAZINE RACK by Grant Mandarino
October issues of Frieze, Artforum, ARTnews and Art and Auction, summed up.
GOTHAM ART & THEATER by Elisabeth Kley
Genesis P-Orridge, K8 Hardy, the Bernadette Corporation, My Barbarian, Naomi Fisher and Austé.
Oct. 5, 2009
ARTNET DESIGN by Brook S. Mason
Antiques, kitchenalia, gardenalia and more in Lodon. And Anish Kapoor.
September
Sept. 30, 2009
MOSCOW EXPRESS by Matthew Bown
The Moscow Biennale is the best yet; ArtMoscow is an ignominious failure.
Sept. 29, 2009
LONDON DISPATCH by Laura K. Jones
Pestival, Rob Pruitt, Henry Hudson, Museum of Non Participation, Matthew Bannon, Vegas Gallery, Ceal Floyer, Mat Collishaw, more.
WEEKEND UPDATE by Walter Robinson
Louis Eilshemius, Kal Spelletich, Kehinde Wiley, Tauba Auerbach, Davis Rhodes, Rafael Vargas-Suarez, Julie Harvey.
August
Aug. 28, 2009
ARTNET DESIGN by Brook S. Mason
The Anna Wintour sensibility. Plus, a fall design preview, and a bit on the gold bug.
Aug. 24, 2009
GOTHAM ART & THEATER by Elisabeth Kley
David Goldblatt, Song Dong, Mayer Kirshenblatt, Hurvin Anderson, and Annie Pootoogook.
Aug. 20, 2009
MONEY TALKS by Mary Rinebold
The Bruce High Quality Foundation critiques the art market.
Aug. 18, 2009
ARTNET GOSSIP by Rosetta Stone
Art world gears up for September openings, Leibovitz at Danzinger, Obama as G.O.D., more.
Aug. 12, 2009
ALONE IN A CROWD by Roger Boyce
Ronnie Van Hout at Christchurch City Art Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand.
Aug. 7, 2009
THE MUSEUM BUBBLE by Ben Davis
Who’s to blame for the pain of the non-profit art world?
Aug. 7, 2009
ENDLESS SUMMER by Lara Taubman
The Los Angeles gallery scene percolates during the off-season.
Aug. 5, 2009
ARCADIA ALL OVER by N.F. Karlins
"Arcadia" at ClampArt and "Desert Light" at Throckmorton Fine Art.
Aug. 4, 2009
ARTNET DESIGN by Brook S. Mason
Inside MoMA’s Ron Arad show, Met Museum book gossip, Lauren’s second Gilded Age and Clic’s new art gallery paradigm.
July
July 31, 2009
WEEKEND UPDATE by Walter Robinson
"Andy Warhol: From the Factory," Seth Price, Orchard Street galleries, art in Callicoon, more.
July 28, 2009
BACON, HALF-BAKED by Ben Davis
Why philosopher Gilles Deleuze’s book on Francis Bacon is so much tamer than Francis Bacon’s work itself.
July 24, 2009
GOTHAM ART & THEATER by Elisabeth Kley
Summer group shows at Marian Goodman, Murray Guy, Alexander and Bonin, Lisa Cooley, Harris Lieberman, Casey Kaplan.
July 22, 2009
WEEKEND UPDATE by Walter Robinson
"Travels in Conceptual Art," M.A.C. Make-Up Art Cosmetics, "Time-Life" at T&S, Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects, more.
July 20, 2009
IRANIAN ART NOW by Ben Davis
"Iran Inside Out" at the Chelsea Art Museum.
July 6, 2009
REVOLUTION’S WAKE by Blake Stone-Banks
Shows by Huang Rui and Gao Shiqiang represent the changing moment in Beijing.
June
June 25, 2009
GOTHAM ART & THEATER
by Elisabeth Kley
Huang Yong Ping, Patty Chang, Laurel Nakadate, Andrea Fraser, Sadie Benning, Rochelle Feinstein.
June 23, 2009
VIENNA REPORT
by Julie Ryan
Spring in the Austrian capital.
June 22, 2009
WEEKEND UPDATE
by Walter Robinson
Sterling Ruby, filmmaker.
DUCHESS SPARKLE by Brook S. Mason
The Grosvenor House Art & Antiques Fair, the duchess dowager of fairs, garners new sparkle.
June 12, 2009
OLYMPIAN HEIGHTS
by Brook S. Mason
Luxe and big bucks at the 36th annual Olympia International Art & Antiques Fair in London.
June 11, 2009
MANON TRANSFORMER
by Mary Rinebold
New York’s first survey of photographs and installations by the contemporary Swiss artist Manon.
June 10, 2009
BIENNALE DEGREE ZERO by Ben Davis
Daniel Birnbaum’s "Making Worlds" is a Type 0 Biennale.
June 9, 2009
WEEKEND UPDATE by Walter Robinson
Judit Reigl, Jennifer Reeves, Enrico Castellani, Gosha Ostretsov, Michael Brown, more.
June 5, 2009
PARIS DISPATCH by Laura K. Jones
Stanislas Bourgain, Masha Shubina, Gyan Panchal, Didier Trenet, Emeric Glayse, Keiichi Nitta, Yorgos Nikas, Thomas Dryll, Shilpa Gupta, Nick Devereux, more.
June 4, 2009
MAKE DO
by John Drury
Intuitive action and true passion from four Outsider Artists.
June 3, 2009
REPORT FROM MILWAUKEE
by Pedro Vélez Jefferson Pinder and Dennis Balk at Inova, the Green Gallery East and West, Jan Lievens, more.
June 2, 2009
ARTNET.DE DIGEST
by Kimberly Bradley
Berlin Gallery Weekend, Georg Herold, Robert Elfgen, Zbigniew Rogalski, Attila Csörgö, Stella Hamberg, more.
May
May 29, 2009
ARTNET DESIGN by Brook S. Mason Dynamo Donald Judd, ceramics for contemporary art fans, Rudolf Nureyev costumes, more.
May 26, 2009
PEEP SHOW
by Michèle C. Cone
Sex and the phenomenology of looking in "Two Shows: Peeps / Pistoletto"at CUNY’s James Galley.
May 22, 2009
FAIREY TALES by Ben Davis
The myth and reality of Shepard Fairey’s preppy Pop anti-authoritarianism.
May 20, 2009
GOTHAM ART & THEATER by Elisabeth Kley Malcolm Morley, Oliver Herring, Betty Tompkins, Carrie Moyer, Basim Magdy, Glen Baldridge, Michelle Handelman.
May 19, 2009
AN ALEXIS SMITH REVIVAL by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp
Word play and narrative in works by the Los Angeles artist.
May 19, 2009
ARTNET GOSSIP by Rosetta Stone A trip to Greenwich, Brits in Chelsea, fag ends in art.
May 12, 2009
JUST FRIENDS by Alexandra Anderson-Spivy The original of Man Ray’s Le Violon d’Ingres, and other gems, at Pace-MacGill.
May 11, 2009
AROUND ARTROPOLIS by Pedro Vélez Art Chicago, Next and other fair events in the Windy City 2009.
