Art
Nicky Nodjoumi: Ghosts From Iran's Past
A confluence of factors have made Nicky Nodjoumi’s inaugural show at Taymour Grahne Gallery of large-scale oil paintings and works on paper its own small-scale blockbuster.
Review
Music
Fagen’s Critical Catalogue (September 2013, Part 2)
Reviews of The Dirtbombs, Maybach Music Group, Skillet, and Icona Pop.
Art
What Doesn’t Add Up Adds Up To Allison Miller’s New Paintings
This is the second exhibition of Allison Miller at Susan Inglett Gallery. I was struck by the quiet independence of her first New York show, which I reviewed. The recent show further convinced me that Miller — who refuses to make work that is stylish, seductive, charming, nostalgic, retro, ironic or
Art
Rolls of Engagement: Photography Goes to War
“At the height of my career covering conflicts,” reflects American photojournalist David Leeson (b. 1957), “I truly believed, deeply and passionately, that there existed a series of photographs, or a single photograph, that could end war. I wanted to find that one photo.”
Art
Spinning Tales: The Many Pages of Pablo Helguera
On paper, the Mexican artist Pablo Helguera may fit the mold of a neoconceptualist with a social agenda, but the more I see of his work, the more he resembles some kind of latter-day mystic, conjuring up improbable connections and unsettling dislocations.
Art
Glimmers Out of Time: Sol LeWitt’s Walls
You’d think that after two weeks in Italy, there’d be no better way to ease into the New York scene than Sol LeWitt’s monumental “Wall Drawing #564: Complex forms with color ink washes superimposed” (1988) at the Paula Cooper Gallery.
Performance
Without Beginning or End: Yves Klein's Monotone-Silence Symphony
Last Wednesday, the Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church was filled with an unlikely congregation of strangers: from art insiders to the media-savvy lucky enough to snag a ticket to Yves Klein’s Monotone-Silence Symphony.
Performance
Transforming the Beauty of Ballet into Something Kafkaesque
The story of a man who wakes up transformed into a hideous insect isn't exactly the showpiece you would imagine for a lithe principal of London's Royal Ballet, but in The Metamorphosis dancer Edward Watson takes all the refined control of each muscle and transforms his body from grace into an image
Art
Subversive Style, Straight Out of the Closet
“Through clothing, an inner phantom self becomes visible,” quoth FIT Professor of Art History Anna Blume on a plaque before one of her sartorial signifiers: a relaxedly tailored suit, white shirt and tie.
Art
Art and Its Surrogates: Allan McCollum at Petzel Gallery
Allan McCollum is the author of a story describing a character that Damien Hirst embodies.
Art
In Its Chicago Debut, Fountain Art Fair Spouts, Drips, and Splashes
CHICAGO — The Fountain Art Fair is located at the edge a heavily industrial area of the Pilsen neighborhood where many local artists live and work. Compared to Expo Chicago, it is a welcome free-for-all DIY art oasis at the edge of an art community.
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The Girl Gore Aesthetics of White Lace, Ghosted Bodies, and Animal Menageries at Expo Chicago
CHICAGO — I didn't want to go to the art fair. I never do. A lot of stuff at art fairs is the same-ish, and galleries are trying their best to sell the most. Yet the art fairs keep coming, and as the market has proven Chicago is no exception.