In Art in America this month Raphael Rubinstein, after reading issues of AiA from thirty years ago, considers the fate of Neo-Expressionism, a movement popular in the 1980s championed by painters such as Sandro Chia, Enzo Cucchi, Francesco Clemente, Markus Lu?pertz, and Julian Schnabel that was ultimately overshadowed by the […]

A few weeks ago I saw “Coming and Going,” Julian Kreimer’s absorbing exhibition at WEEKNIGHTS, a small gallery Jen Hitchings opened in Bushwick back in August and, according to her website, is soon “transitioning into a slightly newer gallery, with more space and a new staff.” The following week, while […]

At McKenzie Fine Art through March 10:  Jason Karolak. Above: Untitled (P-1004), 2010, oil on linen, 14 x 12 inches. Karolak has two types of paintings in the show, big ones with brightly colored geometric wire-like frames floating on black backgrounds and charming small ones like the densely painted beauty […]

Norte Maar director Jason Andrew recently curated “Giacometti and a selection of contemporary drawings,” an exhibition that links contemporary drawing with the work of Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966). In his statement for the show, Andrew writes that Giacometti holds a special place in the history of 20th Century art. Any encounter […]

If you’re in Chicago, please stop by AdventureLand, the new exhibition space organized by Tony Fitzpatrick in conjunction with Firecat Projects. In keeping with Fitzpatrick’s belief that artists, not the market, should drive the bus, Adventureland will focus on connecting young and underknown artists with Chicago art patrons and the […]

“Precisionist Casual,” my solo show at Austin Thomas’s Pocket Utopia, is on view through Sunday, Februaray 17, so please stop by and have a look if you haven’t already. On Sunday, concluding the events organized in conjunction with the exhibition (thanks Raphael Rubinstein for an excellent presentation on poetry and […]

ARTspace, a conference within the College Art Association Annual Conference, is tailored to the interests and needs of studio artists, and, unlike the traditional conference panels, it’s is free and open to the public. Organized by the Services to Artists Committee (I’m a member) ARTspace includes panel discussions, a Media […]

Tom Thomson (Canada, 1877-1917) worked as a commercial artist and then a painter and wilderness guide in Northern Ontario. According to the National Gallery of Canada’s website, Thomson sketched mostly in the spring or summer, wintering in Toronto where he worked his sketches up into larger canvases. By late 1915, […]