May 4, 2009
KIEV DISPATCH by Laura K. Jones An on-the-spot report on the opening of Damien Hirst’s "Requiem" at the Pinchuk Art Centre.
April
Apr. 30, 2009
ANIMAL SPIRITS by Ben Davis The strengths and limits of Adel Abdessemed’s nihilistic guerrilla art.
Apr. 24, 2009
GOTHAM ART & THEATER by Elisabeth Kley "Late Picasso," John Waters, Kalup Linzy, Kinke Kooi, Thomas Trosch, Richard Allen Morris.
Apr. 22, 2009
ARTNET GOSSIP by Rosetta Stone "Younger Than Jesus" in the temple of commerce.
Apr. 17, 2009
JESUS COMPLEX by Ben Davis The New Museum Triennial fails as a portrait of a generation -- but succeeds as an essay on the "naughty oughties."
Apr. 16, 2009
ARTNET DESIGN by Brook S. Mason Bright spots in design and antiques, despite the recession.
Apr. 7, 2009
PERFECTLY FRANK by Sidney Lawrence Robert Frank’s "Americans" step into the National Gallery.
March
Mar. 30, 2009
The Recession Biennale by Lavinia Filippi An interview with Venice Biennale exhibition director Daniel Birnbaum.
Mar. 27, 2009
GOTHAM ART & THEATER by Elisabeth Kley Carolee Schneemann, Laura Parnes, Paul Sharits, James Castle, Andrew Lord.
Mar. 25, 2009
ARTNET.DE DIGEST by Kimberly Bradley The Berlin art bubble has burst. Sort of.
Mar. 24, 2009
HE’S THE SHIT by Ben Davis Italian conceptualist Piero Manzoni was more of a professional than he seems.
Mar. 23, 2009
ARTNET GOSSIP by Rosetta Stone The Venice Biennale, art sales in New York, Thomas Kinkade and Disney, more.
Mar. 20, 2009
WEEKEND UPDATE by Walter Robinson Jenny Holzer, "It Is What It Is," Emily Jacir, Jacob Kassay, Josh Smith, Richard Phillips, more.
Mar. 18, 2009
AMERICANS IN MILAN by Alice Savorelli TJ Wilcox, Wade Guyton and Catherine Sullivan at Raffaella Cortese and Giò Marconi.
Mar. 13, 2009
THE TWITTER ESTHETIC by Ben Davis The art fair experience finds the form of writing proper to it.
Mar. 13, 2009
LONDON DISPATCH by Laura K. Jones The Colony Room, Keith Coventry, "Mythologies," Alan Miller, Evan Holloway, Cindy Sherman, Wallis Gallery, Alex Melamid, Ull Hohn, Boo Saville, much more.
Mar. 12, 2009
CHICAGO BUILD UP by Pedro Vélez Edvard Munch, Robert Davis and Michael Langlois, Michelle Grabner, Matt Nichols, Matt Hanner, more.
Mar. 6, 2009
WHAT NEVER HAPPENED? by Coline Milliard A new filmic portrait by Jane & Louise Wilson.
Mar. 4, 2009
STARS IN CARS by Walter Robinson New works by Sarah Davis investigate the parlous fate of starlets in a digital age.
February
Feb. 23, 2009
PSYCO-SOCIAL STILL-LIFE by Ben Davis Ruud van Empel’s "Souvenir" series shows how history troubles our fantasies.
Feb. 20, 2009
ARTNET GOSSIP by Rosetta Stone The Art Show, art magazine news, galleries opening and closing, more.
Feb. 19, 2009
GOTHAM ART & THEATER by Elisabeth Kley Mary Heilmann, Derek Jarman, Matta, Justin Samson, Peter Caine, Michael Mahalchick.
Feb. 19, 2009
TREASURY OF STYLE
by Brook S. Mason What to watch in Christie’s sale of the Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé Collection.
THE BOOK LOVER by Jeff Joyce Duncan Hannah’s "Poems and Poets" bring a bohemian past to life.
Feb. 6, 2009
WEEKEND UPDATE by Walter Robinson Pierre Bonnard, Peter Doig, Erik Van Lieshout, more.
Feb. 4, 2009
Arte Fiera Bologna 2009 by Lavinia Filippi The Last Days of Pipilotti Rist’s Pour Your Body Out (7354 Meters).
Jan. 29, 2009
CRISIS AND CRITICISM by Ben Davis The "crisis in criticism" meets the economic crisis.
Jan. 28, 2009
NEW LAMPS FOR OLD by Brook S. Mason Good-bye pricey pilgrim furnishings, hello contemporary flair at the 55th Winter Antiques Show in New York.
Jan. 26, 2009
GOTHAM ART & THEATER
by Elisabeth Kley Stephen Sprouse, Liz Renay, Nick Cage, Barkley L. Hendricks, "Gothic: Dark Glamour," Don Bachardy.
Jan. 23, 2009
PALMY DAYS by Walter Robinson Changes of course at the palmbeach³ art fair.
Jan. 16, 2009
ARTNET GOSSIP by Rosetta Stone "Younger Than Jesus," Jay Jopling hearts Lily Allen, shark attacks, dealers struggle to get paid, an artist in Antarctica, more.
Jan. 15, 2009
OUT IS IN by N.F. Karlins Good news at the 2009 Outsider Art Fair.
Jan. 9, 2009
CULTURE JAM by Jesi Khadivi Three Bay Area artists at L.A.’s new Charlie James Gallery.
Jan. 8, 2009
ART AND IDEA by Alexandra Anderson-Spivy An acre of Sol LeWitt drawings at Mass MoCA.
Jan. 7, 2009
ARTNET DESIGN by Brook S. Mason A look back at 2008, and the year ahead.
Jan. 5, 2009
GOTHAM ART & THEATER by Elisabeth Kley Nathalie Djurberg, Trenton Doyle Hancock, Joyce Pensato, Nayland Blake, Lily Ludlow and Allen Cordell, Josef Strau.
Jan. 5, 2009
PUERTO RICAN SUN by Pedro Vélez Comedy and corruption in the celebrated U.S. territory.
December
Dec. 30, 2008
THE 2008 REVUE by Walter Robinson and Ben Davis "Fly high, fall hard," a motto for the times.
Dec. 19, 2008
REAL NORTH AMERICA by Alexandra Anderson-Spivy Neil Jenney’s recent work.
Dec. 18, 2008
BAD MANNERS by Ilka Scobie The great Italian artist Carol Rama gets her due in a major New York exhibition.
PAWN SHOP CONCEPTUALISM by Ben Davis Jeff Sonhouse’s "composites" reach for a neither/nor esthetic.
Dec. 9, 2008
MIAMI MEMORIES 2008 by Walter Robinson Odds and ends from Miami’s annual art fair week.
Dec. 5, 2008
CRISIS, WHAT CRISIS? by Walter Robinson Weathering the storm at Art Basel Miami Beach.
Dec. 5, 2008
DRAWING NOTEBOOK by N.F. Karlins Six centuries of drawings of New York City at the New-York Historical Society.
