Over the past two years that I’ve been working toward my MFA at the Cranbrook Academy of Art, my standard (hackneyed?) retort to artists, critics, friends, janitors, anyone who wants to talk-about-art-in-Detroit, is that artists are going to have a hard time being self-sustaining here, and for reasons we’re all […]

Masking tape and spray paint figure prominently in Elizabeth Neel’s new abstract paintings, on view at Sikkema Jenkins through May 22. Formerly represented by Deitch where she had a solo in 2008, Neel discusses abstraction, subject matter,  and learning to paint with her grandmother in a recent conversation with filmmaker […]

I love it when established artists start something new. After seeing Pablo Picasso’s Guernica for the first time three years ago, Judy Glantzman began moving away from the introspective self-portraits she had been making for many years toward a less self-engaged exploration of the devastation caused by war. Determined that […]

The recently announced shortlist for Tate Britain’s 2013 Turner Prize includes painter Lynette Yiadom-Boakye (London, b. 1977), who readers may recall was the only painter included in the New Museum’s 2012 Triennial “The Ungovernables.” Turner Prize jurors select specific exhibitions, and Yiadom-Boakye was singled out for “Extracts and Verses,” a […]

Yesterday I saw lots of good stuff at the 2013  Brooklyn Zine Fest, held in a dark Williamsburg bar. Here is a short video I found on the Brooklyn College Zine Collection blog about how to make a simple zine, which shows that all you really need is the desire […]

I just received an email from e-artnow that included all these job listings and other opportunities. Have at it. Geneva University of Art and Design is looking for a Department Head (listing below). JOBS (ACADEMICS, ARTISTS, CURATORS): Various job opportunities at the Guggenheim Museum: NYC, USA.Deadline: asap. http://www.guggenheim.org/new-york/about/jobs/full-time Current available […]

Clicking through my inbox this morning, deluged with paintings slathered in bright, saturated color, I was reminded of an artists book produced in an MFA seminar I taught last semester at the University of Connecticut. Russell Shoemaker, Lover’s Lane, 2013, acrylic on canvas, large scale. In Formula, painter Russell Shoemaker […]