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Eric Fischl’s Privileged Bubble
Fischl finds a visual bond between the seclusion of the affluent white world and the pandemic’s enforced isolation.
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Updating Ruskin’s Sublime Landscape in the Age of the Anthropocene
New York University's Grey Gallery takes on the concept of the sublime in contemporary landscape art.
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Eric Fischl Paints the Precariousness of Growing Old
In his new show at Skarstedt, the artist creates confrontations between young, fresh bodies and tired, aging flesh.
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The Use and Abuse of Paint: ‘Fast Forward’ at the Whitney
The museum should be commended for shining a light on painting, but the show feels like a missed opportunity.
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Pop Irony’s Enduring Influence in the Art Institute of Chicago's New Contemporary Collection
CHICAGO — The Modern Wing of the Art Institute of Chicago, which opened in 2009, has reinstated its contemporary collection after giving over most of the space in 2015 to a much-lauded retrospective of the American sculptor Charles Ray.
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Reconsidering the Big Picture
I walked into the exhibition space at the New York Academy of Art recently and was blown away. The current exhibition The Big Picture presents a surprising and considered look at an alternate kind of large-scale painting. Five figurative artists involved with the institution in some way present monu
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No More Garden Variety Avant-Garde Has-Beens
Before focusing on Kathy Bradford’s exhibition of new paintings at the Edward Thorp Gallery, I want to mention Eric Fischl’s recent paintings and the second coming of the Titanic, both oddly relevant for their irrelevance.
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Unexpected Artistic Wonders in Upstate New York
Lost in a Metro-North commuter train daze, I watched the Wassaic Project pass by the train window without recognizing it. But the giant slingshot and makeshift teepees that decorated the lush green grass next to a towering grain elevator hinted that artists and their ilk may be nearby. Inside, I wou