Dec. 1, 2008
GOTHAM ART & THEATER by Elisabeth Kley Cindy Sherman, Richard Prince, Jonathan Horowitz, Stan Douglas, Christopher Brooks, Gail Thacker.
November
Nov. 25, 2008
ARTNET.DE DIGEST by Kimberly Bradley ABC, Berlin Art Forum, Jeff Koons, Vik Muniz, Iona Rozeal Brown, Udo Kittelmann, Candace Breitz, Thomas Eller, more.
Nov. 20, 2008
OH YES THEY DID! by Ben Davis The Yes Men and Friends take on the New York Times.
Nov. 17, 2008
HIGH MODERNISM by Brook S. Mason Sanford Smith’s 23rd annual "Modernism: A Century of Style and Design" at the Park Avenue Armory.
Nov. 13, 2008
FOLK ART NOTEBOOK by N.F. Karlins James Castle, Thomas Chambers and Martín Ramírez.
Nov. 11, 2008
DEAD HEAT by Ben Davis Berlinde de Bruyckere riffs on the wretchedness of life.
Nov. 10, 2008
BLEEDING-HEART BIENNALE by Walter Robinson Dan Cameron and the "Prospect.1 New Orleans" international biennial in New Orleans.
October
Oct. 28, 2008
GOTHAM ART & THEATER by Elisabeth Kley Leon Golub, Berlinde de Bruyckere, Medardo Rosso, Robert Melee, Nicole Cherubini, Aurel Schmidt, more.
Oct. 24, 2008
SPACE CADETS by Walter Robinson "Theanyspacewhatever" at the Guggenheim Museum.
Oct. 21, 2008
COOL COSMOLOGY by Ilka Scobie Thomas Woodruff’s delirious solar system.
Oct. 17, 2008
AN ODD COUPLE by N.F. Karlins "Georgia O’Keeffe and Ansel Adams" at the Smithsonian.
Oct. 16, 2008
A NEW CHAPTER ON TASTE by Brook S. Mason The 20th International Fine Art and Antique Dealers Show takes the measure of the market.
Oct. 15, 2008
SCENES FROM SHANGHAI by Ben Davis Searching for the soul of the Chinese art world.
Oct. 7, 2008
LONDON LETTER by Ben Street Jorge Queiroz, Ewan Gibbs, Anthony Goicolea and Roger Hiorns.
September
Sept. 30, 2008
PUERTO RICAN SUN by Pedro Vélez The FAS 08 Sound Art Fair in San Juan.
Sept. 25, 2008
GOTHAM ART & THEATER by Elisabeth Kley Sue Williams, Bendix Harms, John Bock, Tam Ochiai, Leigh Ledare, Agathe Snow, Genesis P-Orridge, more.
Sept. 19, 2008
THE CHINA PRICE by Ben Davis Stalking the elusive Chinese collector at ShContemporary.
Sept. 12, 2008
ARTNET DESIGN by Brook S. Mason "Gothic: Dark Glamour," Trafik at Morgans Hotel, The Duchess, Yves Saint Laurent, Babar, "Home Delivery," more.
Sept. 8, 2008
AN ELEGANT RETREAT by N.F. Karlins The summer ends with a trip to the New York Chinese Scholar’s Garden.
Sept. 5, 2008
ESTHETIC POLITICS? by Ben Davis The idea that art is a model for politics is the biggest art-critical boondoggle around.
Sept. 4, 2008
THINK ABOUT IT by Walter Robinson Sense data and symbol systems in paintings by Dena Shottenkirk.
August
Aug. 28, 2008
TWO FRIDAS by Ben Davis Frida Kahlo’s surreal Socialist Realism.
ARTNET.DE DIGEST by Kimberly Bradley Collier Schorr, Rupprecht Geiger, Wolfgang Tillmans, "Rohkunstbau," "Art Biesenthal," Sammlung Gerstenberg-Scharf, Berlin’s White Cube, more.
Aug. 14, 2008
SUMMER SOCIAL by N.F. Karlins Political art in "Competing Ideologies" at D. Wigmore Fine Art. Plus, "Philip Guston: Works on Paper."
Aug. 13, 2008
KOENIG OF THE CATSKILLS by Walter Robinson New York dealer Leo Koenig opens a satellite gallery in his dairy barn.
Aug. 7, 2008
GOTHAM ART & THEATER by Elisabeth Kley Group shows galore, at Gavin Brown, Maccarone, Matthew Marks, Greene Naftali, Moti Hasson, D’Amelio Terras and Canada.
Aug. 6, 2008
COTTAGE INDUSTRY by Andrew Berardini L.A.’s new Cottage Home gallery and the evolution of the Chinatown gallery art scene.
Aug. 4, 2008
SKYBOXES by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp Halfway between the prairie and the Jetsons with the architecture of John Lautner.
July
July 31, 2008
UP PERISCOPE by Ben Davis The unlikely tale of Scope Hamptons ‘08.
July 29, 2008
ARTNET DESIGN by Brook S. Mason Arad-mania, gasoline alley trophy heads, Christie’s design auctions, Brideshead Revisited, Thomas Hope, MAD’s new quarters, more.
July 28, 2008
LONDON DISPATCH by Laura K. Jones Sudeley Castle, Boo Saville, CCC Moscow, Alexei Buldakov, Diane Machulina, Sacha Newley, Liliane Lijn, Mat Collishaw, Tracey Emin, more.
July 25, 2008
NATURAL FACTS by Ben Davis "After Nature" shows it’s easier to turn apocalypse into a motif than it is to imagine it sincerely.
July 18, 2008
WEEKEND UPDATE by Walter Robinson Larry Fink, Leopoldo Maler, Leonid Lerman, Charles Matton, Edith Maybin, Danny Lyon, Luigi Benedicenti, more.
THE IRAQI CENTURY OF ART by Ben Davis Mohammed al Hamadany’s Night of Fire and 100 years of struggle by Iraqi artists.
July 11, 2008
GOTHAM ART & THEATER by Elisabeth Kley Jane and Louise Wilson, Mat Collishaw, Harry Dodge and Stanya Kahn, Tetsumi Kudo, Cameron Hayes, Dawn Mellor.
July 3, 2008
WEEKEND UPDATE by Walter Robinson Louise Bourgeois, "Dali and Film," "Retrospective" at Gagosian, Sarah Braman, Lower East Side galleries, more.
June
June 20, 2008
GOTHAM ART & THEATER by Elisabeth Kley Natsuki Uruma, E’wao Kagoshima, Kerry James Marshall, Laleh Khorramian and Ellen Cantor.
June 18, 2008
MALACHITE, MEISSEN, MOSCOW by Brook S. Mason Russians love the traditional English country house look, frothed up with continental trimmings.
June 18, 2008
BUILDING BLOCKS by Ben Davis David Byrne’s Playing the Building: Once in a lifetime experience, or road to nowhere?
June 16, 2008
PERIPHERAL VISION by Kimberly Bradley The second edition of the new Art Athina fair is all about being on the edge.
June 10, 2008
OLYMPIAN SWAGGER by Brook S. Mason The Olympia International Art & Antiques Fair goes contemporary.
