54th – The Thing and Betbeze
The thing I have realized recently is that art is so often a thing. By this I usually mean an actual object but also a scene…
53rd – Pettibon and Kentridge
In the arms race of Megagallery vs Megagallery this fall, Raymond Pettibon’s “To Wit” at David Zwirner deserves more ire than the critics whipping boy Matthew…
52nd – William Anastasi
William Anastasi: Sound Works, 1963–2013 at Hunter College is a historic show. It has depth, purpose, and contemporary (read of the minute instead of of the…
51st – Whitten, Shields, McCracken
This week is a surface week, it just happened that way. The artists I want to highlight don’t need my help. One of them is still…
50th – Paul Reed, NYABF, Ryman
Paul Reed is a name I didn’t know and I am guessing you don’t either. He is a Washington Color School artist that, from what I…
Atlas – 49th – Fall preview
The fall art season is chasing me like a cartoon snowball rolling down a mountain. I keep looking back and it keeps getting bigger. Many galleries…
48th – Soundings & Matthew Barney
The problem with, and triumph of, seeing sound based art is that there isn’t always something to see. I think this is more of a problem…
47th – Irwin, Hopper & Price
At the Whitney – 3 shows – Robert Irwin, Edward Hopper and I. You. We. It was a pleasure to see Robert Irwin and Edward Hopper…
46th – Summer means group shows
The group show is a sleazy orgy. It’s a mess of people, unfamiliar with the viewer and possibly one another. They are lumped together by fate…
45th – Jeremiah Dine and LES
Jeremiah Dine I wrote Interpreted for Viewing about the photography of Jeremiah Dine for The Common, an arts journal based at Amherst College. This is my…
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