This highly focused exhibition takes a look at one of the “most innovative, momentous and little studied periods in the long career of Matisse.” It begins when he left Morocco and returned to Paris in 1913 and ends when he left Paris for Nice in 1917. The works from these years are extremely reworked –abstraction [...]

This was my second visit to Storm King and it certainly lived up to the memory I had of my first experience. Though it was extremely hot out, I managed to cover all of the grounds and see some of their newest additions. If you have not been, you must make the trip. Only an [...]

An artist of whom you have probably never heard but definitely should know about is Mary Ann Unger. Born in New York City in 1945, she died prematurely of breast cancer in 1998. A contemporary of female sculptors such as Kiki Smith, Petah Coyne, and Ursula von Rydingsvard, whom she knew and exhibited with, she [...]

On Saturday late night I had the pleasure of going to see and support a very talented woman whom I went to high school with. Her name is Rozz Nash and she is the lead vocalist and songwriter of a group called Coulon. I have been wanting to see a show of theirs for awhile [...]

Art Basel 2010

Art Basel 2010. Overall, some excellent works on view. There were fewer Americans visiting than in previous years but buying still seemed to be happening for smaller ticket items. I preferred Volta and Liste which had some really great works by artists I had not heard of before and some by better-known artists [...]

Nicole’s visit to Louisville, KY and 21c

I headed down to Louisville, Kentucky for the first time to check out the hotel/museum 21c owned by Laura Lee Brown and Steve Wilson. The red penguin, seen above in pajamas for their annual pajama party fundraiser, is the logo and mascot of the establishment. The 90-room property, which occupies [...]

In a span of only eight short years, Jean-Michel Basquiat created about 1000 paintings and more than 2000 drawings– all before his death at the age of 27. In honor of what would have been his 50th birthday, Fondation Beyeler has a retrospective on view with over 150 paintings and works on paper from private [...]

I very much enjoyed Art Unlimited, more so than the large fair itself. In this section of Art Basel, larger works are on view and for sale.
Michelangelo Pistoletto created a maze of corrugated cardboard leading to a mirror in the center (the medium he is best known for).
I am never certain what is happening or [...]

I headed down to Louisville, Kentucky for the first time to check out the hotel/museum 21c owned by Laura Lee Brown and Steve Wilson. The red penguin, seen above in pajamas for their annual pajama party fundraiser, is the logo and mascot of the establishment. The 90-room property, which occupies five 19th-century brick buildings on West [...]

My absolute favorite part of Art Basel was a new special exhibition project called Art Parcours. Throughout the city for three successive nights, site-specific artworks and performances by 10 artists were on view. Located in the historic center in both public spaces and historic buildings, the works were created to “engage both with today’s Basel [...]