June 10, 2008
MOSCOW EXPRESS by Kate Sutton Art Moscow 2008, the World Fine Art Fair, the new MCAA, Volker Diehl, Gary Tatinsian, Dmitry Prigov, more.
June 6, 2008
BASELMANIA 2008 by Walter Robinson Esthetic delirium in the art fair city.
June 5, 2008
TREASURING CRETE by N.F. Karlins "From the Land of the Labyrinth" at the Onassis Cultural Center.
June 4, 2008
LONDON DISPATCH by Laura K. Jones Gary Webb, the Hix Oyster and Chop, John Currin, Nicholas of London, Harland Miller, Mat Collishaw, Brenda Beban, Mustafa Hulusi, Keith Coventry, more.
June 3, 2008
BIG AT BASEL by Walter Robinson Art 39 Basel opens with "Art Unlimited" and "Art Statements."
May
May 28, 2008
ARTNET.DE DIGEST by Kimberly Bradley Berlin’s "Gallery Weekend," the new "Hallen am Wasser" gallery district, and the Boros Collection art bunker.
May 27, 2008
GOTHAM ART & THEATER by Elisabeth Kley Jonathan Meese, Otto Muehl, Joan Mitchell, Gert & Uwe Tobias, David Altmejd, Rachel Feinstein, Delia Brown, Robert Hawkins.
May 23, 2008
FIRE AND ICE by Ben Davis Sexual dysfunction and environmental consciousness at the Reykjavik Arts Festival in Iceland.
May 19, 2008
ATLAS OF MINDSCAPES by Robert G. Edelman For Pier Pizzi Cannella, a map is a mystery.
May 16, 2008
HAPPENING NOW by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp Sotheby’s contemporary does a record-setting $362 million.
May 12, 2008
WEEKEND UPDATE by Walter Robinson Superhero fashion, Serge Spitzer, celebrating Tony Shafrazi, more.
May 9, 2008
THE BILLY PAPPAS PROBLEM by Ben Davis Julie Checkoway’s documentary Waiting for Hockney raises questions about the sociology of art.
May 9, 2008
ARTNET DESIGN by Brook S. Mason Wendell Castle, Wright sells Louis Kahn and more, and Sebastian+Barquet on a roll.
April
Apr. 30, 2008
SEAT ASSIGNMENT by Ben Street A provocative and elegant installation by Hans Schabus at the Barbican Art Gallery, London.
Apr. 30, 2008
ARTNET.DE DIGEST by Kimberly Bradley The Gregor Schneider "dying" controversy, Jean Fabre in the Louvre, Berlin art-fair news.
Apr. 28, 2008
THE INSIDER’S OUTSIDER
by Ben Davis Henry Darger’s "unrealism" and the anxiety of influence.
Apr. 25, 2008
CINEMA HIRSHHORNA by Sidney Lawrence "The Cinema Effect" at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden.
Apr. 22, 2008
CLAUDE AT THE CLARK by Paul Jeromack Inside a major museum acquisition of drawings by Claude Lorrain.
Apr. 18, 2008
GOTHAM ART & THEATER by Elisabeth Kley Marcel Dzama, Henry Darger, Angelo Filomeno, Hope Atherton, Peter Hujar, Mika Tajima, Glen Fogel, Eric Heist.
Apr. 16, 2008
SHADOW DANCING by Kimberly Bradley Confrontations and confusion in the 5th Berlin Biennale.
Apr. 16, 2008
ANIMAL KINGDOM by Sarah Canner Liu Jia’s "Social Fables" at Galerie Vallois.
Apr. 14, 2008
PUERTO RICAN SUN by Walter Robinson Art and artists at the third annual Circa Puerto Rico art fair.
Apr. 11, 2008
ART IN FLUX by Ben Davis Flux Factory’s final show marks the end of an era.
Apr. 8, 2008
LONDON DISPATCH by Laura K. Jones Thomas Scheibitz, Angus Fairhurst, Derek Jarman, Les Blank, Michael Landy, more.
Apr. 7, 2008
WEEKEND UPDATE by Walter Robinson Warhol’s Jews, Rauschenberg’s ecology, Ashley Bickerton, Ryan McGinley, Daniel Richter, "Substraction," more.
Apr. 2, 2008
CARIBBEAN CACHET by Pedro Velez The Museo de Arte de Ponce is one great museum in the Caribbean.
March
Mar. 28, 2008
FAIR WEATHER? by Walter Robinson The Armory, Volta, Scope, Pulse, LA Art, Bridge, more.
Mar. 24, 2008
HELLO DUBAI by Ana Finel Honigman Art Dubai, the Creek Art Fair, more.
Mar. 20, 2008
ARTNET.DE DIGEST by Kimberly Bradley Surrend controversy at Galerie Nord, galleries leave Cologne for Berlin, more.
Mar. 18, 2008
STREETS OF SAN FRANCISCO by Brian Andrews Jens Haaning, Paul McCarthy, Nicholas Graham, Albert Reyes, Packard Jennings, Steve Lambert, Paul Shambroom, more.
Mar. 14, 2008
REALISM AND VOYEURISM by Michèle C. Cone Gustave Courbet liked to see what he was not supposed to see.
Mar. 13, 2008
PLAYING WITH FIRE by Alexandra Anderson-Spivy Cai Guo-Qiang’s "I Want to Believe" at the Guggenheim Museum.
Mar. 13, 2008
CAI GUO-KILLER by Ben Davis In the basement with Chinese art star Cai Guo-Qiang.
Mar. 12, 2008
THE NEW NEW CHIC by Brook S. Mason Deco arts stylish reign at TEFAF Maastricht 08.
Mar. 10, 2008
WEEKEND UPDATE by Walter Robinson Jane Simpson, John F. Simon Jr., the Whitney Biennial, the New Museum, Hannah Wilke, Dennis Kardon, more.
Mar. 7, 2008
RAVE ON by Ben Davis A "rave review" for the Whitney’s 2008 biennial.
Mar. 5, 2008
MIDDLE EASTERN ALLURE by Brook S. Mason New art fairs, and new challenges, in the United Arab Emirates.
Mar. 4, 2008
FOLK HEROINE by N.F. Karlins A retrospective of the celebrated self-taught painter Malcah Zeldis.
February
Feb. 21, 2008
PHANTOM SENSATIONS by Kathryn Garcia Andreas Hofer’s end-of-art funhouse.
Feb. 20, 2008
LONDON DISPATCH by Laura K. Jones Rachel Howard, The Approach, Roman Signer, Poppy de Villeneuve, Germaine Kruip, Darren Almond, Paul Pfeiffer, Marc Quinn, Peter Doig, more.
Feb. 19, 2008
LYRICAL NEW YORK
by Ilka Scobie Yvonne Jacquette and Rudy Burckhardt at the Museum of the City of New York.
Feb. 15, 2008
THE BLING GAME by Ben Davis Say hello to Luis Gispert’s little friend.
Feb. 15, 2008
CAPITAL ROUNDUP by Sidney Lawrence A Panda pick-me-up, roller-coaster moods and New York nostalgia on 14th Street. Plus, D.C.’s new Norman Foster courtyard.
