What Meets the Eye
What Meets the Eye
What Meets the Eye
Mondrian80 and Gravestone 1191 Cypress Hills Cemetery
In 2013, Jason Andrew curated a brilliant show of contemporary artists that revolved around a borrowed Giacometti drawing. The next year he borrowed a Gorky. Now he is back, collaborating this time with […]
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Short Takes On the LES: Jess, Vera Iliatova, and Rodney Dickson
Jess is an artist that goes (falls?) down a lot of rabbit holes: obsessive layering of multiple picture puzzles, intricate paintings of obscure prints and photographs, deep dives into the occult; he is impossible to […]
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Say It Ain’t So–“The Last Picture Show” at Betty Cunningham
What I really, really like about the gallery is the bench and the couch. Now, before you take that as an insult, let me explain. Cunningham thinks the paintings she shows are worth looking at […]
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Rachel Youens’ Metamorphoses/ Ron Taylor and “The Cradle of Humankind”
I’ve heard some publications (Hyperallergic) don’t let friends write about friends’ paintings. I’ve been friends with Rachel Youens for many years. A painting of hers hangs in my living room. If that’s disqualifying, don’t read […]
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Arcadia but Mostly Elsewhere
“[ ahr-key-dee-uh ] A mountainous region of ancient Greece, traditionally known for the contented pastoral innocence of its people. Any real or imaginary place offering peace and simplicity.” Dictionary.com Not really an appropriate title for […]
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Old New Yorker, New New Yorker
Sometime last year, the New Yorker reduced “Goings On about Town” to “Goings On” and fit it onto a single page. On January 1st of this year, I noticed there was not a single listing […]
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Henry Taylor’s B Side Is A Hit
What I see in this picture is the kid brother acting the fool, the teenager who would rather hang out with his friends than get a lesson in American democracy by touring the Capitol, and […]
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Barbara Laube and the Final Frontier
From the invitation card (and I was not familiar with Laube’s work before), I expected something larger and lusher. So, it took a minute to get over my expectations… (Some wit put Guy Goodwin and […]
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Joanne Carson and The Tree of Life
Did you hear the one about the Vatican Synod on Synodality 2023? For the first time a few women, less than 10 per cent of the total, will be allowed to vote. “The issues under […]