Art
Jan Harrison's Dream Animals
To respond to an animal in Harrison’s imagined world is to grasp how closely its existence is linked with that of all the others.
New York State
Art
A Rebel in The High Modernist Camp
Suzan Frecon insists that art is a wordless experience, that paintings invites us to a plane beyond understanding.
Art
A Painter for a Heated World
Given his red-dominated palette, I don’t think it is implausible to suggest that one of Frank Holliday’s subjects is conflagration — a world consumed by fire.
Art
Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Painter and Poet
Lawrence Ferlinghetti marks his 101st year with his first solo exhibition of paintings in New York.
Art
The Prison Drawings of Frank Jones
Frank Jones was “double-sighted” — born with a caul over his left eye — which gave him, or so it was believed, the power to communicate with the spirit world.
Art
A Powerful Debut
As a young Asian American painter, Susan Chen knows what she is up against and is consciously pushing back.
Art
Warren Isensee’s Breakthrough
Isensee has gone from being a dutiful geometric abstractionist to defining his own trajectory, and gaining a verifiable freedom for himself.
Art
Ying Li’s Ecstatic Landscapes
Li had to reinvent herself as a gestural painter in her 30s, after years of painting traditional ink-wash landscapes and Soviet-style propaganda.
Interview
Beer With a Painter: Judy Pfaff
“Generosity and openness are important to me, so that the viewer is not intimidated, threatened, or belittled.”
Art
Raging in the Pandemic’s Grip
Sanja Latinović's "Abandoned" pierces our self-protective veil with a glimpse of COVID’s raw truth.
Art
Stained Glass That Demands Slow Looking
Featuring jarring geometrics, menageries of odd little creatures, and maximalist aesthetics, Judith Schaechter’s light boxes are nearly impossible to look away from.
Art
Isaac Julien’s Political Memory
Western Union: Small Boats provokes our dread and desire.