Feb. 14, 2008
ARTNET.DE DIGEST by Kimberly Bradley Berlin as part MySpace, part iTunes. Plus, Alexander Bühler, Roman Lipski, Brian Alfred, Roman Schramm, more.
Feb. 13, 2008
Alas and Alack at LACMA by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp The elephant in the room at LACMA’s new Broad Contemporary Art Museum.
Feb. 4, 2008
GARDEN OF LIFE by Julia Morton Dieu Donné celebrates the life and work of New York artist Alan Shields (1944-2005)
January
Jan. 30, 2008
L.A. CONFIDENTIAL by Walter Robinson Michael Asher at SMMoA, ART LA 2008 and the Los Angeles Art Show, Culver City galleries, more.
Jan. 29, 2008
PAIN WITHOUT INJURY by Eliza Slavet Works by Avi Alpert & Steven Lam, Steve Ausbury and Olen Hsu at PS122 Gallery.
RAY OF LIGHT by Ben Street Rediscovering Anthony McCall’s Line Describing a Cone.
Jan. 10, 2008
PARIS AFLICKER by Sarah Canner Victor Erice, Abbas Kiarostami, Jim Shaw, Ariane Michel, Elina Brotherus, Bruno Serralongue.
Jan. 3, 2008
MODERNISM & MATERIAL by Walter Robinson "Drawing in Space" at Richard Feigen & Co.
December
Dec. 24, 2007
MIAMI POST MORTEM by Ben Davis The "social unconscious" in Art Basel Miami Beach and beyond.
Dec. 21, 2007
ARTNET.DE DIGEST by Kimberly Bradley New directors for Berlin museums, Heiner Bastian builds, Hamburger Bahnhof sold, "white cube" for Berlin, more.
Dec. 20, 2007
ARTNET DESIGN by Brook S. Mason Marcus Tremonto, gallery bling, Robert M. Kulicke and Bessie Jamieson, Armand Rateau, Tony Duquette, more.
Dec. 19, 2007
NEW DELHI IN THE OLD WORLD by Alice Savorelli Contemporary Indian art comes to Milan, courtesy Primo Marella Gallery.
Dec. 14, 2007
HEARTS OF DARKNESS
by Pedro Velez Art vs. economic oppression in works by Steve McQueen and Hubert Sauper.
Dec. 12, 2007
EVERYDAY PARIS
by N.F. Karlins Gabriel de Saint-Aubin was the Manet of the Enlightenment.
Dec. 11, 2007
QUIET TIME by Roberta Fallon Eileen Neff at the Philadelphia Institute of Contemporary Art.
Dec. 10, 2007
ONE MORE ON MIAMI by Walter Robinson CIFO, car karma, Catherine Sullivan, Margulies, Aqua, photo fairs, "Art & Value," etc.
Dec. 7, 2007
MIAMI MYASTHENIA by Walter Robinson Art Miami, Scope, the Rubell Collection, NADA, the Miami Art Museum, Design Miami, more.
Dec. 7, 2007
PATTERNS AND POSSIBILITIES by Adrian Dannatt An exhibition of new paintings by the celebrated School of Paris artist, Françoise Gilot.
Dec. 6, 2007
MIAMI EN GARDE by Walter Robinson Art Basel Miami Beach, Flow, Joe’s Stone Crab, etc.
Dec. 6, 2007
POSERS AND ROCKERS by Pedro Velez The Chicago MCA ventures a show on art and rock music.
Dec. 5, 2007
MIAMI IN PIECES by Walter Robinson Grilled meats, Pulse, Geisai, bathroom breaks, Jorge Pardo, Carlos Amorales, Emmanuel Perrotin, more.
Dec. 4, 2007
WESTERN PROMISES by Ben Davis Piotr Uklanski’s ""Western"" Summer Love.
November
Nov. 29, 2007
PARIS IN THE FALL by Michèle C. Cone "The Third Mind" at the Palais de Tokyo, the new Cité de l’architecture et du patrimoine, Diaspora, Alexander Ponomarev, more.
Nov. 27, 2007
NEW LIVES FOR OLD by Jane Harris Surviving Wooloo Productions’ Life Exchange.
Nov. 27 2007
SAN FRANCISCO HAPPENINGS by Brian Andrews Olafur Elaisson, Douglas Gordon, Takeshi Murata, Will Rogan, Tracy Timman, Liz Walsh, Tony Labat, Nathan Redwood, more.
Nov. 19, 2007
DISASTER TEAM by Ben Davis The beauty of drowning Africans in Isaac Julien and Russell Maliphant’s "Cast No Shadow."
DREAM WEAVER by Carlo McCormick Isaac Abrams’ psychonautical adventures.
September
Sept. 27, 2007
MAN AND SUPERMAN by Ben Davis Shaun El C. Leonardo, budding superartist.
Sept. 26, 2007
ARTNET DESIGN
by Brook S. Mason Friedman Benda, Breuer at Wright, MacBain’s bags, Nan Kempner, Noguchi, Jansen furniture, John Beresford Fowler, more.
Sept. 25, 2007
APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION by Brian Skar The 1st Athens Biennial, "Her(his)tory" and "Re-Map KM" in Athens.
Sept. 20, 2007
SHCONSUMER SHCONFIDENCE by Summer Kumar A promising start for ShContemporary, the new Shanghai art fair.
Sept. 19, 2007
WEEKEND UPDATE by Walter Robinson Sol LeWitt, Huma Bhabha, Arlene Shechet, more.
Sept. 11, 2007
WEEKEND UPDATE by Walter Robinson Keith Tyson, Larry Clark, Jessica Craig-Martin, Jedediah Caesar, Damien Hirst, more.
Sept. 16, 2007
PUERTO RICAN SUN by Pedro Velez Open season with Ada Bobonis and Karlo Ibarra.
August
Aug. 16, 2007
Art and Politics by Jane Harris A modest "Resistance Is. . ." at the Whitney Museum.
Aug. 16, 2007
GETTING INTIMATE AT YALE by N.F. Karlins Tokens of love and respect from the Jane Katcher Collection of Americana.
Aug. 15, 2007
THE MINUTE by Abraham Orden Banks Violette, Dash Snow and Dan Colen, group show highlights, more.
Aug. 9, 2007
ART IN THE WOODS by Walter Robinson Ann-Sofi Siden, David Hammons, Nate Loman, Serge Spitzer and more at Artbarn in Qiuogue on Long Island.
Aug. 3, 2007
NEW WORLD AT SALZBURG
by Brook S. Mason The new Salzburg World Fine Art Fair mixes Mozart sonatas and Meissen porcelain with the occasional avant-garde piece.
Aug. 1, 2007
FAIR FLIP-FLOPS by Ben Davis Commerce and/or personality at the third Scope Hamptons.
July
July 27, 2007
WEEKEND UPDATE by Walter Robinson Martin Creed at Bard, "What Is Painting" at MoMA, "The Shapes of Space" at the Guggenheim, more.
July 27, 2007
THE ART OF WINNERS by Paul H-O Ron Rocheleau his roster of art-star money shots.
July 26, 2007
LEFT COAST by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp Richard Ross, Renée Petropoulos and "L.A. Object."
