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COMING ATTRACTIONS, PART TWO (ALMOST ALL ALREADY HERE)

October 27, 2014

Richard Estes. Diner. 1971. Oil on canvas, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Museum purchase 1977 . © Richard Estes, courtesy Marlborough Gallery, New York. Photo by Lee Stalsworth.
Here's the second installment of my report on exhibitions of greater than average interest this autumn, not only in New York but also within busing distance of the Big Apple.

The Museum of Modern Art has several “historical” retrospectives on the boards for this season. There’s one for Robert Gober (more…)

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COMING ATTRACTIONS, PART ONE (SOME ALREADY HERE)

October 20, 2014

Helena Rubinstein holding one of her masks from the Ivory Coast, 1934. Photograph by George Maillard Kesslere. Helena Rubinstein Foundation Archives, Fashion Institute of Technology, SUNY, Gladys Marcus Library, Special Collections
Once again, a new fall season awaits us. Although I’m a bit late with it, I’d like to give you folks a rundown on coming attractions at the museums--some of which are already here. Sometimes I don’t get around to reviewing these shows until they’re fairly far along, which is (more…)

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TWO UNFORGETTABLES

October 12, 2014

Tags: Helen Frankenthaler, Morris Louis

Morris Louis, Tet, 1958. Acrylic resin (Magna) on canvas, 94 1/8 x 152 1/8 in. (239.1 x 386.4 cm.) Collection Whitney Museum, New York, NY, courtesy Mnuchin Gallery. Digital image (c) Whitney Museum of Art, NY (c) 2014 Maryland College Institute of Art (MICA). Rights administered by Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York, All Rights Reserved
Two unforgettables are currently in their last week of exposure on the Upper East Side, Helen Frankenthaler at Gagosian & Morris Louis at Mnuchin. If you haven't already seen these splendid shows, make a point of getting there--this is painting as painting should be (and so rarely is).

Peter Schjeldahl, in the New Yorker, was (more…)

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4 FOR THE FUTURE

October 6, 2014

Tags: George Hofmann, Ben Dowell, Liv Mette Larsen, Paula De Luccia

Left to right: Paula De Luccia, Mill Wild(2008); Liv Mette Larsen, Neighborhood X (2014); Neighborhood IV (2014); and Neighborhood IX (2014).
In Manhattan just now we have two shows with four artists between them, all worthy of note. Two of these artists, George Hofmann & Ben Dowell, are holding forth in Williamsburg, while the other two, Liv Mette Larsen & Paula De Luccia, can be found on the Lower East Side. (more…)

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