Art
Hoot and Holler with Stanley Whitney
Whitney’s drawings cite influences from Harlem Renaissance literature to bebop.
John Yau
John Yau is an award winning poet, critic, curator, and publisher of Black Square Editions. He has published over 50 books of poetry, fiction, and art criticism.
Art
Stanley Twardowicz, a Neglected Minor Master
The unsung Abstract Expressionist wanted his paintings to show none of the effort he put into making them.
Art
Rosalyn Drexler Does Not Look Back
Since the 1960s, Drexler has continued to make powerful art and to go her own way.
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Portrait of a Young Artist, from New York to Vietnam and Back
The challenge for younger artists — particularly ones of color like Tammy Nguyen — is this: do you accommodate yourself to the marketplace, or do you find another way?
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Twenty-Nine Thoughts on Jasper Johns
He pushes back against the widely accepted view that the artist’s primary goal is formal innovation.
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Four Uncompromising Finnish Women Artists
There are no portraits of men or depictions of happy couples in this exhibition at Scandinavia House.
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Twenty-Six Thoughts on Robert Rauschenberg
MoMA's retrospective runs from stench and perfection to perfection and putrefaction.
Books
An Art Critic's Independent Gaze
Michael Glover takes nothing for granted in his art criticism; he is not dogmatic, nor does he seem to have axe to grind.
Art
Joshua Marsh’s Inimitable Drawings
Marsh might begin with close observation, but he ends up in a fever dream — a garden of otherworldly delights.
Books
Will Alexander's Celebration of the Possible
Alexander’s poetry is swarming with information from a vast library — like the one lost in Alexandria — that he has absorbed into his bloodstream.
Art
Slippery Geometry and Beguiling Color
An exhibition of works by Gabriele Evertz and Sanford Wurmfeld demonstrates that color theory and painting can arrive at very different conclusions.
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Richard Misrach and Guillermo Galindo Mourn the Fate of Immigrants
We are intent on poisoning the earth one way or another. Misrach is determined to document that poisoning without looking away, while Galindo wants to transform the results of that venom into a salve.