Paul McCarthy at Hauser and Wirth, installation view. Paul McCarthy at Hauser and Wirth, installation view.   Paul McCarthy, “Inside her Ordeal,” 2009, oil stick, charcoal and collage on paper, 127 x 81″ In Time Out New York, Kate Lowenstein is underwhelmed by Paul McCarthy’s naughty drawings at Hauser and […]

  Brent Hallard, Installation view. Brent Hallard, “burger, mo, and the flute” In the San Francisco Chronicle, Kenneth Baker reports that “Trans: Form/Color” at Meridian Gallery is an exploration of abstraction and how it has evolved. “Early practitioners of abstract painting might plausibly claim that the meaning of their work […]

Two Coats of Paint is the Official Marshmallow Sponsor of the first annual ART BURN 2009� which will combine an international selection of original art with fire. “An exclusive selection of more than three dozen exceptional pieces by the hottest renowned artists and sizzling, cutting-edge newcomers will be displayed from […]

�Untitled� is Laura Owens� 2009 take on Ernst Ludwig Kirchner�s 1914 �Girl in White Chemise.� My latest review for the New Haven Advocate considers “Continuous Present,” an excellent show at the Yale University Art Gallery featuring work by Francis Al�s, Peter Fischli and David Weiss, Rodney Graham, Roni Horn, On […]

Konrad Klapheck, “No�l � la Maison,” 1999, acrylic on canvas, 60.4 x 48.2″ Corinne Wasmuht, “3 jeans,” 2008, oil on wood, 137 x 212 cm Gillian Carnegie, “Voi,” 2004, oil on canvas, 76 x w: 53.2 in The Morsbroich Museum in Leverkusen, Germany, is presenting “Slow Painting,” an exhibition  in […]

Installing “Benches & Binoculars” at the Walker Art Center Installation view In contrast to the minimalist installation style in the galleries of most contemporary arts organizations, the salon-style installation of “Benches & Binoculars” at the Walker Art Center refers to the 19th- and early 20th-century gallery practices that lumber magnate […]

  Drawings by Carl Fredrik Hill. “CARL FREDRIK HILL: Drawings From the Malmo Art Museum,” Scandinavia House, New York, NY. Through Jan. 9. Roberta Smith: Carl Fredrik Hill�s astounding career is sharply divided by madness into two halves, with ambition and determination their common ground….Overwork and lack of success � […]

Carrie Galbraith In the SF Chronicle, Julian Guthrie reports that dozens of artists converged on a small underground gallery off a dark and narrow alley in the heart of North Beach on Friday night for a one-night show called “Kinkade Cannibalized! – An Exhibition of Augmented Thomas Kinkade Paintings.” Kinkade, […]

In a Vulture post about the New Museum’s questionable curatorial practices, Saltz assesses the quality of the vociferous debate and courageously suggests that prickly blogger Tyler Green’s criticism has crossed the line. “One of the main things that suggested all this indignation had gone too far was the witch-hunt tone […]