Sep 22, 2022 | Contemporary
Sam Cannon, Thinking About Getting Into 3D When Sam Cannon posted a derivative, 3D rendering of a generic femme nude on Instagram with the caption “thinking about getting into 3D,” I thought it was a strange statement from her. Why was she announcing she was...
Sep 2, 2022 | Contemporary
Pat Steir. Circadia. 1973. Oil paint, oil crayon, and pencil on canvas, 84 x 84 in., The Baltimore Museum of Art: Purchase with exchange funds from Gift of Emil J. Arnold; Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Sidney M. Feldman; Gift of the Hutzler Brothers Company and the Italian...
Jun 23, 2022 | Contemporary, Modern
David Diao, Triptych, 1972, Acrylic on canvas, 85 x 198 inches In my previous essay, I called out auction houses and galleries for doling out credit for innovation when it serves their profit margins, in moves that essentially alter history to suit their needs. I...
Jun 15, 2022 | Contemporary, Modern
I wanted to write about this painting, but I’ve never seen it. Hedda Sterne, Third Avenue El, 1952–53, Oil and spray enamel on canvas, 40’ 3/8” x 31’ 7/8”, Collection of the Metropolitan Museum, Not on view Third Avenue El, by Hedda Sterne, was sold in October...
May 30, 2022 | Contemporary
Jack Whitten, April’s Shark, 1974, Acrylic on canvas, 72 x 52 inches Gerhard may be the Jack of all Trades but Jack was the King. In 1974 I saw an exhibition that astounded me and elicited a longing to return to painting. It was early 2018 when I finally did so. In...
Apr 18, 2022 | Contemporary
Barbara Laube, Installation at Gold Scopophilia Gallery Barbara Laube’s recent gem-like body of work, Morning Has Broken, at Gold Scopophilia Gallery, includes the artist’s most radiant and most unusual works to date. The gold-kissed paintings incorporate remnants of...