July 23, 2007
L.A. CONFIDENTIAL by Emma Gray Boy Los Angeles, with Chris Beas, Amir H. Fallah, Dan Ho and Osman Khan, plus Lynn Hershman, galleries in Chinatown, more.
July 20, 2007
GLOBALIZED FEMINISM by Ben Davis Can Miwa Yanagi dismantle the master’s house with the master’s tools?
July 19, 2007
ROME OPEN CITY by Kristen Lorello Negotiating issues of space and structure in Rome’s contemporary art scene.
July 16, 2007
ARTNET DESIGN by Brook S. Mason Art & realty, Ezra Stoller, collectible textiles, Russian modernist architecture, Macklowe redesigns, more.
July 10, 2007
CHINA SUMMER by Summer Kumar A dissected brontosaurus in Beijing, deserted amusement parks in Shanghai.
July 9, 2007
WEEKEND UPDATE by Walter Robinson More on Robert Storr’s "thinking with the senses, seeing with the mind".
July 3, 2007
LIGHT TOUCH by Ben Street Paul Chan’s epic, fantastical animations at the Serpentine Gallery in London.
June
June 28, 2007
POP TRIBAL by N.F. Karlins The Phantom makes a surprise appearance on fighting shields from Papua New Guinea.
June 25, 2007
MÜNSTER MINUTE by Abraham Orden Public art and its problems at Skulptur Projekte Münster 2007.
June 18, 2007
ART CAPITAL by Walter Robinson The market triumphs at Art 38 Basel.
June 15, 2007
LOST IN SPACE by Walter Robinson Documenta 12 roams the globe and finds. . . what?
June 13, 2007
POWER PLAY by Ben Davis Tom Friedman’s aluminum foil sculptures are portraits of Aby Rosen as a "fun" guy.
June 13, 2007
L.A. CONFIDENTIAL by Emma Gray "Eden’s Edge" and "Sans Soleil" on the future of Los Angeles.
June 12, 2007
RED IS THE COLOR by Alice Savorelli New works by Pino Pinelli in Milan.
June 11, 2007
CACCIA AL TESORO by Walter Robinson The art-lover’s "treasure hunt" during the Venice Biennale 2007.
June 8, 2007
KVETCH FEST by Walter Robinson The 52nd Venice Biennale leaves ‘em griping.
June 7, 2007
THE MINUTE by Abraham Orden Devin Leonardi, Wayne Gonzales, David Ratcliff, Richard Tuttle, Tim Hawkinson, Jason Meadows, Barbara Bloom, Anselm Reyle, more.
June 6, 2007
SYGHRONI ELLINIKI by Walter Robinson Art Athina 2007 takes the Greek art scene to a new level.
May
May 31, 2007
NOUS VOILA! by Walter Robinson Montreal, Canada’s French "Sin City," is the country’s "art central."
May 27, 2007
MEMORIES OF PAST TIME by Adrian Dannatt Painter Duncan Hannah summons a specifically English esthetic.
May 25, 2007
ARTNET DESIGN by Sheldon LaPierre The new art and design scene in Los Angeles.
May 25, 2007
AFTER THE DELUGE by Mary Rinebold Agathe Snow plans a post-apocalyptic future.
May 23, 2007
THAT’S THE SPIRIT by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp Marnie Weber provides a feminized variant of testosterone-driven West Coast installation art.
May 21, 2007
WEEKEND UPDATE by Walter Robinson Marc Quinn, Tony Cragg, Damián Ortega, Roxy Paine, Mr., Betty Tompkins, Markus Lüpertz, Darby Bannard, more.
May 18, 2007
CAPITAL ROUNDUP by Sidney Lawrence Washington, D.C., goes for the brass ring with its own art fair.
May 16, 2007
HOLLOW LAUGHER by Ben Davis David Godbold answers the question: Why isn’t postmodern art funnier?
May 14, 2007
SALES, SALES, SALES by Brook S. Mason Anna and Brian Haughton’s International Fine Art Fair reveals a masterful and changing market.
May 11, 2007
PINAULT AND CO. by Ben Davis A glorious romance with power in "Sequence 1" at the Palazzo Grassi in Venice.
May 7, 2007
THE MINUTE by Abraham Orden Dana Schutz, Josh Smith, Hannah Van Bart, Katharina Wulff, Shana Moulton, Liz Deschenes, Sterling Ruby, more.
May 2, 2007
ARTNET DESIGN by Brook S. Mason Fast paced changes in Manhattan and beyond.
April
Apr. 25, 2007
STREET SHOTS by Paul H-O Dona Ann McAdams and the performance of self in everyday life.
Apr. 24, 2007
MUMBAI JUMBO by Summer Kumar Abstract painting and giant fingerprints in the Indian megacity.
Apr. 20, 2007
CRAZY FOR COLOGNE by Walter Robinson A new look for the 40th annual Art Cologne.
Apr. 19, 2007
LONDON LETTER by Ben Street "Very Abstract and Hyper Figurative," George Condo, Ian Monroe, Marcel Dzama, more.
Apr. 17, 2007
IRANIAN EVOLUTION by Ben Davis A secret politics in Abbas Kiarostami’s photos and videos.
Apr. 16, 2007
DIZZYING HEIGHTS by N.F. Karlins The Stendhal Syndrome at two Old Master exhibitions in London.
Apr. 13, 2007
LOOK AGAIN by Walter Robinson The AIPAD Photography Show 2007.
Apr. 12, 2007
YOUNG NOISE by Pedro Velez Jorge Castro and Davila 666 rock the Noise music scene of San Juan.
Apr. 10, 2007
PUERTO RICAN SUN by Walter Robinson A report from Circa ’07 in San Juan.
Apr. 5, 2007
THE MINUTE by Abraham Orden Stefan Kern, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Gordon Matta-Clark, Mary Lucier, Sam Gordon, Johannes VanDerBeek, Mrzyk & Moriceau, Wilhelm Sasnal.
Apr. 3, 2007
SPICE OF LIFE by Paul H-O Martin Creed’s "Variety Show" on the Lower East Side.
March
Mar. 16, 2007
WEEKEND UPDATE by Walter Robinson Arnold Newman, Robert Rauschenberg, Jim Dine, Robert Ryman, Karin Davies, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Odd Nerdrum, more.
Mar. 13, 2007
DECORATIVE ARTS DIARY by Brook S. Mason Dutch Masters: The European Fine Art Fair, at a mere 20 years old.
Mar. 8, 2007
WEEKEND UPDATE by Walter Robinson "Barcelona and Modernity," "Dateline Israel," The Sabine Women, Jeff Wall, Lorna Simpson, "Not for Sale," Stefan Eins, Elisabeth Kley, Cary Leibowitz, Rachel Howard, more.
Mar. 8, 2007
CAPITAL ROUNDUP
by Sidney Lawrence John Baldessari curates at the Hirshhorn. Plus, lots of action in D.C. galleries.
Mar. 2, 2007
IMAGE ALCHEMY by Adrian Dannatt Ena Swansea’s new paintings have an almost occult intensity.
