No need to worry, you have until May 30th to go check out the 75th incarnation (sans theme) of the Whitney Museum’s signature exhibition. Curated by Francesco Bonami and Gary Carrion-Murayari, the layout of the show is very viewer friendly; it is a very manageable show with a strong selection of artists–and female artists are [...]

A quintessential modernist, Man Ray recast the concept of artistic identity by working as a painter, photographer, sculptor, printmaker, filmmaker, poet, and essayist. He utilized techniques not normally associated with fine art: airbrushing paintings, exposing objects on light-sensitive paper to create “rayographs.” Looking back in history, his fame as a photographer overshadowed his accomplishments as [...]

So after a brief hiatus (sorry I have been lacking on posts recently), I managed to get out gallery hopping on Saturday and wanted to share some highlights.
Danese currently has a wonderful show up until February 6th of works on paper by some artists in their stable as well as big names like Richard Serra [...]

This show ends on January 24th and I encourage you to definitely squeeze it into your schedule as it is amazing. Born in 1955 Horn has created work of  “concentrated visual power and intellectual vigor” in a variety of media–sculpture, drawing, photography, installation and books. Once you see the show you begin to realize how [...]

On view at the Frick until January 10th, this is a little jewel of an exhibition. With only 64 small and detailed drawings on view it is easy to manage in an hour. Lugt was a Dutch art historian and collector. On view are some of the most exquisite gems from the 18th and 19th [...]

Vasily Kandinsky was born in Moscow in 1866 and died in France in 1944. Having broken new ground in painting at the beginning of the 20th century, the Guggenheim is holding the first retrospective of his work since 1985. In 1929 Solomon Guggenheim, under the advice of Hilla Rebay, purchased Kandinsky in depth, and in [...]

I have been eagerly awaiting this show ever since my encounter with the artist on my trip to Mexico City. Due to the Swine Flu outbreak, I was unable to see his exhibition opening at Kurimanzutto the following day. So, off I headed on opening night to the 2nd and 6th floors of my home [...]

Overall I thought that the big fair, despite being enormous and overwhelming with some 250 galleries showing, was quite good. The work was of a high caliber and there was good energy both amongst gallery employees as well as fair visitors. But it was a serious energy, not the frenetic pace that has existed in [...]

RUBELL

Baldessari, Rubell Collection, “Beg Borrow and Steal”

It was my first visit to the Rubell Collection and I was not disappointed. The exhibition Beg, Borrow and Steal was inspired by conversations that the Rubell family had with the artists Walker and Guyton about artists who use appropriation as a key element in creating their own unique [...]

The heading has the fairs ranked from my favorite to least favorite.
NADA
NADA, though some 40 blocks from the Convention Center was a terrific fair. Not only was it small and manageable, but the quality of the work (mostly emerging artists I was unfamiliar with) was excellent and not derivative at all. Many galleries completely sold [...]