Archive for the ‘reviews’ Category

The Scull Collection:  Showing a Couple’s Eye for Art (and Money) (NY Times) Corcoran Gallery’s Deal Raises Hope and Eyebrows (NY Times) Finding an Artful Way to Expand the Whitney (NY Times) A Flowering of Activity for Robert Irwin (LA Times) With New Artwork, Piero Golia Says, ‘L.A., I’m Home!’ (LA Times) Saint Laurent Stripped […]


Painting, Still Lively in the 21st Century (NY Times) Kiki Smith:  Works in Glass (NY Times) J.M.W. Turner’s Last Rome Painting to Be Sold (NY Times) Jeff Koons Curator’s Debut Features Candy Giants, Jesus:  Review (Bloomberg) Anish Kapoor to Design $29 Million Olympic Tower (Bloomberg) Cy Twombly:  Hitting the Louvre Ceiling (LA Times) Review:  ‘Leonardo […]


Art Handling Olympics on the Lower East Side (NY Times) Talking with Ex-Met Director Philippe de Montebello (NY Times) Smart Phones Serve as Docents in Many Museums (NY Times) Renoir in the 20th Century, at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (WSJ) Los Angeles Municipal Arts Begin to Feel Budget Crisis’ Effects (LA Times) […]


Bustling Armory Opening Heralds Contemporary Art Market Resurgence (ARTINFO) The AI Interview:  Alex Katz (ARTINFO) Buyer of Giacometti Sculpture is Revealed (NY Times) The Koons Collection (NY Times) Anger and Angst, Explored with Animation by William Kentridge (NY Times) At the Hammer, Louisa Lambri Makes Herself at Home (LA Times) Richard Wyatt’s Reunion with His […]


by Kelly Boyd Anyone interested in a last minute experience of experimental photography will find “James Welling: Glass House” at Regen Projects to be well worth a visit.  The exhibition, running through March 6th features new photographs from Welling’s “Glass House” series as well as the video installation entitled “Sun Pavilion.”  These photographs of the […]


by Caroline Newman Lillian Bassman’s “Women” is a beautiful ensemble of photographer’s images of fashionable women with an emphasis on light, form, and shadow.  The show, at Peter Fetterman Gallery at Bergamot Station will transport you back to a time when fashion photography captured the elegance of the 1940’s and 50’s.  Bassman’s highly contrasted, black and […]


At London Sale, a Giacometti Sets a Record (NY Times) In the Naked Museum:  Talking, Thinking, Encountering at the Guggenheim (NY Times) Steve McQueen:  Intense Seeker of Powerful Elegance (NY Times) In Goth They Trust:  Tim Burton at MoMa (WSJ) Nexus New York:  Latin/American Artists in the Modern Metropolis (WSJ) Dell Buys Magnum Photo Print […]


by Caroline Newman Light and water is necessary for our survival as a species.  Photography uses light and water as part of the photographic process. “Elements of Photography,” at Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art,  employs these essential elements in photographic and video works of art. These two elements are experimented with in both the photographic process […]


by Caroline Newman For those who are interested in both sports and photography this is the show to see!  Currently on display at The Annenberg Space for Photography is the exhibit “Sport” containing photographic works from Walter Iooss and Neil Leifer.  Both Iooss and Leifer propel the genre of sports photography into a whole new […]


Depending on the Culture of Strangers:  Holland Cotter Reviews Past Decade (NY Times) Make Room for Video, Performance and Paint:  Roberta Smith Reviews Last Decade (NY Times) Small Museum Captures a Rare Chagall Featuring Nazi Figure and Christ (NY Times) Thanks to Love and Money:  From the Private Collections of Texas (NY Times) Art Thieves […]