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A WALK IN THE WOODS
by Charlie FinchNov. 6, 2009We've had Hockney the pool boy, David the camera buff and the operatic Dave, so why not the bucolic Hockney? Indeed the artist's preternatural playfulness inspires some of the finest painting of his long career, especially in his largest work, in a new dual show at Pace's 25th and 57th Street spaces.
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Oct. 16, 2009
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A New Kind of Boomby Jerry Saltz
Despite the dire predictions, galleries and artists are busting out.
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Oct. 15, 2009
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A LACK ATTACKby Charlie Finch
Paintings by the legendary polysexual sybarite Stephen Lack.
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Oct. 14, 2009
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NO BONES ABOUT ITby David Coggins
New Wave jazz musician, composer, actor and artist John Lurie on his new paintings.
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Oct. 13, 2009
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HIRST’S BLUE PERIODby Simon Todd
Damien Hirst’s "No Love Lost: Blue Paintings" at the Wallace Collection in London.
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Oct. 9, 2009
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JOHNSON AND ARTby Charlie Finch
Notes on the tercentenary of the first great modernist, Samuel Johnson.
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Oct. 7, 2009
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INSIDE OUTby Oriane Stender
The never-ending story of the South Carolina artist Aldwyth.
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Oct. 6, 2009
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BOOK PARTYby Deborah Ripley
The 2009 New York Art Book Fair at P.S.1.
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Oct. 5, 2009
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Cézanne and Americaby N.F. Karlins
In a groundbreaking exhibition, the Montclair Art Museum examines Paul Cézanne’s influence on American artists.
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Oct. 2, 2009
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RUPPERSBERG TIMEby Hunter Drohojowska-Philp
The unique literary sensibility of California Conceptualist Allen Ruppersberg.
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Oct. 2, 2009
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PHOTO SHOPby Charlie Finch
Jewels of MoMA’s new photo installation.
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Oct. 1, 2009
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IT’S A HARD POP LIFEby Laura K. Jones
Tate Modern unveils "Pop Life: Art in a Material World."
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Sept. 30, 2009
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PATCHING IT OVERby Donald Kuspit
The deconstructed picture in Conrad Marca-Relli’s collages.
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Sept. 29, 2009
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THE BIG HURTby Charlie Finch
Filmmaker Kathryn Bigelow and The Hurt Locker.
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Sept. 28, 2009
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OUT OF THE EROTIC GHETTOby Jerry Saltz
The Whitney’s welcome retrospective rescues Georgia O’Keeffe from sex and flowers.
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Sept. 25, 2009
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STILL A FRAUDby Charlie Finch
Deconstructing Dave Hickey
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Sept. 24, 2009
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THE LONELY CROWDby Charlie Finch
Shutterbug Christopher Dawson captures the other side of public events.
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Sept. 22, 2009
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SOCKCUCKER BLUESby Charlie Finch
On Robert Frank’s Cocksucker Blues.
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Sept. 16, 2009
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TAKEOVER ARTISTby David Coggins
Belgian painter Luc Tuymans talks about his traveling U.S. retrospective.
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Sept. 16, 2009
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DA DO RON RONby Charlie Finch
An art-celebrity-packed tribute to Mary Boone Gallery director Ron Warren.
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Sept. 14, 2009
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THE SMOKY LIFEby Joe Fyfe
David Novros shows his abstract paintings from the 1960s at Paula Cooper Gallery.
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Sept. 14, 2009
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A SHOT OF WRYby Charlie Finch
Photographer Tim Davis and "The New Antiquity."
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Sept. 11, 2009
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MOANIN' WITH MONETby Charlie Finch
The Museum of Modern Art re-presents "Monet’s Water Lilies."
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Sept. 9, 2009
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THREE-DAY WEEKENDAn Interview with Vitaly Komar by Dominikus Müller and Astrid Mania
A talk with the Russian-born New York artist on the eve of a new exhibition in Manhattan.
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Sept. 9, 2009
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COEFFICIENTby Charlie Finch
Wayne Coe’s sidewalk drawings.
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Sept. 8, 2009
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OCTOBER
by Charlie Finch
Uli Edel's film The Baader Meinhof Complex.
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Sept. 3, 2009
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MOTHER-IN-LAWby Charlie Finch
Anne Truitt at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden.
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Sept. 2, 2009
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THE VARIETIES OF BODYby Donald Kuspit
The National Academy Museum’s "Reconfiguring the Body in American Art, 1820-2009."
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Aug. 31, 2009
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I LOVE SUSAN SILASby Charlie Finch
The New York photographer has a show coming up.
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Aug. 31, 2009
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JERRY SALTZ’S WANT-TO-SEESby Jerry Saltz
Shows that New York Magazine’s resident art critic is anticipating this fall.
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Aug. 26, 2009
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GIVEN, FINALLYby Lewis Kachur
The Philadelphia Museum of Art takes another look at Marcel Duchamp’s Étant donnés.
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Aug. 21, 2009
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LUNCH WITH BAIBAKOVAby Simon Todd
Maria Baibakova and the Red October Chocolate Factory.
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Aug. 21, 2009
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THE OTHER JACKby Charlie Finch
Jack Tworkov at UBS Art Gallery.
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Aug. 17, 2009
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NOUVEL RICHEby Charlie Finch
A city planning commission vignette, starring MoMA’s proposed skyscraper.
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Aug. 13, 2009
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THE AVANT-GARDEby Charlie Finch
Will there ever be an avant-garde again?
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Aug. 10, 2009
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SEE HER ROARby Ilka Scobie
The expatriate love goddess Dorothy Iannone comes home to the U.S.
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July 30, 2009
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Design Timeby Charlie Finch
"Ron Arad: No Discipline" at the Museum of Modern Art.
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July 29, 2009
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FLESH PERSPECTIVEby Sidney Lawrence
"Paint Made Flesh" at the Phillips Collection.
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July 27, 2009
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WE THREEby Charlie Finch
Merce Cunningham, 1919-2009.
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July 23, 2009
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THREE DEALERSby Charlie Finch
The High Line is the death knell for the Chelsea galley scene.
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July 21, 2009
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INSIDE MANby Ilka Scobie
Eric Fischl on Tumbling Woman, bullfights and his travelling art train.
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July 14, 2009
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TOYS WILL BE TOYSby Charlie Finch
At Japan Society, a show of Japanese toy autos from the post-war years.
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July 13, 2009
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DASH ITby Charlie Finch
Dash Snow, 1981-2009
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July 9, 2009
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DARK STARby Hunter Drohojowska-Philp
Larry Johnson at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles.
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July 9, 2009
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Dick In Handby Kenny Schachter
Art 40 Basel and the current art market.
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July 8, 2009
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BLIND ON BLINDby Charlie Finch
A parable for the art recession.
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July 7, 2009
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GRAHAMARAMAby Peter Scott
The fractured self in "Dan Graham: Beyond" at the Whitney Museum of American Art.
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July 7, 2009
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BOVACIOUSby Charlie Finch
Carol Bove’s "Plants and Animals" at the Horticultural Society of New York.
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July 2, 2009
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KALEIDOSCOPE QUILTSby N.F. Karlins
A retrospective of Paula Nadelstern’s pieced quilts at the American Folk Art Museum.
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June 29, 2009
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ENTROPY IN VENICE
by Jerry Saltz
Art about art at the 53rd Venice Biennale. Plus, is something coming out of the other side of that black hole?
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June 29, 2009
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MICHAEL AND JEFFby Charlie Finch
Childhood as a signifier of dread in fairy tales by Michael Jackson and Jeff Koons.
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June 26, 2009
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Art’s Near Future
by Jerry Saltz
X-Initiative’s "No Soul For Sale" shows the way.
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June 24, 2009
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BAD TO THE BONE
by Charlie Finch
If you like the funnies, you’ll love James Ensor.
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June 16, 2009
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PEEING WITH BRENDANby Charlie Finch
BARR, aka Brendan Fowler, performs at the New Museum.
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June 11, 2009
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HAROLD AND MAUDE
by Charlie Finch
Megumi Sasaki’s new documentary, Herb & Dorothy.
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June 9, 2009
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NAUMAN AND JOHNS
by Charlie Finch
Contrasting visions of despair from two celebrated contemporary artists.
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June 5, 2009
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CHRIST IN THE CARby Charlie Finch
The esthetics of the auto in contemporary America.
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June 4, 2009
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INTO THE NIGHTby Charlie Finch
Yale’s disingenuous lawsuit over van Gogh’s Night Cafe.
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May 29, 2009
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THE LADY HOSMERby Charlie Finch
Patricia Cronin’s homage to the 19th-century American sculptor Harriet Hosmer.
