Archive for the ‘Museum Exhibitions’ Category

Whitney Biennial 2010

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-Muravari, 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 quick visit to the Van Gogh Museum

I wish I had not been so jet lagged and sleep deprived for my visit to this museum which has been on my to do list for at least the past 17 years. But what a tremendous opportunity to see Van Gogh’s work in such breadth!
From his earliest work like The Potato Eaters to his [...]


The Origins of El Greco: Icon Painting in Venetian Crete

The Dormition of the Virgin. Before 1567. By Domenikos Theotokopoulos (El Greco, 1541–1614). Egg tempera on wood, priming on textile. 62.5 x 52.5 cm. Courtesy of the Church of the Dormition of the Virgin, Ermoupolis, Syros.

If you have any sort of passing interest in the work of Domenikos Theotokopoulos, better known by his nickname, El Greco, this [...]


Alias Man Ray: The Art of Reinvention at The Jewish Museum

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 [...]


Eero Saarinen at the Museum of the City of NY

Eero Saarinen had architecture in his blood. He collaborated with his father, a famous architect in his own right, in the 1930s and 1940s and that helped Eero develop a name for himself. Not only was he one of the most celebrated architects of his time but he had his share of controversy as well. Rising to [...]


Omer Fast at the Whitney and Postmasters Gallery

On view until the middle of February, Omer Fast has videos on view at both the Whitney and at Postmasters Gallery in Chelsea. A name that should be familiar to my regular readers, Omer Fast’s work befuddles me yet somehow I am transfixed. I stayed for the whole 32 minutes and 48 seconds of “Nostalgia [...]


Roni Horn aka Roni Horn

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 [...]


“Embrace” at the Denver Art Museum

On my way to Santa Fe I had a brief stop in Denver which led me to their art museum–a first visit for me. In 2001, the DAM commissioned architect Daniel Libeskind to design an expansion that would accommodate the growing collections and programs. The 146,000-square-foot Frederic C. Hamilton Building opened to the public in October [...]


Bauhaus 1919-1933: Workshops for Modernity

This exhibition at MoMA thoroughly examines the most influential school of avant-garde art, design and architecture of the 20th century. Literally meaning “house of building” the Bauhaus, a term coined by the school’s founder Walter Gropius, was created to offer an interdisciplinary approach to the arts. All arts had equal status at the school when [...]


Watteau to Degas: French Drawings from the Frits Lugt Collection

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 [...]