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Lucio Fontana’s Third Dimension
Nothing was shaped or glazed by Fontana without his consideration of how light could interact, animate, or even mystify form.
Hauser and Wirth
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Incorporating Photography into Art History, Starting with August Sander
An exhibition at Hauser & Wirth uses the theme of seriality to drag photography out of isolation and into the larger framework of art making.
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Jason Rhoades’s Outdated and Unchecked Art
Jason Rhoades's work can feel besides the point in today’s context — what might have seemed provocative 10 or 20 years ago now comes off as just loud and obnoxious.
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Jack Whitten’s Walls
Jack Whitten is the most relentless experimenter with materials in a generation of abstract artists who have yet to receive their due, perhaps because no one has come up with a catchy and marketable name for them, like the “Minimalists” or “The Pictures Generation.”
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Best of 2016: Our Top 20 NYC Art Shows
This list barely scratches the surface of the city's artistic offerings this year, from overdue retrospectives to surprising sides of artists we know well.
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The Open Works of Felix Gonzalez-Torres
LONDON — Every time Gonzalez-Torres’s work is exhibited, a critical opportunity arises.
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Mike Kelley's Superman Complex
Every hero has an origin story.
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Six Pioneering Feminist Artists Conquer New York
With recent statistics showing that only 31% of the solo exhibitions at NYC galleries are devoted to women, it comes as a pleasant surprise that over a two-month period this spring there are several exhibitions simultaneously showcasing the work of second-generation feminist artists.
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Ahead of World Cup, Brazilian Art Flourishes in NYC
There may never have been a better month to see Brazilian art in New York. Last weekend, Frieze brought a taste of São Paulo art galleries Casa Triângulo, Fortes Vilaça, Mendes Wood, Vermelho, and Jaqueline Martins, as well as Rio de Janeiro’s A Gentil Carioca, to Manhattan.