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May 28, 2009
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THE KUSAMA MYTHby Jody B. Cutler Yayoi Kusama at Gagosian Gallery.
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May 27, 2009
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SACRED MONSTERby Jerry Saltz Francis Bacon, the greatest painter of the 20th century, or fascinating mess?
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May 20, 2009
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TWO COATS OF PAINby Charlie Finch
A modest proposal to put downtown galleries in empty Madison Avenue storefronts.
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May 18, 2009
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GREAT ARTISTS STEALby Jerry Saltz "The Pictures Generation" -- better than the criticism that grew up around it.
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May 15, 2009
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WINNERS AND LOSERSby Richard Polsky An after-sale assessment of the contemporary art market, fall 2009.
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May 15, 2009
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BEING CHRISTINAby Charlie Finch Andrew Wyeth’s Christina’s World at the Museum of Modern Art.
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May 14, 2009
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DIARY OF AN ART STARby Reverend Jen A visit to "The Model as Muse" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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May 8, 2009
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GOT MIK?by Charlie Finch The Museum of Modern Art presents films by Dutch artist Aernout Mik.
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Apr. 29, 2009
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OUT OF IRAQby Charlie Finch Artist Ahmed Alsoudani and the chaos of Iraq.
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Apr. 23, 2009
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DRAWN AND QUARTEREDby Charlie Finch "Compass in Hand: Selections from the Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection" at the Museum of Modern Art.
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Apr. 22, 2009
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POLITICS OF PAINTINGRichard Phillips and the erotics of capitalism. An interview by Alisa Barenboym and Katerina Llanes.
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Apr. 20, 2009
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"JESUS" SAVESby Jerry Saltz God bless the New Museum’s tantalizing triennial.
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Apr. 20, 2009
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COIN OPERATORby Charlie Finch William Metcalf and Yale University’s coin collection.
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Apr. 17, 2009
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Apr. 14, 2009
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LOLITOS IN FAG LIMBOby Michèle C. Cone Hernan Bas and the ambiguous desires of adolescence.
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Apr. 13, 2009
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ROMANCE OF CAPITALby Walter Robinson "Women: A Loan Exhibition from the Collection of Steven and Alexandra Cohen" at Sotheby’s New York.
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Apr. 13, 2009
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JESUS RESPONDSby Charlie Finch "Younger than Jesus" at the New Museum.
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Apr. 8, 2009
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CAILLEBOTTE IN BROOKLYNby N.F. Karlins "Gustave Caillebotte: Impressionist Paintings from Paris to the Sea" at the Brooklyn Museum.
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Apr. 8, 2009
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Asia on My Mindby Donald Kuspit "The Third Mind: American Artists Contemplate Asia, 1860-1989" at the Guggenheim Museum.
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Apr. 7, 2009
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THE COMING ART BOOMby Charlie Finch Market conditions are perfect for a resurgence in classic contemporary.
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Apr. 6, 2009
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JOHN JR.by Charlie Finch An image of lost youth in John Waters’ "Rear Projection."
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Mar. 31, 2009
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LEVITTATIONby Charlie Finch Helen Levitt, 1913-2009.
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Mar. 30, 2009
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ENERGY TO BURNby Jerry Saltz Two new gallery spaces in New York are, if not fully realized, rich in possibility.
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Mar. 30, 2009
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ANOTHER COUNTRYby Charlie Finch New exhibitions by Michalene Thomas and William Villalongo.
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Mar. 25, 2009
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EVACUATION OF THE WESTby Charlie Finch A downbeat look at the American West in MoMA’s "Into the Sunset."
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Mar. 23, 2009
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AFTER THE ORGYby Jerry Saltz Some art-boom heroes (Lisa Yuskavage) feel suddenly dated. Others (Rudolf Stingel) are perfectly present.
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Mar. 20, 2009
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The Artist Who Did Everythingby Jerry Saltz Martin Kippenberger offers a guide for artists looking for ways around pessimism and gamesmanship.
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Mar. 19, 2009
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GRACELANDby Charlie Finch Photographer Tanyth Berkeley and her model Grace.
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Mar. 19, 2009
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Berlin, Mon Amourby Donald Kuspit A visit to two collections of Surrealist art, Peter Eisenman’s Holocaust Memorial, and more, in Berlin.
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Mar. 17, 2009
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INCOMPLETEby Charlie Finch Dana Schutz and the perils of history.
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Mar. 16, 2009
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CHA ON THIS!by Charlie Finch Xavier Cha and the beauty factory.
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Mar. 9, 2009
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HOORAY FOR HAROLD!by Charlie Finch New tales from Abraham Lincoln expert (and Met communications chief) Harold Holzer.
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Mar. 9, 2009
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CÉZANNE AND BEYONDby N.F. Karlins A new exhibition celebrates the influence of the 19th-century artist on 18 of his 20th-century colleagues.
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Mar. 6, 2009
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MORALITY PLAYby Jerry Saltz The art market is more moral than the stock market -- isn’t it?
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Mar. 5, 2009
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BREAST MILKby Charlie Finch The price of objectification in Kathleen Gilje’s portraits of women.
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Mar. 3, 2009
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NO SMILES AT MOMAby Charlie Finch The museum stamps out a bit of free creativity.
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Mar. 3, 2009
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THE PRICING ISSUEby Richard Polsky Two difficulties with the new recessionary art market.
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Feb. 26, 2009
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EPISTLE TO KIPPYby Charlie Finch "Martin Kippenberger: The Problem Perspective" at the Museum of Modern Art.
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Feb. 25, 2009
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COLD WAR CULTURESby Hunter Drohojowska-Philp From LACMA, a wide-ranging survey of post-war German art in "Art of Two Germanys"
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Feb. 24, 2009
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BROKEN GHOSTSby Charlie Finch New work by Lisa Yuskavage and Susan Rothenberg.
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Feb. 23, 2009
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I LOVE SAATCHIby Kenny Schachter A look at the new space of the king of British art patrons.
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Feb. 18, 2009
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DOWN WITH THE CUBE!by Jerry Saltz White Columns’ anniversary show proves that galleries can (and should) enliven art.
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Feb. 18, 2009
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COPING WITH COPLANSby Charlie Finch Revisiting the photographs of the late John Coplans.
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Feb. 17, 2009
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DRAWING NOTEBOOKby N.F. Karlins "Master Drawings New York," plus major shows at the Met and the Morgan.
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Feb. 13, 2009
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GROUNDHOG’S DIARYby Charlie Finch Piero Manzoni, Imi Knoebel, Jeremy Earhart, Andrea Zittel, Kepler and Lipon, Janet Biggs, more.
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Feb. 12, 2009
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LADY COURAGEby Charlie Finch Leila Hadley Luce, 1925-2009.
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Feb. 11, 2009
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THE SHOW OF THE SEASONby Charlie Finch Tadashi Kawamata’s "Tree Huts" capture the recessionary zeitgeist.
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Feb. 11, 2009
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FASHION IS EVERYWHEREby Alexandra Anderson-Spivy A "year of fashion" at the International Center of Photography.
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Feb. 5, 2009
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WEAPONS OF MAD DESTRUCTIONby Charlie Finch Native American warrior art and artifacts at the new John Molloy Gallery in Manhattan.
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Feb. 4, 2009
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Leaving Edenby Jerry Saltz The Last Days of Pipilotti Rist’s Pour Your Body Out (7354 Meters).
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Feb. 3, 2009
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PASCAL’S PUZZLESby Charlie Finch Matt Johnson’s "Super System" inaugurates Taxter & Spengemann’s new gallery space.
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Jan. 30, 2009
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SCREWTUBEby Charlie Finch Old corporate profits in the new democratic media.
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Jan. 29, 2009
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HAVING A RAVE UP!by Charlie Finch Artist Mickalene Thomas curates "The Brand New Heavies" at Collette Blanchard Gallery on the Lower East Side.
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Jan. 26, 2009
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A BAD LIGHT SHOWby Charlie Finch Robert Irwin’s "Red Drawing White Drawing Black Painting"
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Jan. 22, 2009
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COLLECTVISM WORKS!by Charlie Finch Wake up from the bad-dream art world of star dealer hegemony!
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Jan. 21, 2009
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The Big Pictureby Paul Hasegawa-Overacker Shepard Fairey crafts a contemporary icon.
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Jan. 14, 2009
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THE SPROUSE HOUSEby Charlie Finch Thumbs down on the Stephen Sprouse revival.
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Jan. 13, 2009
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RENAISSANCE LOVEby Michèle C. Cone "Art and Love in Renaissance Italy" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Jan. 12, 2009
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SURVIVAL STRATEGIESby Charlie Finch A proposal for a new, more sane and generous art market.
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Jan. 12, 2009
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MoMA’s Sex Changeby Jerry Saltz Pipilotti Rist gives a masculinist MoMA a redeeming shot of estrogen.
