Feb 23, 2023 | Contemporary
Jordi Marlet, Blue, 2022, Acrylic on wood panel, 8”x6” Looking at art on Instagram is wading into a morass. As with an art fair, an evenness descends on all the work– the gems, the plain rocks, the turds– all becomes homogenized into a dead sea of colored pixels....
Dec 24, 2022 | Alone Together, Contemporary
Carol Saft, Putting on a Zoom Face, 2021, Acrylic on canvas, 12 x 12 inches (Courtesy of Carol Saft and CANADA Gallery) Carol Saft’s exhibit at Canada Gallery, The Cynnie Paintings, presents a visual diary of living in COVID quarantine with her beloved spouse,...
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...
