What Meets the Eye

The Intricate Modernism of Anne Harvey

June 14, 2017

It’s startling, disconcerting even, to come across a painter I don’t know who fits into a historical period—Modern Art ( as TJ Clark defines it)—but in her own way. (A similar thing happened several years ago, when I [...]

Mercedes Matter, Early and Late

May 26, 2017

Untitled (Tabletop Still Life), ca. 1998, 38”x 46” Some of Mercedes Matter’s early works have a singsong, seesaw effect—Hans [...]

Sahand Tabatabai “Through the Light of the Stars” at SRO Gallery

April 23, 2017

Big Bear and the Dragon 2016, oil on linen, 30”x 24” A friend who had read a couple of my reviews (at least one) said I [...]

The Painting

April 6, 2017

The Painting Open Casket, Dana Schutz at the Whitney Biennial The thing is, it’s a wonderful painting. As many have noted, there is nothing else like it (or nearly as good in my opinion) in Dana Schutz’s oeuvre to date, so how she got [...]

Biennial Artists Grateful to Tiffany and Co

March 20, 2017

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Katharina Grosse: Bad Painting Without Irony

February 13, 2017

Sincerity has returned to Chelsea in a big way, most notably in the work of Katharina Grosse. For one thing, Grosse confesses that by using a spray gun she can express her thoughts very quickly. But has there been any call for that? More hurriedly [...]