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Jan. 7, 2009
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QUO VADIS?by Lavinia Filippi Lawrence Weiner in Rome.
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Jan. 6, 2009
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RICCIO AT THE FRICKby N.F. Karlins "Andrea Riccio: Renaissance Master of Bronze" at the Frick Collection.
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Dec. 29, 2008
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WOULD DUKE APPROVE?by Charlie Finch On Robert Graham (1938-2008), and Duke Ellington.
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Dec. 22, 2008
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GREAT EXPECTATIONSby Charlie Finch Momentary encounters with the famous and renowned.
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Dec. 17, 2008
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LUST OR LIFEby Charlie Finch Kiki Seror’s motifs of carnality.
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Dec. 15, 2008
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TOP TEN 2008by Jerry Saltz The best art shows of 2008.
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Dec. 12, 2008
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PALE FIREby Hunter Drohojowska-Philp New sculptures by Rachel Whiteread and George Stoll.
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Dec. 11, 2008
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DUBIOUS DUMASby Charlie Finch Marlene Dumas’ painting is lugubrious and lazy.
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Dec. 10, 2008
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ASK MARK KOSTABIby Mark Kostabi Advice for artists in an economic downturn.
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Dec. 8, 2008
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SPANISH ABSTRACTIONby Donald Kuspit Elie Halioua’s abstract paintings reach for the "incommunicado core of the self."
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Dec. 3, 2008
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ROBERTA ON YOUTUBEby Charlie Finch The celebrated New York Times art critic tells all.
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Dec. 2, 2008
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SHERMAN’S MARCH OF TIMEby Jerry Saltz Cindy Sherman, the original chameleon of contemporary art, shows her characters aging -- and is reborn.
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Nov. 26, 2008
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GEORGES NÖEL TODAYby Walter Robinson Rediscovering the veteran French painter Georges Nöel.
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Nov. 24, 2008
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ZEN ABSTRACTIONby Donald Kuspit In Philadelphia, new sculptures, and sets for Fidelio, by Jun Kaneko.
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Nov. 19, 2008
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DRUNKEN MASTERby Hunter Drohojowska-Philp German artist Martin Kippenberger made mockery his method.
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Nov. 18, 2008
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A SILVER LININGby Charlie Finch All-female sales could cure a down market.
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Nov. 10, 2008
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World in a Bottleby Jerry Saltz Giorgio Morandi and the pleasures of being minor.
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Nov. 10, 2008
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I AM A BERLINER!by Charlie Finch Brigid Berlin, the last of the superstars.
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Nov. 6, 2008
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THE FATE OF THE $5 POLLOCKby Thomas Hoving ARTnews traces a tortuous tale of Pollock paintings and possibly pilfered fingerprints.
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Nov. 5, 2008
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WHITE ON WHITEby Charlie Finch Barack Obama rebukes William Eggleston.
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Nov. 4, 2008
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SHAKEOUT TIMEby Richard Polsky Advice for art collectors in a volatile market.
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Nov. 3, 2008
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FRIEZE AFTER THE FREEZEby Jerry Saltz At London’s big art fair, signs of financial trouble -- but maybe that’s okay.
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Oct. 31, 2008
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THE GRAND ACQUISITORby Thomas Hoving "The Philippe de Montebello Years" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Oct. 29, 2008
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MIRÓ, MIRÓ ON
THE WALLby Charlie Finch A hyperactive hodgepodge at MoMA reveals an anachronistic painter’s painter.
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Oct. 23, 2008
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BLACK LIGHT DISTRICTby Charlie Finch Sensuous and reflective craft in "Japanese Postwar Photography"
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Oct. 22, 2008
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CERAMIC HISTORYby Hunter Drohojowska-Philp Ken Price talks about his long escape from "art craft hell."
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Oct. 21, 2008
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A MIRACLE FOR MUSEUMSby Thomas Hoving The Arts and Artifacts Indemnity Program now has a $5-billion domestic component.
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Oct. 20, 2008
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DARK VICTORYby Jerry Saltz Vincent Van Gogh’s outrageous vulnerability.
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Oct. 16, 2008
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KING TUT IS BACK!by Thomas Hoving "Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharoahs" opens at the De Young Museum in 2009.
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Oct. 15, 2008
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ANIMALISMby Charlie Finch Alexander Calder is for kids.
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Oct. 10, 2008
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DIABOLICAL SCIENCEby Simon Todd The Goth science of British artist Paul Fryer.
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Sept. 29, 2008
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LOOKING OUT FOR NO. 2by Jerry Saltz The good, the bad and the terrible of the new Chelsea art season.
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Sept. 18, 2008
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MUSEUM DATEby Jerry Saltz A colloquy with architecture critic Justin Davidson on the new Museum of Arts and Design in Manhattan.
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Sept. 18, 2008
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AN ALIEN VISIONby Charlie Finch "Van Gogh and the Colors of Night" at the Museum of Modern Art.
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Sept. 17, 2008
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A GLORY AT THE CURRIER MUSEUMby Thomas Hoving Curator Kurt Sundstrom discovers an overlooked masterpiece by Florentine sculptor Antonio Rossellino.
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Sept. 17, 2008
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SOPHIE AND ALAIN
by Charlie Finch French Pop artist Alain Jacquet dies in New York at age 69.
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Sept. 16, 2008
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SEX, DEATH, DINNERby Jerry Saltz An art critic gets ravished by a legendary Spanish chef.
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Sept. 12, 2008
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COMFORT AND JOYby Charlie Finch New paintings by Damian Loeb and Isca Greenfield-Sanders.
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Sept. 11, 2008
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THE TRIUMPH OF SHITby Donald Kuspit Andres Serrano, Paul McCarthy and the avant-garde artist as an anal masturbator.
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Sept. 11, 2008
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TSUNAMI TIMEby Charlie Finch A retreat to curatorial sensibility in the museum world.
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Sept. 10, 2008
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DIARY OF AN ART STARby Reverend Jen Braving Hurricane Hanna for the sake of avant-garde art.
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Aug. 27, 2008
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A DEALER LOOKS BACKby Richard Polsky Changes in the art world over the last 30 years.
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Aug. 26, 2008
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DOWNEAST ROUNDUPby Alexandra Anderson-Spivy Summer art in Maine, 2008.
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Aug. 25, 2008
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THINGS FALL APARTby Charlie Finch David Kramer’s new book-cum-artwork, Snake Oil.
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Aug. 20, 2008
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ANGELS ON THE GROUNDby Charlie Finch The film Beautiful Losers chronicles Alleged Gallery and the 1990s “Street Art” movement.
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Aug. 19, 2008
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REPLY TO THE OLYMPICS CONTROVERSYby Cai Guo-Qiang The Chinese art star responds to reports of digital trickery during the opening ceremonies of the Beijing Olympics.
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Aug. 12, 2008
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THE EMPERORS OF ARTby Charlie Finch Hypermaterialism from Fifth Avenue to Dubai to Beijing.
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Aug. 8, 2008
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Aug. 5, 2008
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CLOSE ENCOUNTERSby Ilka Scobie Chuck Close talks about the young artists he admires and his new tapestry work.
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July 30, 2008
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A KISS FOR KIRCHNERby Charlie Finch "Kirchner and the Berlin Street" at the Museum of Modern Art.
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July 25, 2008
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BERKSHIRE IDLERby Charlie Finch The state of the arts at Belvoir Terrace Camp in Lenox, Mass.
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July 23, 2008
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A SIGG JOKEby Charlie Finch More thoughts on the case against the Olympics in China.
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July 14, 2008
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Dia’s Last Chanceby Jerry Saltz Does Philippe Vergne have what it takes to keep Dia from being DOA?
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July 9, 2008
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TREASURES OF HAJJI BABAby N.F. Karlins "Woven Splendor from Timbuktu to Tibet: Exotic Rugs and Textiles from New York Collectors" at the New-York Historical Society.
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July 9, 2008
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WATER FALLACIESby Charlie Finch Public art and the public good.
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July 8, 2008
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UBIQUITOUS ARTby Charlie Finch The idea of art is everywhere these days.
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July 7, 2008
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Take Me to the Riverby Jerry Saltz Olafur Eliasson’s New York City Waterfalls come on with a wink, not a whoosh.
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July 2, 2008
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THE DELLA ROBBIA DEBACLEby Paul Jeromack A glazed terracotta by Andrea della Robbia falls off the wall at the Metropolitan Museum.
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July 2, 2008
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AN IDLER’S DIARYby Charlie Finch Julian Laverdiere, Doug Blau, Sherry Wong, Catherine Murphy, more.
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June 30, 2008
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BURIED TREASURESby Thomas Hoving Two spectacular treasures on loan to the Met.
