Will Cotton, “Pastoral,” 2009, oil on linen, 60 x 72 inches Will Cotton, “Rose,” 2009, oil on linen, 34 x 24 inches Will Cotton, “Untitled,” 2003, oil on linen, 80 x 120″ Tonight on episode seven of “Work of Art” the contestants must “reflect on their childhoods and create artwork […]

Sarah Morris, Alpine Coil [Knots],” 2009, household gloss paint on canvas, 84.25 x 84.25″ Sarah Morris, “Portuguese Bowline [Knots],” 2009, household gloss paint on canvas, 84.25 x 84.25″  Sarah Morris, “Utility [Clips],” 2009, household gloss paint on canvas, 84.25 x 84.25.” All images courtesy Friedrich Petzel. I wrote about this […]

  John Singer Sargent, “Atlantic Storm,” 1876,  Curtis Galleries, Minneapolis John Singer Sargent, “Mid-Ocean, Mid-Winter,” 1876, private collection. John Singer Sargent, “Neapolitan Children Bathing,” 1879, Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. John Singer Sargent, “Beach Scene,” 1880, private collection. Growing up near the Mystic Seaport, I developed a robust appreciation […]

Farrell Brickhouse, “Struggle 5, Dancing Bear,” 2009, oil on canvas, 18×18″ Farrell Brickhouse has been selected as the grand-prize-winning commenter in the recent Two Coats contest launched to promote the new Facebook page. Thanks to readers Kim Neudorf, Mira Gerard, and Timm Mettler who were our other finalists, and to […]

The other day I went to Chelsea to check out “Making Sense,” Jen Dalton�s Saltzy exhibition at the Flag Art Foundation, when I ran into comic genius/ conceptual artist Larry David. Completely unprepared for the early-afternoon downpour, I had no raincoat or umbrella, and Larry, wearing gobs of pancake makeup […]

Crystal Wagner in front of her print/drawing/collage installation at Famous Accountants. Crystal Wagner, “Mechanism (detail),” 2010, a drawing and collage.  Crystal Wagner, “Morphotic II,” 2010, screen print.  Rico Gatson in front of Wagner’s wall of screen prints. Today I’m heading for Famous Accountants, a newish Bushwick space known for it’s […]

I just got a note from Austin Thomas with more details about Camp Pocket U, an artists residency project that I’m participating in at the end of the month. Since Thomas’s Bushwick salon Pocket Utopia, closed last year, she has tirelessly continued to organize events and exhibitions throughout the city […]

 Jakub Julian Ziolkowski, “Caligula,” 2010, oil on canvas, 63 x 52 3/4 in Jakub Julian Ziolkowski, “Untitled (King of Israel), ” 2010, oil on canvas, 74 3/4 x 65″ Jakub Julian Ziolkowski , “The Clash,” 2010, acrylic and oil on canvas, 68 7/8 x 82 5/8″ In the NY Times, […]