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Lilli Carré’s Labyrinthine Visions
CHICAGO — White paper sits on white matting within white frames hung on the white walls of Western Exhibitions, the unnerving blank expanse invoking a sense of being thrust into the heart of an endless maze.
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After Alleged Attack, Making Sense of a Chelsea Exhibition's Murky Backing
On October 3rd, an assailant and two accomplices allegedly entered the cavernous gallery at 540 West 21st Street in Manhattan's Chelsea district. What happened next, according to reports published here and in the New York Times, was an assault of the curator, Benjamin Hiller, with pepper spray, and
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Washington, DC, Becomes a Playground of Public Art
One week ago, an installation by artist Abigail DeVille was dismantled in Washington, DC. “The New Migration” was a collection of materials gathered by DeVille during a road trip from DC to Jacksonville, Florida, retracing and reversing the steps of a popular route taken by African Americans fleeing
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Sentenced: Swedish Artist Dan Park "Incited Against an Ethnic Group"
The imprisonment of artists and the shutting down of galleries by government agents are incidents we associate with North Korea, Cuba, and Saudi Arabia, not a progressive Scandinavian democracy.
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In Jamaica, Documenting — and Honoring — a Rich History
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Not too long ago, Jamaica’s tourism-promotion board hired some advertising wizards to cook up a clever slogan to help sell the island’s sunny, Caribbean charms to vacationers from North America. They came up with “We’re more than a beach. We’re a country.”
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Paintings Like Sand in Your Teeth: John Walker at Seal Point
Disclosure, in John Walker’s paintings, comes slowly. A dominant motif — zigzag stripes ranging up, down and across the canvas — colonizes the surface, establishing it as a realm of aggressively brushed abstract patterns. Then one by one, various incidentals emerge — a densely wooded island, a rocky
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Shrapnel from the Skies: The Paintings of David Lynch
PHILADELPHIA — “Is Mr. Lynch as compelling a fine artist as he has been a filmmaker?” That’s the challenge Ken Johnson throws down in his New York Times review of David Lynch: The Unified Field at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. And without missing a beat, “The short answer is no.”
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Dealer to Collector: Your Art Sucks
The following "correspondence" was sent to us anonymously, and we publish it here as an archival document indicating the state of collector/dealer relationships in the 21st century.
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An Anti-Zen Garden Full of Skulls and More Unearthly Unease
The beauty and hell of utopia and dystopia is the subject of Japan Society's Garden of Unearthly Delights, which opened today in Manhattan.
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Berlin's Fashion Futurisms
BERLIN — The embers of Berlin Alternative Fashion Week (BAFW) will continue to burn beyond its conclusion this past weekend. Ignited by a riotous spirit and explosive energy, this week-long series of events represented a restless, demanding, and at times extravagant provocation.
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A Biennial Asks: Where Is Brooklyn?
“This exhibition series intends to demonstrate the rich wealth of talent to be found throughout Brooklyn.” This is the mission statement of the BRIC Biennial, which recently launched the first edition of the series in its new home in Fort Greene.
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Spending an Evening with a Maestro of Drone Music
Hidden away in Ridgewood, Queens, is a private loft that holds an acoustic gem from the mid 20th century: a vintage — and totally functional — Klipschorn three-piece speaker system.