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June 27, 2008
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OIL PAINTINGby Charlie Finch Abstract Expressionism in the sheikdom.
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June 25, 2008
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CHAOS THEORYby Charlie Finch Buckminster Fuller, Paul McCarthy, and Salvador Dali’s "Painting and Film"
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June 25, 2008
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COWBOYS IN ROMEby Lavinia Filippi Richard Prince opens at Gagosian Gallery in Rome.
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June 23, 2008
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MUGGY UGLYby Charlie Finch A new Dennis Oppenheim art project in Union Square Park definitely does not improve the summer weather.
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June 23, 2008
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Two Coats of Paintingby Jerry Saltz Tony Shafrazi, the man who tagged Guernica, tries another way of superimposing new art and old.
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June 19, 2008
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GUNS AND COLLAGESby Carlo McCormick New works from country conceptualist Mike Osterhout.
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June 17, 2008
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TALKING PICTURESby N.F. Karlins "Glossolalia" at the Museum of Modern Art.
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June 13, 2008
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MASTERPIECES BY THE MINORSby Paul Jeromack With its recent purchase of a seascape by Abraham de Verwer, the National Gallery of Art makes a smart collecting move.
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June 13, 2008
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AN IDLER’S DIARYby Charlie Finch Wandering around SoHo and Chelsea at the beginning of summer.
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June 12, 2008
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BLUE-COLLAR HEAVENby Kevin Nance A mythic vision of Chicago in Tony Fitzpatrick’s "Portraits of a Remembered City"
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June 10, 2008
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LAY YOUR BURDEN DOWNby Charlie Finch Chris Burden’s What My Dad Gave Me (2008) at Rockefeller Center.
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June 9, 2008
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AMERICAN OPTIMISTby Kevin Nance Jeff Koons is the Energizer Bunny of contemporary art.
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June 9, 2008
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STATUARY STORY
by Jerry Saltz David Altmejd’s otherworldly figures create narrative just by standing still.
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June 6, 2008
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SINISTER SKIESby Alexandra Anderson-Spivy Roger Brown’s dialogue with disaster.
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June 2, 2008
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The Art World’s Space Invaderby Jerry Saltz Does a Warhol look different when it’s hanging above someone’s TV set? Ask Louise Lawler.
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May 29, 2008
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AN ART MUTUAL FUNDby Richard Polsky The Los Angeles dealer and author of I Bought Andy Warhol sets up his own "art mutual fund."
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May 28, 2008
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GOODBYE JOHNby Charlie Finch John Weber, 1932-2008.
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May 23, 2008
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LIGHT INDUSTRYby Charlie Finch Whimsy and dignity in photographs by Bernd and Hilla Becher.
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May 21, 2008
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COP ROCKby Steve Mumford At combat outpost Rock in Mosul.
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May 20, 2008
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THE EYES HAVE ITby Charlie Finch Operatic lust in new paintings by Rosa Loy.
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May 20, 2008
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DEATH AND THE ARTISTby Michèle C. Cone Issues of freedom and fame in the work of the Fluxus artist Yoko Ono.
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May 19, 2008
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ELIZABETH IIby Jerry Saltz Elizabeth Peyton returns to life.
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May 13, 2008
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THE ADVANCE OF BEAUTYby Donald Kuspit Thomas Chimes and Lynda Benglis at Locks Gallery in Philadelphia.
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May 12, 2008
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MISSION ABORTEDby Charlie Finch The nuances of Yale’s Aliza Shvarts controversy.
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May 8, 2008
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DIAMOND IN THE DESERTby Hunter Drohojowska-Philp Richard Neutra’s modernist Kaufmann House in Palm Springs goes up for auction.
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May 7, 2008
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BACK AND FORTHby Charlie Finch John Baldessari and Matt Mullican collaborate on "Pong" at Tracy Williams, Ltd.
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May 5, 2008
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AMONG THE KURDSby Steve Mumford The war in Mosul is one of bombs.
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May 5, 2008
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PITCH PERFECTby Charlie Finch Kentucky’s art-and-culture magazine makes provinciality a glam asset.
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May 2, 2008
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BREATH OF LIFEby Alexandra Anderson-Spivy New works from the George Rickey estate at Marlborough Chelsea and Maxwell Davidson.
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Apr. 28, 2008
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WASTED YOUTHby Jerry Saltz A collaboration between superhot artists Dan Colen and Nate Lowman instantly looks dated.
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Apr. 24, 2008
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CRASH TESTby Charlie Finch Living dangerously with Anthony James.
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Apr. 24, 2008
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JOE & NANCYby N.F. Karlins Joe Brainard’s "The Nancys" get a welcome showing at Tibor de Nagy.
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Apr. 23, 2008
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THE NEW YORK CANONby Jerry Saltz Thirty years of highs and lows in the New York art world.
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Apr. 22, 2008
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ART DEALER’S DIARYby Kenny Schachter Obituary: Art Cologne -- an art dealer tolls the bell.
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Apr. 18, 2008
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FEAR STRIKES OUTby Charlie Finch Boycott the Olympics, and boycott contemporary Chinese art.
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Apr. 14, 2008
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VIDEO RAVEby Hunter Drohojowska-Philp Surveying "California Video" at the Getty Museum.
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Apr. 10, 2008
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BEAUX VISAGEby N.F. Karlins American portraitist Cecilia Beaux gets a long-overdue reassessment.
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Apr. 9, 2008
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PLEASURES OF EDOby Fred Stern "Designed for Pleasure: The World of Edo" at Asia Society.
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Apr. 8, 2008
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THE THREAT OF LOVEby Charlie Finch Walter Robinson puts the error back in eros.
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Apr. 7, 2008
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The Venus of Long Island Cityby Jerry Saltz P.S.1’s survey of feminist art shows us the birth of just about every art trend that’s in vogue today.
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Apr. 4, 2008
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WHITE MEN CAN’T PAINT!
by Charlie Finch Morgan Neville’s new film, The Cool School, on the early Los Angeles art scene.
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Apr. 4, 2008
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THE WATER OF LIFEby Donald Kuspit Fabrizio Plessi’s islands of digital art.
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Mar. 31, 2008
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HANGING AT THE HORTS’by Charlie Finch Talk of Marlene Dumas, Richard Tuttle and Jimmy Page
at Susan and Michael Hort’s private view during Armory weekend.
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Mar. 26, 2008
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A BROWN WORLDby Charlie Finch Painter Deborah Brown captures natural New York.
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Mar. 25, 2008
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ADVENTURES IN PHOTOGRAPHYby N.F. Karlins A retrospective of the work of 20th-century photographer (and Surrealist muse) Lee Miller.
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Mar. 21, 2008
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CHEERS!by Charlie Finch A few words occasioned by Eduardo Sarabia’s Salon Aleman at the Park Avenue Armory.
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Mar. 19, 2008
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BETWITCHEDby Charlie Finch New psychedelic allegories from Lane Twitchell.
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Mar. 18, 2008
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NOT SO WEI OUTby Charlie Finch Ai Weiwei’s Descending Light at Mary Boone Gallery.
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Mar. 17, 2008
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STARWALKERSby Charlie Finch Naked wonder from Richard Dupont at Lever House.
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Mar. 14, 2008
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MY DINNER WITH SIMONby Charlie Finch Veteran curator Simon Watson and the contemporary art banquet.
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Mar. 11, 2008
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DOOBY DOOBY DUBAIby Charlie Finch A modest proposal for art in the Middle East.
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Mar. 4, 2008
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BIENNIAL FOR ONEby Charlie Finch Go to Facebook for your own Whitbash 2008.
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Mar. 3, 2008
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Fever Dreamsby Jerry Saltz A show about archives gets brilliantly lost in the vaults.
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Feb. 27, 2008
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SUGAR SHOCKby Adrian Dannatt Ellen Berkenblit and the face of female esthetics.
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Feb. 27, 2008
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GRIDLOCKby Charlie Finch "Color Chart" at the Museum of Modern Art.
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Feb. 26, 2008
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CHILDHOOD’S ENDby Charlie Finch Anna Craycroft, orphans and hope, and Obama as Manchild.
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Feb. 25, 2008
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ÉMINENCE GRISEby Jerry Saltz "Jasper Johns: Gray" shows off an imagination that works in non-imaginative ways.
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Feb. 22, 2008
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THE LAST PICTURE SHOWby Charlie Finch Painter Chris Martin provides Chelsea with its final triumph.
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Feb. 22, 2008
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DR. STRANGEby Charlie Finch Baird Jones, 1954-2008.
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Feb. 20, 2008
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GET SMARTby Charlie Finch "Design and the Elastic Mind" at MoMA.
