Art
Using Postwar Americana to Reveal Our Toxic Political Past
In the chaos of the Trump presidency, Howard Halle's work reminds us that a toxic political atmosphere is nothing new, and that art can help us weather it.
Elizabeth Dee Gallery
Art
An Introduction to the Hungarian Neo-Avant-Garde of the 1960s and ’70s
An exhibition at Elizabeth Dee gallery offers a dense survey of a little-known topic, but without enough information.
Art
Considering Community as Art Galleries Help Gentrify Harlem
A new wave of art galleries are starting to move up uptown from Chelsea and lower Manhattan, and it is time to ask serious questions about their impact and what we can do to guarantee Harlem survives culturally.
Art
A Painter Finds Depth in Flatness
“The world is flat.” So declared New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman in 2005. And before the world was flat, it was round, and before that it was flat. And the picture plane was flat too.
Art
Blue Chip Chelsea: Keifer, Rauschenberg, Sugimoto + Surprises
Yesterday afternoon, I ventured out into the bordering on bad weather and braved the gray skies to bring you the latest on Chelsea this November. The gallery district is probably much as you remember it, with high-end galleries showing off their blue chip stables and smaller spaces skipping to keep
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Frieze Art Fair 2010 Heats Up Online
Out across the pond, there's an art fair going on. Only slightly overshadowed by the Ai Weiwei Turbine Hall installation debacle, London's Frieze Art Fair has been soldiering on nonetheless to bring collectors to the art, and vice versa. We've combed over the internet to bring you some impressions o
Opinion
“Welcome to the New York art world in 2010…”
I love this line in Leon Nefayk’s latest article in the New York Observer, “Don't Call It An Art Fair!” Welcome to the New York art world in 2010, where it’s never about the money, even when it is. How very true … and there’s more …