Cindy Sherman at MoMA

I should absolutely start by saying that I love Cindy Sherman’s work. Her black and white film stills from the 70s are some of the smartest pieces I have seen. And her entire oeuvre examines identity in a way no other artist has. But after being away from NYC and visiting the [...]

I was lucky enough to spend Saturday morning visiting three artists’  studios.
The first stop was the studio and home of Carlos Amorales who works in a variety of media. The project he is currently working on is for this year’s Manifesta. Amorales has created a machine that will make continuous charcoal drawings throughout the run [...]

Rafael Lozano- Hemmer at OMR

Pulse Spiral, 2008-2012

X no es la nueva Y is the new show by Rafael Lozano-Hemmer on view at Galeria OMR. In Pulse Spiral, each light bulb shows the pulse of a previous participant. This work is a smaller version of Pulse Park which filled Madison Square Park in New York with [...]

I did not even know that this museum existed. Nor did I have any idea that Diego Rivera had over 50,000 pre-Hispanic works amassed in a collection that lives in this beautiful building. What a treat to enter this magnificent space! Jose Kuri was brilliant to have Sarah Lucas create works that were peppered throughout [...]

Zona Maco

Sparse is the adjective I would use to describe the interior of the Zona Maco fair. I went three years ago (the year that Swine Flu broke out) and felt that this year the fair had lost some of its sophistication and clout from previous iterations. That was until I stepped into the vans [...]

There is an amazing Mark Bradford show at SFMoMA as well but I have written at length over the years about his work. Instead I thought I would tell you about the wonderful exhibition of works by Dutch photographer, Rineke Dijkstra on view through May 28th. Whether it be through her famous beach series in [...]

I should absolutely start by saying that I love Cindy Sherman’s work. Her black and white film stills from the 70s are some of the smartest pieces I have seen. And her entire oeuvre examines identity in a way no other artist has. But after being away from NYC and visiting the show subsequent to [...]

I think that the Jumex Collection has some of the finest contemporary works around. However, most people agreed that the exhibition Poule!, though it proclaimed to being disparate in its selection of works and have no real theme, was too disconnected. The show did not feel curated at all; it seemed like just a random [...]

I have to say I have a totally newfound respect for Rashid’s work after hearing him speak this past Saturday at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. Message to Our Folks, his first major solo museum show, has been titled after a 1969 album by the avant garde jazz troupe called Art Ensemble Chicago. He selected [...]

WHITNEY BIENNIAL 2012

While I was pleased that an entire floor was given over to performance by the curators of the 2012 Whitney Biennial, there were no performances going on the day I was there and thus, an entire floor was empty during my visit which I found a bit frustrating. At the last Whitney Biennial [...]