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Feb. 19, 2008
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LOVE FOR SALE
by Charlie Finch Peeking at the market for Miroslav Tichy.
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Feb. 14, 2008
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BROAD MINDEDby Charlie Finch Swaping curatorial souls for the favors of the wealthy.
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Feb. 11, 2008
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THE WAY IT WASby Charlie Finch The modest beginnings of legendary dealer Richard Bellamy.
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Feb. 11, 2008
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Artist in Residence
by Jerry Saltz When Guy Ben-Ner goes to Ikea, he’s not there for the meatballs.
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Feb. 8, 2008
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DIARY OF AN ART STAR
by Reverend Jen Your favorite American idol goes on a two-city German tour.
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Feb. 7, 2008
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FATHERS AND SONS
by Charlie Finch At the Museum of Biblical Art, "The Art of Forgiveness: Images of the Prodigal Son."
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Feb. 6, 2008
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LET THEM EAT WATERby Charlie Finch Olafur Eliasson’s "Waterfalls" is just for the good of New Yorkers.
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Feb. 4, 2008
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A COSMIC JOKE
by Charlie Finch Robert Smithson’s Spiral Jetty was designed to be passive.
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Feb. 4, 2008
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Emerging, After All These Yearsby Jerry Saltz The gallery gold rush has allowed artists who’ve spent decades on the fringes to grab at the prize.
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Jan. 28, 2008
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CRITICAL MASSby Charlie Finch The keys to the art-critical kingdom.
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Jan. 23, 2008
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TORRID ALLEGORYby Paul Jeromack Fragonard lets it all hang out in the "Allegories of Love." |
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Jan. 22, 2008
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LATE BLOOMERby Charlie Finch Nobuhiro Ishihara’s symbolic creatures.
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Jan. 18, 2008
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CUT AND PASTEby Charlie Finch "Fit to Print" at Gagosian Gallery in New York.
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Jan. 18, 2008
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DANGEROUS BEAUTYby Hunter Drohojowska-Philp Graciela Iturbide and the astonishment of Mexico.
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Jan. 17, 2008
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REPETITIVE STRESS
by Charlie Finch Zhang Peili provides a chilling look at the world’s oldest civiliation.
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Jan. 14, 2008
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PENNMANSHIPby Charlie Finch Steely esthetic asceticism from Irving Penn.
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Jan. 9, 2008
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NAVAL GAZINGby Charlie Finch Julian Schnabel’s new "Navigation Drawings."
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Jan. 9, 2008
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THE TRIUMPH OF THE BIG Dby Alexandra Anderson-Spivy "Pattern and Decoration" painting returns, in two museum exhibitions.
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Jan. 4, 2008
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DUTCH MASTERSby Paul Jeromack "The Age of Rembrandt" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Jan. 3, 2008
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ECSTASY MACHINEby Jerry Saltz The Metropolitan Museum of Art is a visit to the entire world.
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Dec. 28, 2007
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WAR AND SEXby Michèle C. Cone Patriotism, propaganda and passion at Exit Art.
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Dec. 18, 2007
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DRAWING NOTEBOOK
by N.F. Karlins Contemporary artists explore the Morgan Library collection in "Drawing Connections"
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Dec. 17, 2007
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THE YEAR IN ARTby Jerry Saltz Matthew Barney, Kara Walker, Richard Prince, the Whitney, the New Museum, the Met, more.
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Dec. 12, 2007
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CRAP ON CRAPby Charlie Finch Lucian Freud’s inferior art.
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Dec. 3, 2007
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WEEKDAY UPDATEby Charlie Finch A single masterpiece on view in New York’s Chelsea art district.
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Dec. 3, 2007
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CAN YOU DIG IT?by Jerry Saltz At Gavin Brown, Urs Fischer takes a jackhammer to Chelsea itself.
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Nov. 28, 2007
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WATTS UP
by Charlie Finch Sober symbolism in new paintings by Ouattara Watts.
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Nov. 26, 2007
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SPECTACULAR SHOWby Charlie Finch Symbols of transformation from Indian artist Bharti Kher.
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Nov. 21, 2007
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NOT A FAIRY TALEby Donald Kuspit Judy Fox’s Snow White and the Seven Sins.
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Nov. 12, 2007
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DUPED!by Charlie Finch New homonculi from cybersculptor Richard Dupont.
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Nov. 9, 2007
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© ARTby Hunter Drohojowska-Philp Takashi Murakami’s retrospective at the Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles.
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Nov. 5, 2007
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THE WILD ONEby Jerry Saltz Steven Parrino was bent on destroying painting in order to save it.
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Nov. 2, 2007
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BLACK BOXby Charlie Finch Douglas Gordon’s new burnt-Warhol-on-mirror works.
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Nov. 1, 2007
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A LOST OPPORTUNITYby Charlie Finch Martin Puryear at the Museum of Modern Art.
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Oct. 25, 2007
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A SHOEBOX SHOWby Charlie Finch Park Avenue Bank hosts a show of works by 20th-century women artists.
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Oct. 24, 2007
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KASHMIR HIGHby Fred Stern "The Arts of Kashmir " at Asia Society in New York.
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Oct. 19, 2007
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DIARY OF AN ART STARby Reverend Jen Back to School special: Reverend Jen’s Art Tips for Boys and Girls.
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Oct. 18, 2007
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CHINA DOLLARSby Charlie Finch What’s behind the boom in Chinese contemporary?
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Oct. 16, 2007
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POPULAR PAINTINGSby Charlie Finch "XXL: Size Matters" at the Hudson Valley Center.
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Oct. 15, 2007
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ANARCHY IN THE U.K.by Emilie Trice Zak Smith brings his politics and porn to London.
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Oct. 15, 2007
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LOS ANGELES COOLby Hunter Drohojowska-Philp Three shows prove that Los Angeles art was hot in the 1960s.
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Oct. 12, 2007
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ART ABOUT LIFEby Charlie Finch Lisa Yuskavage versus death.
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Oct. 10, 2007
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ART INFLAMESby Charlie Finch Vandalizing Andres Serrano in Sweden.
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Oct. 9, 2007
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QUESTIONS OF CRAFTby N.F. Karlins "Shy Boy, She Devil, and Isis" puts "conceptual craft" in the spotlight.
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Oct. 5, 2007
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VOLUNTEER SLAVERYby Charlie Finch Kara Walker and the injection of sex into horror.
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Oct. 5, 2007
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THE WATSON LOOKby Mary Barone Gordon Watson curates a decorative arts auction at Sotheby’s London.
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Oct. 3, 2007
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SHARPSHOOTERby Alexandra Anderson-Spivy He’s back: Willoughby Sharp in performance.
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Sept. 28, 2007
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PRINCE CHARMINGby Charlie Finch Richard Prince, market Leviathan.
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Sept. 27, 2007
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GOODBYE GLENNby Charlie Finch Hello Halbreich -- staff changes at the Museum of Modern Art.
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Sept. 26, 2007
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OLD SCHOOL
by Charlie Finch André Emmerich, 1924-2007
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Sept. 25, 2007
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LOOKINGby Charlie Finch When the eye is not invited in.
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Sept. 24, 2007
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FROM A TO Zby Phyllis Tuchman "All the More Real" at the Parrish Art Museum.
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Sept. 21, 2007
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FRANKINSCENSEby Charlie Finch Natalie Frank’s new paintings are both disturbing and entrancing.
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Sept. 21, 2007
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CONCRETE COLISEUMby Roberta Fallon Artist Mark Shetabi’s parking garages are emblems of society gone wrong.
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Sept. 19, 2007
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THE TALENTby Charlie Finch Hollywood stars and art stars, both dim.
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Sept. 17, 2007
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BACK FROM THE BRINKby Jerry Saltz MoMA relives painting’s postwar near-death experience.
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Sept. 12, 2007
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MIXED MESSAGESby Charlie Finch Marian Goodman Gallery celebrates its 30th anniversary.
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Sept. 7, 2007
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DARKNESS VISIBLEby Charlie Finch On Lisa Ruyter: One Million Postcards.
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Sept. 5, 2007
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The return of midcareerby Charlie Finch A glance at the contemporary gallery offerings in New York this fall.
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Aug. 24, 2007
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ART CLASSby Ben Davis Marx, "a new theory of the market," art and politics.
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Aug. 23, 2007
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ART OPPORTUNITIESby Charlie Finch A change in market values means a change in art values.
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Aug. 22, 2007
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SHCONTEMPORARY PREVIEWby Lee Ambrozy The new art fair in Shanghai hopes to steal Beijing’s crown as capital of Chinese contemporary art.
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Aug. 20, 2007
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THE TROUBLE
WITH YOUTHby Donald Kuspit The adolescent avant-garde versus the new Old Masters.
