Award-winning blogazine, primarily about painting
Tuesday, May 14, 2024
Contributed by Sharon Butler /�Fr�d�rique Lucien�and I met�during the Bushwick iteration of “Deux C�t�s / Two Sides,” a�collaborative�exhibition organized by Stephanie Theodore and�Emilie Ovaere-Corthay, the director of legendary�Galerie Jean Fournier.�When I was in Paris for the opening, I got a chance to stop�by Lucien’s�studio in the 11th arrondissement,�not far from […]
Contributed by Rob Kaiser-Schatzlein / Sascha Braunig, whose solo show�“Shivers,”�is on view at MoMA PS1 through March 5,�recently returned�to New York City from Portland, Maine, to participate in the Sharpe Walentas Studio Program.�When�I stopped by her new space, we�discussed her process and the changes�that have taken place in her practice […]
In the unrelenting year-end swirl of grading, final reviews, impending global�upheaval, and extra holiday-related chores, you�probably�have a�nagging feeling�that you’ve missed some�good shows. And�perhaps you’re wondering about the exhibitions�that are�opening in January. For me, the antidote is putting�together a list of exhibitions, checking out�some work, either online or IRL, and getting�my […]
The 2016-you’re-killing-me edition: Paul D’Agostino’s art round up at Brooklyn Magazine,�Ivanka’s art collection (and�Playboy bunny style), heartbreaking story about�opioid addiction, and an update on�the�$50�Stock Club for Artists.
Contributed by Jonathan Stevenson /�Whiplash, Damien Chazelle�s remarkably assured and incendiary second feature from 2014, made the case that artistic accomplishment was predominantly a cloistered process of Darwinian nastiness, redeemed only in an evanescent performance that the artist must keep repeating to make good on his dark investment. The final […]
Rumors are circulating that the Trump organization might be�thinking about appointing�Sylvester Stallone to head the�National Endowment for the Arts. Most�of us know that Stallone�is an actor (Yo, Adrian), but few realize that he also identifies as�a painter and is represented by Galerie Gmurzynska,�a Swiss gallery that�specializes in Russian avant-garde, modern […]
I was lucky to have�a chance to stop by�the compelling�Cy Twombly retrospective�at Centre Pompidou in Paris earlier this month. Spanning Twombly’s�entire career, the exhibition comprises�three major series: “Nine Discourses on Commodus”�(1963), “Fifty Days at Iliam”�(1978), and “Coronation of Sesostris”�(2000). I’ve always been drawn to Twombly’s drawing, sensual surfaces, and mastery […]
In Paris last week I stopped by�Galerie Templon near the Centre Pompidou to see Francesco Clemente’s charming new paintings. An Italian artist who travels between�New York,�Rome, New Mexico and India, Clemente�was one of the painters involved in the�rebirth of figurative painting and the movement known as�Neo-Expressionism�during the 1980s.��
Contributed by Jonathan Stevenson / Ben Godward is at home with bright colors and exotic shapes. The New York sculptor has for some time been producing boldly optic, resolutely asymmetrical pieces that render impressions of roiling urban excess into freewheeling mixed media, abundantly featuring foam, urethane resin, and Day-Glo hues. […]
Contributed by Sharon Butler / Followers of post-election news coverage, despairing over rampant voter suppression, are bereft over the Electoral College electors’ unwillingness to cast their votes for the sane candidate who overwhelmingly won the popular vote. The vocal majority, fretting about what to expect after the inauguration of an undisciplined kleptocrat as the 45th president of the […]
