Month: October 2010

Uncategorized

Roger White on the Death-of-Painting problem

Roger White, Untitled, 2009, watercolor on paper, 12 x 8 3/4″ Roger White, Untitled, 2010, oil on canvas, 60 x 40″ Roger White, Untitled, 2010, oil on canvas , 60 x 40″ At Idiom, editor Stephen Squibb talks to Roger White, painter, writer, and co-founder of the journal Paper Monument […]

Uncategorized

Wendell Gladstone: Nuns, bums, sailfish and soldiers

 Wendell Gladstone, “Devolution,”  2010, acrylic on canvas, 84 x 60″ Wendell Gladstone, “Mob,” 2010, acrylic on canvas, 84 x 60.”  Wendell Gladstone, “Headdress,”  2010, acrylic on canvas, 60 x 48″ This week in New York Jerry Saltz gives Wendell Gladstone’s show at Kravets/Wehby a shout. Gladstone (b. 1972), who lives […]

Solo Shows

Blast Radius

The other day I stopped by Winkleman Gallery to see Joy Garnett’s new paintings, and then hurried up to the Cort Theater where I had tickets to Time Stands Still, a uniformly well-acted play featuring Laura Linney as a photojournalist, home from a stint in Iraq where she had been […]

Uncategorized

Real Estate for artists

To learn more about the property, click here. I’ve recently learned that my old house and barn studio in Stonington, Connecticut, are up for sale. Two hours from NYC via Rte. 95 or Amtrak, the land is amazing, although the house is begging for someone with homeowner (or loft-renovator) know-how […]

Uncategorized

Conversion Party at CMJ

The CMJ Music Marathon is underway in NYC, so we wanted to give a shout out to Conversion Party, one of our favorite bands. They’ll be playing Thursday, October 21 at Union Hall in Park Slope.  Check out their new website where their latest songs are posted. Related Post: Two […]

Uncategorized

Anselm Keifer’s factory

In The Guardian, Peter Bradshaw reports that “Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow,” an often wordless  essay-documentary about lugubrious German artist Anselm Kiefer and his heavy art practice, is a worthwhile film that attempts to respond to his work rather than simply document it. “Filmmaker Sophie Fiennes begins by roaming […]

Uncategorized

Austin Thomas: Consummately visual

 Austin Thomas, “The Travel Diaries,” installation view.  Austin Thomas, “The Studio” installation view. Austin Thomas, “Conversations,” installation view.  Austin Thomas, “The Studio” and “The Sketches,” installation view. In The Brooklyn Rail, Thomas Micchelli reviews Austin Thomas’s remarkable solo show at STOREFRONT, which closes this Sunday. “The installation, which is divided […]