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Aug. 17, 2007
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JOE LEWIS: CLAIRVOYANCEby Walter Robinson From the Bronx to Chelsea, via pictoralism, minimalism and deconstruction.
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Aug. 13, 2007
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JUST BRUCEby Charlie Finch Bruce Wolmer, 1948-2007, RIP.
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Aug. 8, 2007
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FINALLY, SOMEBODY
by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp Rediscovering the eccentric (and influential) abstractions of Mary Heilmann.
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Aug. 6, 2007
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LIQUID SKIESby Charlie Finch Will the hedge fund crisis sink the art market?
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July 31, 2007
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THE MAGICAL MURPHYSby Alexandra Anderson-Spivy During the Jazz Age, Sara and Gerald Murphy lived life as an artistic exercise.
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July 30, 2007
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A BIZARRE COLLECTORby Charlie Finch A visit to Kykuit, the estate of the now-forgotten Nelson Rockefeller.
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July 30, 2007
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BIRDS OF PARADISEby N.F. Karlins "Justin McCarthy" at the two-year old GoggleWorks Center for the Arts in downtown Reading, Pa.
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July 25, 2007
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WELCOME TO QUADRICEPTICA IIby Lisa-Evelyn Radish Promise and perplexity at the second edition of the quadrennial Rjamuszian exhibition.
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July 23, 2007
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THEREMYby Charlie Finch Remembering Theresa Duncan and Jeremy Blake.
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July 18, 2007
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HYPING SERRAby Donald Kuspit Is Richard Serra’s sculpture the Titanic of avant-garde abstraction?
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July 17, 2007
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THE ALCHEMY OF CURATINGby Jerry Saltz Examining the 52nd Venice Biennale, Documenta XII and Sculpture Projects Münster.
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July 12, 2007
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ORWELL ON DALÍby Charlie Finch Is artistic freedom morally neutral?
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July 7, 2007
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FORM THINGby Charlie Finch The lesser offerings are the thing at Storm King Art Center.
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July 2, 2007
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BIENNIAL CULTUREby Jerry Saltz Biennials are boring and bloated -- there must be a better way.
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June 29, 2007
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BIENNALE WITHOUT BARRIERSby Lavinia Filippi An interview with Robert Storr, director of the international exhibition at the 52nd Venice Biennale.
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June 27, 2007
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STINGELESEby Charlie Finch Rudolf Stingel’s graffiti art at the Whitney Museum.
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June 21, 2007
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DIARY OF AN ART STARby Reverend Jen In search of a little magic in summertime New York.
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June 20, 2007
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DOWNTOWN SALONby Ilka Scobie A conversation with Deitch Projects director Nicola Vassell.
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June 19, 2007
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BUONA SERAby Jerry Saltz Richard Serra at the Museum of Modern Art. Plus five good public sculptures in New York City.
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June 18, 2007
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SIMPLE THINGSby Charlie Finch Seeking small moments of mildly enlightened distinction.
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June 12, 2007
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BELIEVE ITby Joe La Placa Hirst on the market, museums, his heroes and For the Love of God.
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June 11, 2007
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ART DEALER’S DIARYby Kenny Schachter The pleasures and pitfalls of design art at Design Miami/Basel.
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June 11, 2007
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Summer Bummerby Jerry Saltz The Whitney Museum’s bad trip back to the ‘60s.
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June 5, 2007
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ARTNET DESIGNby Brook S. Mason Prouve’s Maison Tropicale sold, a "pot dealer" in New York, International Ceramics Fair, more.
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June 5, 2007
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EVERYBODY LOVES CLAUDEby Phyllis Tuchman The crowds still line up for Claude Monet at Wildenstein.
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June 4, 2007
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Deal or No Dealby Jerry Saltz Takashi Murakami’s show is nakedly commercial; "Underdog" strikes an opposite pose, to much the same effect.
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June 4, 2007
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JERSEY TRANSITby Charlie Finch If you ride Jersey Transit, you don’t need Richard Serra.
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May 30, 2007
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PHILLIPS HEADby Hunter Drohojowska-Philp Richard Phillips’ postmodern vanitas paintings feature nude women and Nazis.
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May 22, 2007
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KING OF FASHIONby Alexandra Anderson-Spivy Modernist fashion icon Paul Poiret at the Metropolitan Museum.
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May 21, 2007
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IT’S BORING AT THE TOPby Jerry Saltz Is Andreas Gursky -- the highest-priced photographer alive -- running out of ideas?
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May 21, 2007
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ART HOUSEby Hunter Drohojowska-Philp ArchitectureForSale.com pioneers a new market in houses by top architects.
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May 17, 2007
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LANDSCAPES OF LONGINGby N.F. Karlins John Constable’s "Maria Bicknell Years" at Salander-O’Reilly.
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May 17, 2007
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REMEMBERING JONATHANby Charlie Finch A memorial for art scribe and Asia hand Jonathan Napack.
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May 15, 2007
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Same River Twiceby Jerry Saltz Rirkrit Tiravanija makes dinner for gallerygoers. Plus, Gordon Matta-Clark.
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May 9, 2007
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COLETTE IN TRANSITby Alexandra Anderson-Spivy The celebrated performance artist presents the satin-swathed boudoir from her Maison Lumière.
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May 8, 2007
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DIAMOND IN THE DESERTby Hunter Drohojowska-Philp Richard Neutra’s modernist Kaufmann House in Palm Springs goes up for auction.
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May 5, 2007
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THE AURA OF TIMELESSNESSby Donald Kuspit Desert images by Mel Pekarsky and Berber portrait photographs by Lazhar Mansouri.
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May 4, 2007
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MURAKAMI AND THE MURPHYSby Charlie Finch Parallel manifestations of Sara and Gerald Murphy and Takashi Murakami.
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May 3, 2007
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FEMALE TROUBLES
by Michèle C. Cone "Global Feminisms" is a Tsunami-sized wave of distress signals.
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Apr. 30, 2007
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NOT BUYING ITby Jerry Saltz If "Not for Sale" tells us anything, it’s that P.S.1 needs to make some changes.
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Apr. 26, 2007
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PRINCE FEIGENby Charlie Finch The quattrocento meets Ab Ex in "Sublime Convergence" at Richard L. Feigen & Co.
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Apr. 24, 2007
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PRIMAVERAby Alexandra Anderson-Spivy Robert Kushner’s new paintings evoke renewed growth and fleeting beauty.
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Apr. 23, 2007
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GET ME A BRUSH, STAT!by Jerry Saltz "High Times, Hard Times" at the National Academy Museum. Plus, Matthew Barney in a new performance.
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Apr. 18, 2007
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BITS AND PIECESby Charlie Finch Rummaging through old Manhattan with photographer Kevin Landers.
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Apr. 9, 2007
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CHARNEL KNOWLEDGEby Jerry Saltz Carroll Dunham’s wounded beasts get medieval on their own asses. Plus, Karel Funk.
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Apr. 9, 2007
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PECULIAR PEARLSby Charlie Finch Dead calm in Philip Pearlstein’s paintings.
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Apr. 2, 2007
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BOOM IN BLOOM?by Richard Polsky Will the boom continue or is it likely to fall?
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Mar. 29, 2007
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THE PAINTERLY FIGUREby Donald Kuspit Jörg Immendorff, Odd Nerdrum and Nora Speyer engage a truly human esthetic.
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Mar. 28, 2007
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DAVID LACHAPELLEby Mary Barone The celebrated glamour photographer and filmmaker talks with Mary Barone.
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Mar. 27, 2007
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RADICAL ETHIOPIAby Charlie Finch The African Christ in Ethiopian art.
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Mar. 26, 2007
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NO MAN’S LANDby Jerry Saltz Rachel Harrison ambivalently memorializes sculpture -- and men. Plus, Cary Liebowitz.
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Mar. 23, 2007
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PUSSY POWERby Hunter Drohojowska-Philp "WACK! Art and the Feminist Revolution" at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.
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Mar. 23, 2007
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PUSSY POWERby Hunter Drohojowska-Philp "WACK! Art and the Feminist Revolution" at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.
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Mar. 22, 2007
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SPECIAL OPSby Charlie Finch Reticent retinal art, and more, on Madison Avenue.
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Mar. 22, 2007
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PLEASURE GARDENS
by Fred Stern An homage to the gardens of the East at the Sackler Gallery.
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Mar. 21, 2007
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Mar. 21, 2007
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DIARY OF AN ART STAR
by Reverend Jen Tossing dollars at Mark Kostabi’s "Paint That Naming."
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Mar. 20, 2007
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SPIRITS IN THE WOOD
by N.F. Karlins Art and artifacts made of wood and tree bark by Woodland Indians and Australian Aborigines.
