Atlas – 24th – Trockel
I chose to see Rosemarie Trockel: A Cosmos at the New Museum because I didn’t know what to expect. I wanted to be put off. The…
23rd – Christmas and the name drop drop
The holidays are upon us and before all the gifted Godiva and homemade rosemary shortbread are consumed, I needed to go see all of these shows…
22nd – The Bubble
The Bubble, The End is Nigh, and other predictions from the Chicken Little Parade Blake Gopnik’s well reasoned if maybe a little (tinfoil-hat-to-keep-them-out-of-my-head) paranoid article Pop…
21st – Tokyo 1955-1970 and CuratoRISK
MoMA should be applauded (and then given a silent disapproving head shake) for the creation of Tokyo 1955-1970: A New Avant-Garde. What a preposterous and presumptuous…
20th – Munch / Schoenberg
Munch @ MoMA I guess the real question is, who cares about The Scream? The Times got it right, if you’re willing to put up with…
19th – Post-Sandy, What always survives?
My best wishes for a quick recovery go out to those who have lost and continue to lose their businesses and homes. After Sandy there are…
18th – P! an interview
This issue of Atlas contains an interview with the Gallerist/Owner of P! & Project Projects studio principal Prem Krishnamurthy by Ken Becker. In speaking with Ken,…
17th – I know Digital – Richter
I know what Digital art is. Web-based art is unsellable so it is clearly “capital A” Art. Digital images are okay, except when they aren’t. Photographs that…
16th – Gutai, a word to learn soon
Gutai is a word you should learn soon. Japanese artists banded together in the mid 50’s, barely a decade after WWII most final of conclusions. They saw…
15th – Artforum is 50 (lbs.)
Arriving like Wile E Coyote’s 1000 lb. anvil (always dropping at the right time if you’re the Roadrunner), September’s Artforum 50th Anniversary issue is massive. It…
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