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 [...]
Anne Truitt at Matthew Marks Gallery
First introduced to Truitt’s work when I was helping organize a show of Minimalist work at Vivian Horan Fine Art, I immediately fell in love with the simplicity of the line, form and color in her work. It is amazing to me how such seemingly banal works trigger emotion in [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Marc Swanson, Untitled (Sitting Buck), 2009,polyurethane foam, crystals, adhesive, 34 x 40 x 50 inches,© the artist, courtesy Richard Gray Gallery, photo by Joe Mama-Nitzberg
REFLECTION: May 6- July 1, 2010
Opening reception: Thursday, May 6, 6 - 8 pm
Nathan Bernstein Gallery is pleased to present Reflection, a group show featuring the work of Lynda Benglis, Sanford Biggers, [...]
“Red” by John Logan
Red, a play starring Alfred Molina and Eddie Redmayne, focuses on a certain period in the artist Mark Rothko’s career when he is commissioned by Philip Johnson to create a series of murals for the Four Seasons Restaurant in the Seagram’s Building in New York City. An artist driven by his passion [...]
Brucennial by the Bruce High Quality Foundation
This show, the non-establishment alternative to the Whitney Biennial, organized by Vito Schnabel, and housed in a space on loan from Aby Rosen has some heavy hitters: David Salle, Julian Schnabel, Dan Colen, George Condo mixed in with emerging artists. Some good stuff on view:
Dan Colen’s easily identifiable canvas.
Nicole Stone’s tripartite [...]
Eero Saarinen at the Museum of the City of New York
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 [...]
Embrace! at the Denver Art Museum
Nicole in front of the Denver Art Museum on Christmas Eve
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 [...]
Art Basel Miami Beach 2009
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 [...]