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Mar. 19, 2007
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YOU LIGHT UP MY LIFE
by Jerry Saltz Art market darling Terence Koh dances with skeletons and brightens the Whitney lobby. Plus, Christian Jankowski.
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Mar. 15, 2007
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SPRING OASIS
by Charlie Finch The Hammond Museum and Japanese Stroll Garden.
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Mar. 12, 2007
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FUR WHAT IT’S WORTH
by Jerry Saltz Roaming beyond the art world grid with David and Chie Hammons. Plus, Sarah Anne Johnson.
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Mar. 7, 2007
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STUBBED
by Charlie Finch George Stubbs is as much an ironist as an avatar of the sublime.
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Mar. 7, 2007
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HORSES AND HISTORY
by N.F. Karlins George Stubbs at the Frick, and "European Master Drawings" at the Morgan.
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Mar. 5, 2007
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CINDERELLA
by Charlie Finch Loving Cindy Sherman as she swans into middle age.
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Feb. 27, 2007
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CRITIQUEUS INTERRUPTUS
by Jerry Saltz Andrea Fraser replaces sensationalism with adoration. Plus, Eve Sussman’s Rape of the Sabine Women.
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Feb. 21, 2007
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LOVE IN THE RUINS
by Charlie Finch Gordon Matta-Clark at the Whitney Museum.
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Feb. 20, 2007
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BROKEN ANGEL
by Jerry Saltz A new exhibition rescues artist Martín Ramirez from his "Outsider" status. Plus, "Positively 27th Street."
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Feb. 12, 2007
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DILL VERSUS PRINCE
by Charlie Finch Lesley Dill and Richard Prince at the Neuberger Museum.
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Feb. 12, 2007
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THE BIGGEST PICTURE
by Jerry Saltz "Cosmologies" takes a trip through grand visions and imaginary universes. And "Beyond the Pale" at Moti Hasson Gallery.
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Feb. 9, 2007
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THE GILDED CAGE
by Charlie Finch Imagining the 2008 Whitney Biennial.
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Jan. 29, 2007
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SEEING DOLLAR SIGNS
by Jerry Saltz Is the art market making us stupid? Or are we making it stupid?
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Jan. 26, 2007
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GREER LANKTON, A MEMOIR
by Julia Morton Remembering East Village artist Greer Lankton on the 10th anniversary of her death.
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Jan. 22, 2007
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Pictures at an Execution
by Jerry Saltz MoMA’s "Manet and the Execution of Maximilian" and the Met’s "Glitter and Doom" illuminate history’s darkest corners.
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Jan. 10, 2007
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THE MYSTERIOUS MR. SLOMOVIC
by David D’Arcy How did a young Yugoslav end up with hundreds of artworks from the collection of French art dealer Ambroise Vollard?
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Jan. 10, 2007
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TWO THIEVES
by Charlie Finch The bohemian and the ubercollector.
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Jan. 5, 2007
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SEXUAL MORES
by Michéle C. Cone William Hogarth and the plight of women, both rich and poor.
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Jan. 2, 2007
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SNAKES IN A BOX
by Jerry Saltz Brice Marden has breathtaking ways of making things.
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Jan. 2, 2007
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THE WAY WE WERE
by Charlie Finch Remembering art as a part of life.
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Dec. 22, 2006
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NEW ORLEANS ODYSSEY
by N.F. Karlins "Masterworks from the New Orleans Museum" at Wildenstein & Company.
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Dec. 19, 2006
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SEASON OF PASSION
by Kay Itoi An interview with Japanese artist Yasumasa Morimura about his new work.
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Dec. 18, 2006
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CURRIN EVENTS
by Jerry Saltz John Currin’s money shots: Lasciviousness, voyeurism and the inner life of paintings. Plus, Gregory Crewdson.
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Dec. 14, 2006
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THE BIBLE TELLS ME SO
by Charlie Finch Photographer Alix Smith, plus contemporary art, at the new Museum of Biblical Art in Manhattan.
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Dec. 13, 2006
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PROVOCATIVE REALISM
by Donald Kuspit New Objectivist portraiture in "Glitter and Doom" at the Metropolitan Museum.
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Dec. 6, 2006
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EVERYTHING FITS
by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp John Baldessari installs "Magritte and Contemporary Art" at LACMA.
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Dec. 6, 2006
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TANIGUCHI’S REVENGE
by Charlie Finch The Museum of Modern Art unveils its new Education Building.
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Dec. 5, 2006
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RAKE’S PROGRESS
by Lewis Kachur "Beyond the White Cube: A Retrospective of Brian O’Doherty / Patrick Ireland."
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Dec. 4, 2006
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SPACE ODYSSEYS
by Jerry Saltz Imagining the future for two great institutions: Dia and the New Museum. Plus, Marilyn Minter.
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Nov. 28, 2006
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ONLY DISCONNECT
by Jerry Saltz Jeffrey Wells and Joe Deutch take us to places on the edge of language that the world can’t strip away.
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Nov. 20, 2006
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FEMALE TROUBLE
by Jerry Saltz
A plea for Lisa Yuskavage to return to her dirty-secret past. Plus, the Lower East Side at Orchard.
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Nov. 14, 2006
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CHINESE TREASURES
by N.F. Karlins
The art of the Liao at the Asia Society.
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Nov. 14, 2006
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SEDUCED AND ABANDONED
by Charlie Finch
Who says New York needs a museum of contemporary art?
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Nov. 10, 2006
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DOT DELIRIUM
by Donald Kuspit
Jennifer Bartlett’s early plate works.
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Nov. 7, 2006
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BERLIN STREET FIGHT
by Anna Blume Huttenlauch
The restitution of Kirchner’s Berlin Street Scene (1913) roils the German art world.
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Nov. 7, 2006
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BIEDERMEIER IN MILWAUKEE
by Fred Stern
The Milwaukee Art Museum mounts the first all-Biedermeier show in the U.S.
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Nov. 6, 2006
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THE WHITNEY CONTEMPORARY
by Jerry Saltz
The Whitney’s current Picasso exhibition shows that the museum needs a new vision. Plus, Marcia Tucker, R.I.P.
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Nov. 3, 2006
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THE NEW YORK LIST
A selection of things that looked good, made news or otherwise caught our eye this week.
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Nov. 2, 2006
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PASSION AND PHOTOGRAPHY
by N.F. Karlins
The romantic and artistic partnership of Tina Modotti and Edward Weston.
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Oct. 30, 2006
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THE PARALLAX VIEW
by Jerry Saltz
Mark Grotjahn undoes the insanity of a single perspective. Plus, Cimabue at the Frick.
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Oct. 26, 2006
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DIARY OF AN ART STAR
by Reverend Jen
Lower East Side performance art meets The Price Is Right.
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Oct. 26, 2006
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BOTERO’S HUMANISM
by Donald Kuspit
Fernando Botero’s paintings of Abu Ghraib.
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Oct. 23, 2006
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THE LOST SCULPTURE PROCESS
by Phyllis Tuchman
A 20th-anniversary appreciation of the sculpture garden at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
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Oct. 23, 2006
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THE UNDEAD OF ART HISTORY
by Jerry Saltz
Dasha Shishkin’s melancholic world. Plus, emerging artists at Socrates Sculpture Park.
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Oct. 19, 2006
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MISSION CREEP
by Charlie Finch
The new catchword for museoexecs.
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Oct. 18, 2006
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THE NEW ART ARISTOCRATS
by Elliott Arkin
An interview with megacollector Adam Lindemann, author of Collecting Contemporary.
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Oct. 18, 2006
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TIME LANDSCAPES
by Walter Robinson
New cityscapes by Paul Caranicas capture the spirit of a contemporary utopia.
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Oct. 13, 2006
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LUCAS THE LOVABLE
by Donald Kuspit
Avant-garde narcissism in new works by Lucas Samaras.
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Oct. 12, 2006
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ONE GOOD PRINT
by Charlie Finch
Prints and editions from Europe at MoMA.
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Oct. 10, 2006
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THE ART WORLD JUNGLE
by Jerry Saltz
The Chelsea art district, David Zwirner and the new fall season. Plus, a visit to Spiral Jetty.
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Oct. 5, 2006
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SACRED SADNESS
by Donald Kuspit
Sean Scully’s Romantic geometry.
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Oct. 2, 2006
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WHERE THE GIRLS AREN’T
by Jerry Saltz
In the art world, the prime real estate is still a men's club. Plus, Catherine Opie.
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Sept. 25, 2006
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TAKE SOME OFF THE TABLE
by Richard Polsky
A review of the overheated contemporary art market, September 2006.
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Sept. 18, 2006
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THE TEMPEST
by Jerry Saltz
ackson Pollock’s acts of esthetic desperation. Plus, Stuart Hawkins.
