Curated by Craig Olson, “Idiot’s Delight” at Janet Kurnatowski  is about joy, materiality, a wholehearted embrace of the impractical. “It�s an idiot�s delight, blowing like a circle around our skulls, blowing through the buttons of our coats,” Olson writes in his statement.  “It carries and encourages us to seek these […]

Sharon Butler, “Red Rimmed,” 2011, acrylic on canvas, 11″ x 14.” UPDATE(September 3, 2011): NURTUREart received a record number of submissions this year–over 600–and will select 150 pieces for the exhibition. Thanks everyone for submitting. The benefit will take place at the Chelsea Art Museum on October 11.Tickets are $200 […]

This month I’ll be in Chicago to present The Promotion Project at the College Art Association’s Annual Conference. Please stop by the ARTExchange, free and open to the public, in the Hyatt Regency on Friday, February 12, 6-8pm. Artists from all over the country will be presenting prints, paintings, drawings, […]

 Abby Leigh, “Focus 2,” 2009, 50 x 50″ dry pigment, oil, wax on canvas. Wandering around Chelsea yesterday, I stopped in to see Abby Leigh’s seductive paintings at Betty Cunningham. According to Leigh, the twelve 50 x 50″ paintings reference Cezanne�s description of what the experience of looking at a […]

William Blake, “The Angel of the Divine Presence Bringing Eve to Adam,” ca.1803, watercolor, pen and black ink over graphite on paper; 17 7/16 x 13 1/8″. Courtesy The Metropolitan Museum. In The Brooklyn Rail, Thomas Micchelli reports that William Blake could be the patron saint of our DIY era. […]