Dan Perjovschi interview at Columbia University. Wall painting in first image: Kader Attia, Untitled, 2010. “Project Europa: Imagining the (Im)Possible,” an excellent and disturbing show at Columbia University’s Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery, explores the past two decades in European history. Marked by the fall of the Berlin […]

“Abstract painter Sean Scully may have been born in Dublin, but for the past few years he has lived in southern Germany � where, he says, the rural scenery has changed forever the urban texture of his art. Guardian filmmaker Laurence Topham is given rare access to his studio, where […]

Josh Smith, “Stage Painting 2,” 2011, wood, paint, fabric, lights and hardware, 96 x 68 x 54 inches   Josh Smith, “Untitled,” 2010, mixed media on panel (6 panels), 120 x 144″  Josh Smith, “Untitled,” 2010, mixed media on panel, 48 x 36″ Josh Smith, “Untitled,” 2010, oil on canvas, 60 […]

All images are details from Condo’s paintings at the New Museum. In Jerry Saltz’s “Ask an Art Critic” column, reader Aaron Holtz asks why so many people love the George Condo exhibition at the New Museum. Here’s an excerpt from Saltz’s uncharacteristically dismissive answer along with a few excerpts from […]

Ever since I saw his 1996 Guggenheim retrospective, I’ve been too much of a fan(atic) to objectively review Ellsworth Kelly’s work–it’s been so important to me over the years. On Thursday night I stopped by the opening of his new show at Matthew Marks, where I finally got to meet […]

 Found Art (Bowery) Unmonumental 470. Photo: Joy Garnett 2011. Here’s a repost of Joy Garnett’s excellent report on “Making a Living as an Artist: With or Without a Dealer,” the panel I participated in at the College Art Association last Thursday. Garnett’s report was originally published in the CAA Conference […]

Services to Artists Committee members Sharon Louden and Brian Bishop stopped by to check out “The Promotion Project, “ my presentation at the CAA ArtExchange last year in Chicago. This week in NYC, as the 99th College Art Association Annual Conference convenes, art students from across the country will be […]

  Deborah Brown telling stories about her neighborhood. Deborah Brown, “Hybrid #1,” 2010, oil on canvas , 36″ x 36″ On the occasion of “The Bushwick Paintings,” her exhibition at Lesley Heller, I met with Deborah Brown in her studio where we discussed painting and her love of Bushwick, Brooklyn’s […]