Art Review
Beauford Delaney’s Drawings Open a Window Into His World
With their evocative atmospheres and vibrant color, Delaney’s drawings stand on their own as essential works within his singular artistic vision.
The Drawing Center
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Ericka Beckman’s Surreal Visions of Late Capitalism
Though often associated with the Pictures Generation, Beckman’s work shifts focus from deconstruction to archetypes — and from the commodity to the human.
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There Are No Art Hierarchies in the KAWS Collection
With over 300 works on paper, plus paintings, sculptures, and furniture, The Way I See It: Selections from the KAWS Collection includes work by artists of every stripe.
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Stéphane Mandelbaum’s Drawings of Human Depravity
The artist-poet’s drawings tell the story of someone entangled with his own demons and his work to overcome them.
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Doses of Relief in Ibrahim El-Salahi’s Drawings of Pain
His “Pain Relief Drawings” demonstrate how art serves as a way for the artist to cope with strife.
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Huguette Caland’s Vivacious Takes on the Female Form
Robust, voluptuous, and sexually frank, the works in Tête-à-Tête showcase Caland’s outré sense of humor and vivacity.
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With David Hammons, Meaning and Process Hold Hands
In Hammons’s body prints, the veteran artist melds method, intention, and significance.
In Brief
Drawing Center Will Be Free Through 2023, Thanks to Cy Twombly Foundation Grant
On February 20, coinciding with the opening of its Curtis Talwst Santiago and Guo Fengyi exhibitions, guests can visit the center free of charge.
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Incarcerated Artists, Seen Through the Lens of Their Creativity
While The Pencil Is a Key spans continents, training levels, and types of imprisonment, today’s constant headlines about mass incarceration and border detentions lend it a special timeliness.
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Drawing Meaning Out of Art with Conversation
The exhibition owes its title to a famous essay by philosopher Édouard Glissant, and it asks some big questions about how artists convey the substance of their art.
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An Artist-Led Tour of Jennifer Wynne Reeves’s Deeply Personal Drawings
As part of the Drawing Center’s The Artist's Eye series, Essenhigh, along with artist and critic Matthew Weinstein, will take visitors through Reeves's exhibition next Tuesday.
Film
An Artist’s Film Not Like the Others
We watch Ellen Berkenblit drawing. She is left-handed and uses charcoal. She rubs lines out and never looks at the camera.