Mar. 2, 2007
REPORT FROM PARIS by Chris Bors Takashi Murakami, body artist. Plus, Valérie Belin, Allan Wiener, Daniel Zeller, Heather Bennett, Meredyth Sparks, Karen Kilimnik, Kristof Kintera, more.
THE LONG VIEW by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp Art history catches up to Vija Celmins.
Feb. 26, 2007
LA LA LAND by Ben Davis L.A. Art challenges New York on its own turf.
Feb. 23, 2007
THE "IT" FACTOR
What makes something hot? A survey inspired by a forthcoming New Museum panel.
Feb. 22, 2007
ART SHOW CONTEMPORARY by Brook S. Mason
The ADAA Art Show goes contemporary in a spiffed-up armory.
Feb. 22, 2007
OLYMPIC METAL by Grant Mandarino
An outdoor museum in Seattle, a city where it rains half the year.
Feb. 21, 2007
PUERTO RICAN SUN by Pedro Velez
Photographers, graffiti and ghosts -- Tristán Reyes, Elsa Melendez, Bik Ismo, Lee Quinones, Aby Ruíz and Jose Luis Vargas.
Feb. 16, 2007
ARTE AMA ARCO by Walter Robinson
The esthetics of shopping at the Spanish world’s top art fair.
Feb. 15, 2007
THE "IT" FACTOR by Walter Robinson
What makes something hot? A survey inspired by a forthcoming New Museum panel.
Feb. 15, 2007
FOLK ART NOTEBOOK by N.F. Karlins
Martín Ramírez’s fractured "psychic maps." Plus, Thomas Burleson.
Feb. 14, 2007
L.A. CONFIDENTIAL by Emma Gray
Movie stars and hot sales at Art L.A.
Feb. 14, 2007
NET WORTH by Ben Davis
The dilemmas of science-as-art in curator Marisa Olson’s "Networked Nature."
Feb. 13, 2007
FAIRS ON THE FRINGE by John Drury
Three "outsider" art fairs make SoHo’s Puck Building their home.
Feb. 8, 2007
THE STATE WE’RE IN by Ben Street
Mark Wallinger’s anti-war anti-monument at Tate Britain.
Feb. 6, 2007
WEEKEND UPDATE by Walter Robinson
Stan Douglas’ Klatassin, Stephen G. Rhoades’ Recurrency, art on West 29th Street, more.
Feb. 5, 2007
BRINGING THE COOL by Natasha Roje
A suite of new works by David Hammons takes aim at the rich.
Feb. 2, 2007
PHNOM PENH DIARY by Joe Fyfe
Cambodia’s capital through an art critic’s eyes.
January
Jan. 31, 2007
LIKE A PRAYER by Ana Finel Honigman
Contemporary devotion in Ryan McGinley’s photographs of Morrissey and his fans.
Jan. 30, 2007
THE NEW YORK LIST by Brook S. Mason
New trends in the antiques world, from the 2007 Winter Antiques Show to the Chelsea art district.
Jan. 24, 2007
THE WINDY APPLE by Abraham Orden
Jay Heikes, Josh Smith, Gavin Turk, Mel Bochner, Philip Vanderhyden, Matt Stole, Leslie Baum, Melanie Schiff, Deb Sokolow and Mitzi Pederson.
Jan. 22, 2007
WEEKEND UPDATE by Walter Robinson
Terence Koh, Kembra Pfahler, Bambi the Mermaid, Joe Ovelman, Tony Matelli, Paulina Olowska, Carrie Moyer, Robert Chambers, more.
Jan. 19, 2007
DECORATIVE ARTS DIARY by Brook S. Mason
A pumped-up Americana market at the Winter Antiques Show and more.
Jan. 12, 2007
FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH by Kimberly Bradley
Berlin’s Brunnenstrasse bubbles with new galleries and (very) young art.
Jan. 9, 2007
PETAL PERFECTION by Ilka Scobie
Portia Munson’s contemporary flower mandalas.
Jan. 8, 2007
WEEKEND UPDATE by Walter Robinson
Brice Marden, Ellsworth Kelly, Robert Irwin, Inigo Manglano-Ovalle, Monica Bonvicini, Jock Sturges, Maro Gorky, more.
CAPITAL ROUNDUP by Sidney Lawrence
Internationalists and regionalists battle it out in D.C.
May 19, 2006
L.A. CONFIDENTIAL by Emma Gray
Coachella, Kim Light, Sean Duffy, Jen Liu, Dani Tull, Lorna Simpson, more.
May 18, 2006
THE WINDY APPLE by Abraham Orden
A report from Art Chicago, the Nova Art Fair and the Chicago gallery scene.
May 17, 2006
KLEE IN AMERICA by Dena Shottenkirk
"Klee and America" at the Neue Galerie in New York.
May 16, 2006
THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS by Kathryn Garcia
Delia & Gavin create a monument to the twisted Hollywood of Kenneth Anger.
May 12, 2006
WEEKEND UPDATE by Walter Robinson
Richard Serra, Tony Smith, Mark di Suvero, Josiah McElheny, Olafur Eliasson, Tony Oursler, Kay Schimert, E.V. Day, more.
May 4, 2006
INANE ASYLUM by Ben Davis
Wooloo Productions offers up an immigrant "Survivor" as art in "AsylumNYC."
May 3, 2006
REPORT FROM PARIS by Chris Sharp
Ingres, Bonnard, Pierre Huyghe, "Notre Historie," "La Force de l'art," more.
April
Apr. 28, 2006
BIG TILDA by David D'Arcy
Photographer Lucy Gray brings the image of androgyny to San Francisco City Hall.
Apr. 27, 2006
WEEKEND UPDATE by Walter Robinson
Ceal Floyer, Eduardo Sarabia, Alexis Rockman, Cai Guo-Qiang, Aaron Parazette, more.
Apr. 24, 2006
DIAS DE LOS MUERTOS by Kathryn Garcia
Enrique Metinides' death-obsessed photos of Mexico City come to L.A.
Apr. 21, 2006
THIRTEEN UNEASY PIECES by Ben Davis
Chinese video art at P.S.1's "The Thirteen: Chinese Video Now."
Apr. 20, 2006
LONDON HORTICULTURE by Ana Finel Honigman
Spring has sprung, with works by Maaike Schoorel, James Aldridge, Andrew Mania, Nigel Cooke, Jacques Nimki, more.
Apr. 17, 2006
WEEKEND UPDATE by Walter Robinson
Max Liebermann, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Fred Wilson, Pierre Huyghe, Tobias Rehberger, Joey Kötting, Manuel Ocampo, more.
Apr. 13, 2006
DEADPAN MAGIC by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp
Visual wit in the collages and paintings of Roy Dowell. Gallery, more.
Apr. 13, 2006
L.A. CONFIDENTIAL by Emma Gray
Coco Fusco at MC, Dennis Hopper at Ace, Håvard Homstvedt at Kantor/Feuer Gallery, more.
LOOK AGAIN
by Ben Davis
Photography in New York -- the AIPAD photo show, Tracey Moffatt, Jacques-Henri Lartigue, Christopher Williams and Florian Maier-Aichen.