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Sept. 11, 2006
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POOLS OF WONDER
by Charlie Finch
Alchemy and a hint of claustrophobia in Isca Greenfield-Sanders visions of suburbia.
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Sept. 6, 2006
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ORCHARD UNDERGROUND
by Mary Rinebold
Miguel Abreu makes an art space on the Lower East Side.
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Sept. 5, 2006
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PLAYING IT STRAIGHT
by Jerry Saltz
Alas, the Whitney now looks almost as conservative and canonical as the Modern. Plus, the fall season begins.
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Aug. 31, 2006
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BERLIN RISING
by Anna Altman
Cutting-edge art and the Berlin cityscape.
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Aug. 28, 2006
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DIARY OF AN ART STAR
by Reverend Jen
Making an art video starring Moby and Reverend Jen Junior, a chihuahua.
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Aug. 25, 2006
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A CRITICAL HISTORY
OF 20TH-CENTURY ART
by Donald Kuspit
Chapter 10, Part 2: The Decadence of Advanced Art and the Return of Tradition and Beauty: The New as Tower of Conceptual Babel: The Tenth Decade.
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Aug. 23, 2006
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CHARISMA CATCHER
by Heimir Björgúlfsson
In memory of Jason Rhoades and his Black Pussy cabaret.
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Aug. 16, 2006
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GIRODET’S SENSATIONALISM
by Donald Kuspit
Charismatic rebel or kitsch romantic? Populism, eroticism and revolution in David’s greatest student.
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Aug. 14, 2006
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THE COSMIC MAYA
by N.F. Karlins
At the Met, art and rituals of the Mayan kings.
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Aug. 7, 2006
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A QUIRKY COLLECTOR
by Charlie Finch
Museum founder Roy Neuberger was one of a kind.
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Aug. 1, 2006
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FEET OF CLAY
by Charlie Finch
Since when does money create masterpieces?
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July 26, 2006
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ART DEALER’S DIARY
by Kenny Schachter
Forget the art fairs, give me the British International Motor Show.
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July 20, 2006
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SUMMIT ST. PETERSBURG
by Kate Sutton
Exhibitions at the Russian city’s museums during the G8 Summit.
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July 17, 2006
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A BEAUTIFUL MIND
by Phyllis Tuchman
Frank Stella’s breakthrough year.
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July 14, 2006
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BABES IN LOYLAND
by Charlie Finch
German painter Rosa Loy’s female mythology.
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July 10, 2006
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GRACE, DEPRAVITY AND GRANDEUR
by Jerry Saltz
The Venetian Renaissance by way of ancient Greece and Cecil B. DeMille, in the paintings of Veronese.
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July 7, 2006
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PORTRAIT AMERICA
by N.F. Karlins
The Smithsonian reopens its American Art Museum and National Portrait Gallery.
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July 5, 2006
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THE SUBLIME IS US
by Jerry Saltz
In new work by Klara Liden, the unfathomable feelings of being alive. Plus, Justin Lowe.
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June 29, 2006
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BOMB-A-RAMA
by Paul Jeromack
A look back at the auction fiasco of 2006.
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June 22, 2006
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CASH, CLOWNS, AND CARNIVAL
by Jerry Saltz
Martin Eder and Cosima von Bonin, two German artists in Chelsea. Plus, Halsey Rodman.
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June 19, 2006
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The Great Picabia
by Charlie Finch
Francis Picabia is the star of "Dada" at MoMA.
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June 12, 2006
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RECONSTRUCTION ZONE
by Jerry Saltz
Ted Riederer’s quasi-religious, art-historical, life-and-death parable. Plus, Stephen Shore.
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June 7, 2006
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BORDEL MAGNIFIQUE
by Chris Sharp
The French ministry of culture hazards "La Force de l’Art" at the Nef du Grand Palais.
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June 2, 2006
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SHE’S NOT THERE
by Jerry Saltz
Sharon Lockhart’s "Pine Flat" photographs, all subject matter and no content. Plus, Francis Cape.
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May 26, 2006
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ABSALOM, O ABSALOM
by Jerry Saltz
Photos of "The American War" from Ho Chi Minh City by Harrell Fletcher. Plus, Mark Hogancamp’s therapeutic war diorama.
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May 24, 2006
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EXCELLENCE HAS [NO] SEX
by Michèle C. Cone
Two new exhibitions give us an Eva Hesse for the 21st century.
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May 9, 2006
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LEVIATHAN
by Jerry Saltz
Matthey Barney’s Drawing Restraint 9 touches on everything. Plus, Xavier Cha.
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May 5, 2006
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OLD FRIENDS
by Charlie Finch
Notes on Jocelyn Hobbie, Lisa Ruyter and Kerri Scharlin.
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May 2, 2006
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Sale Away
by Jerry Saltz
Couldn’t six Texas millionaires chip in and buy a group of Judds? Plus, Alex McQuilkin.
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Apr. 26, 2006
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GYPSY
by Jerry Saltz
Amy Sillman, a nervy painter who loves mid-century abstraction
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Apr. 21, 2006
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MiArt 2006
by Joe La Placa
China is the guest country at Italy’s top contemporary art fair.
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Apr. 19, 2006
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MARFA ON MY MIND
by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp
A visit to Donald Judd’s Chinati Foundation art museum in Marfa, Texas.
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Apr. 18, 2006
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COLLECTING CELEBRITY ART
by Baird Jones
Art by movie stars, athletes, musicians and other pop-culture idols.
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Apr. 14, 2006
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ART MARKET WATCH
by Paul Jeromack
Christie’s sells a Turner for $35.8 million.
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Apr. 12, 2006
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THE SEVENTH CIRCLE
by Jerry Saltz
Nan Goldin is giving us the moment before she will turn to ash. Plus, Paul Shambroom.
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Apr. 4, 2006
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WORLD OF WOMEN
by Charlie Finch
"Bearings: The Female Figure" at PS122 Gallery in Manhattan.
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Apr. 3, 2006
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HEAPS AND CONSEQUENCES
by Jerry Saltz
Tara Donovan’s undulating, otherworldly river valley. Plus, Judith Linhares.
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Mar. 31, 2006
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CHASING THE DRAGON
by Oriane Stender
Nan Goldin’s Sisters, Saints and Sibyls premieres in New York.
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Mar. 27, 2006
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OVERWHELMING LIFE
by Ana Finel Honigman
Alex McQuilkin tells why we should all stop worrying about her.
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Mar. 28, 2006
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QUEEN OF NIGHT
by Jerry Saltz
Kara Walker’s language of tattered words and shadow plays. Plus, Jennifer and Kevin McCoy.
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Mar. 23, 2006
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A LA SCHIFANO
by Ilka Scobie
A survey of the Italian Pop artist’s work opens in Milan.
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Mar. 23, 2006
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NO REWIND
by Alexandra Anderson-Spivy
The last rites of Nam June Paik.
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Mar. 22, 2006
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OLD MASTERS, NEW EDGE
by Brook Mason
Bigger, better, more important at TEFAF Maastricht 2006.
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Mar. 16, 2006
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LOOKING FOR ISLAM
by P.C. Smith
"Without Boundary" at the Museum of Modern Art surveys Islamic sensibilities in western art.
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Mar. 13, 2006
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HARDCORE
by Jerry Saltz
Charline von Heyl’s painting is a snake pit of styles.
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Mar. 10, 2006
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STOP THE INSANITY!
by Charlie Finch
Contemporary art’s disconnect from the real world.
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Mar. 2, 2006
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BIENNIAL IN BABYLON
by Jerry Saltz
The "Whitney Biennial 2006: Day for Night" is lively, brainy and self-conscious. Plus, Kelley Walker.
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Feb. 27, 2006
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IDOL THOUGHTS
by Jerry Saltz
The glory of Fountain, Marcel Duchamp’s ground-breaking "moneybags piss pot."
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Feb. 21, 2006
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TREE OF LIFE
by N.F. Karlins
Unraveling the symbols of the past at the Ukrainian Museum.
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Feb. 15, 2006
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THE ROYAL HALF
by Phyllis Tuchman
The treasures of Hesse at the Portland Art Museum.
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Feb. 14, 2006
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INTERROGATION NATION
by Jerry Saltz
Walid Raad makes art that is like a communiqué from a secret agent. Plus shows by Joe Zucker and Sally Smart.
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Feb. 8, 2006
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THE NEW SCENESTERS
by Pedro Velez A hardscrabble renaissance of art and music in Puerto Rico.
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Feb. 3, 2006
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A THORN TREE IN THE GARDEN
by Jerry Saltz
Andrea Zittel is Robinson Crusoe and Mad Max by way of Walden Pond, St. Augustine and Greenpeace. Plus, Nam June Paik, R.I.P.
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