In March, the art fairs come to New York, and�I’ve put together a brief list, with descriptions and helpful links to the individual fairs. Note that many have lectures and panel discussions, so make sure�to check out their websites before planning your weekend.

This week: The�obituary for�prolific New Yorker cartoonist James Stevenson, a review of “Painting Paintings, an exhibition of David Reed’s paintings from the 1970s, and the shitty review of Amy Feldman’s show in Berlin. James Stevenson, a�prolific�cartoonist at The New Yorker and children’s book author, has died�at 87. �NYTimes�obituary states that […]

From the label text at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC: American artist Gilbert Stuart was commissioned to paint this portrait after the success of his first portrait of Washington in 1795. Martha Washington convinced the president to sit again because, according to artist Rembrandt Peale, she �wished a […]

This week the College Art Association Annual Conference takes up residence at the New York Hilton Midtown. For non-members, onsite registration costs $595 for the entire five-day event, which features presentations, panel discussions, reunions, and more. This year, CAA has introduced a $150 day-pass, but if readers are interested in […]

Featuring links to articles about�the Painting in the 1980s and Raymond Pettibon exhibitions, distracted by politics, Mother Jones, David Corn, Blue Mountain Center,�I Am Not Your Negro, an�Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon,�more… This week “Fast Forward: Painting in the 1980s” opened at the Whitney Museum. The exhibition�features�many of the artists I loved […]

When I first saw Katharina Grosse’s paintings at Gagosian, my reaction was that they were too big, and that the surfaces were too flat–that they looked better on the computer screen than they did�at the gallery. Berlin-based Grosse (b.�1961, Germany) is mainly�known for large-scale three-dimensional work that features bright, unmixed, […]

Contributed by by Danielle Wu / Given the influx of politically oriented�exhibitions lately, “Soft Power,” Marina Adams’s solo at Salon 94 offers an ethereal mind space that provides relief from all the strain and strife.�Wavy blocks of bright color, from lemony yellows to saltwater blues, nest together, embracing each other�s […]

The-world-is-falling-apart edition. MoMA protests Trump’s refugee ban, Dore Ashton has died, AFC offers to�help to artists affected by Trump’s executive orders, movies about politics, NEA budget, Stock Club update, Welish on Dan Walsh, Tatiana Berg�and�Mexico City, and more.

For his new series of elegant abstract paintings, on view at Minus Space through February 25, Ken Weathersby drew from�seasoned images in old art�history books. These books feature simple layouts, often two wide columns illustrated with black and white images. Over time, the paper on which they’ve been printed has […]