Feb. 13, 2006
ARTE FIERA 2006
by Joe La Placa
Do Italian artists need a new manifesto for the 21st century?
Feb. 10, 2006
ARCO AT 25
by Walter Robinson
More than 275 galleries from 35 countries at the celebrated Spanish art fair.
Feb. 10, 2006
RETURN FIRE
by Ben Davis
New images of art from Iraq in New York.
DATELINE BROOKLYN
by Stephen Maine
Peter Finnemore, Jim Nolan, Stephen Westfall, Elizabeth Grady, Rick Briggs, Sharon Lawless, more.
Jan. 4, 2006
REPORT FROM PUERTO RICO
by Walter Robinson
Jorge Pardo designs a house. Plus, the Museum of Puerto Rican Art, "Taxi Galeria," more.
December
Dec. 16, 2005
Pop Life
by Ben Davis
0100101110101101.ORG proves Europe kicks butt.
Dec. 13, 2005
PRAIRIE SMOKE
by Victor M. Cassidy
Photos by Barbara Ciurej and Lindsay Lochman, stoneware sculptures by Toshiko Takaezu, and a new edition of Erwin Panofsky's classic.
Dec. 12, 2005
MAXIMUM MIAMI
by Walter Robinson
Miami's Wynwood Art District, the Pulse and Aqua art fairs, more.
Dec. 8, 2005
DRAWING NOTEBOOK
by N.F. Karlins
"From Clouet to Seurat" and "David Milne, Watercolors" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Dec. 5, 2005
WEEKEND UPDATE
by Walter Robinson
Cy Twombly, Yves Klein, "Pollock/Tiffany," Berend Strik, Marina Abramović, Matthew Geller, David Robbins, more.
Dec. 2, 2005
MIAMI HEAT
by Walter Robinson
Soup to nuts at Art Basel Miami Beach.
Dec. 1, 2005
PRAIRIE SMOKE
by Victor M. Cassidy
New work by Jae Ko, Inga McCaslin Frick and Burtonwood & Holmes in Chicago.
DRAWING NOTEBOOK
by N.F. Karlins
Vincent van Gogh, Egon Schiele and Alex Katz.
Nov. 9, 2005
CHICAGO OPEN HOUSE
by Victor M. Cassidy
A tour of the annual open house at Chicago's Podmajersky Village artist colony.
Nov. 8, 2005
SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS
by Walter Robinson
Museums and galleries in the "show me" city.
Nov. 8, 2005
START IN MILAN
by Alice Savorelli
A contemporary art marathon to kick off the fall art season.
Nov. 2, 2005
We Are Duchampians
by Ben Davis
"The Imagery of Chess Revisited" at the Noguchi Museum.
October
Oct. 27, 2005
New London Sun
by Joe La Placa
The Frieze Art Fair plus more light up the British capital.
Oct. 26, 2005
PARIS À LA MODE
by Xavier LaBoulbenne
During FIAC, art colluded with the fashion industry.
Oct. 26, 2005
MAGIC FEMINISM
by Ilka Scobie
Eteri Chkadua portrays herself in global guise.
Oct. 17, 2005
PASSION FOR COLOR
by N.F. Karlins
Early American modernist Oscar Bluemner sought the spiritual in nature.
Oct. 12, 2005
Photo New York
by Ben Davis
A report from the 2nd annual photo fair in Manhattan.
Oct. 5, 2005
DATELINE BROOKLYN
by Stephen Maine
Chris Martin, Erik Moskowitz, Phong Bui, Sante Scardillo, Adam Simon, Jesse Bercowitz and Matt Bua, Siemon Allen, more.
ART CHICAGO 2005
by Victor M. Cassidy
Positive energy at the reconfigured Chicago art fair.
April 25, 2005
TEXAS FOUR-STEP
by Victor M. Cassidy
A visit to regional museums in Texarkana, Jefferson, Marshall and Tyler, Texas.
April 22, 2005
QUEEN CITY
by Abraham Orden
The ins and outs of the Cincinnati art scene.
April 18, 2005
REPORT FROM MADRID
by Walter Robinson
El Círculo de Bellas Artes, Botero and Abu Ghraib, Dürer at the Prado, Die Brücke, the gallery scene, more.
April 15, 2005
DATELINE BROOKLYN
by Stephen Maine
Thornton Willis, James Little, Rich Timperio, Margaret Neill, Jim Torok, more.
April 8, 2005
DIGITAL GYRE
by Max Henry
Anne-Mie van Kerckhoven at the Kunsthalle Bern.
April 7, 2005
TEENAGE TEMPEST
by N.F. Karlins
Kim McCarty's watercolors capture the erotic transformation of youth.
April 4, 2005
PRAIRIE SMOKE
by Victor M. Cassidy
Tokihiro Sato at the Art Institute in Chicago, Rena Leinberger at ZG Gallery.
March
March 30, 2005
LONDON CALLING
by Joe La Placa with Diana Ewer
Modernist classics at London's blue-chip galleries.
March 29, 2005
WEEKEND UPDATE
by Walter Robinson
Daniel Buren, Jack Tilton, Jörg Immendorff, Robert Morris, Robert Gober, Eric Fischl, Ellen Berkenblit, more.
March 28, 2005
PHILADELPHIA STORY
by Roberta Fallon
Renewed curatorial energy in the city of brotherly love.
March 28, 2005
PEG'S TALE
by Deborah Ripley
Mercedes Ruehl is Peggy Guggenheim in Woman before a Glass.
March 23, 2005
AFTER ARCO
by Macu Morán
Lots of new art at ARCO 05 in Madrid.
March 15, 2005
LATE REMBRANDT
by N.F. Karlins
"Rembrant's Late Religious Portraits" at the National Gallery of Art.
March 14, 2005
THE CHIMERAS OF UNICA ZÜRN
by Valery Oisteanu
Works by the little-known Surrealist artist, writer and companion to Bellmer and Michaux.
March 7, 2005
L.A. CONFIDENTIAL
by Eve Wood
Travels in Chinatown with Flan the little dog.
March 3, 2005
L.A. CONFIDENTIAL
by Walter Robinson
Robert Graham, David Hockney, Richard Prince, Kenny Scharf, Russell Crotty, James Welling, more.
February
February 25, 2005
ONE ROAD FROM TWO ROADS
by Nicole Davis
New works by N. B. Dash and Kol Solthon at Ingalls & Associates in Miami.
February 23, 2005
21ST-CENTURY FUNK
by N.F. Karlins
Robert Arneson and Kim Krans in New York.
February 18, 2005
CAPITAL ROUNDUP
by Sidney Lawrence
Figurative paintings by Gerhard ter Borch, Kelly Towles and Ian Whitmore.
February 17, 2005
LETTER FROM LISBON
by James Westcott
Susan Mendes Silva, Francisco Queirós, António Olaio, Julião Sarmento, João Louro, more.
February 15, 2005
WEEKEND UPDATE
by Walter Robinson
Cecily Brown, Sarah Lucas, Diana Thater, Petah Coyne, Jun Nguyen-Hatsushiba, Reena Spaulings, more. Plus, the AIPAD Photo Show.