David Rhodes: Nocturnes, Some Walls, Oakland, CA
Installation view January 19 – March 31, 2013 Some Walls is pleased to present David Rhodes: “Nocturnes,” paintings on linen and paper by the British-born, Berlin-based artist from January 19 – March...
View ArticleDavid Reed: Heart of Glass, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn, Germany
David Reed, #64, 1974 Oil on canvas 76 x 56 inches Goetz Collection June 28 – October 7, 2012 David Reed, born 1946 in San Diego and a resident of New York since the 1970s, has in his good forty...
View ArticleJump & Flow: An Interview with Gilbert Hsiao, by Brent Hallard, Visual...
Gilbert Hsiao, Quad Band, 2011 Purple and orange cut paper on purple and orange paper 9 x 9 inches Brent: We met in the afternoon outside the Apple store, downtown San Francisco. It was March,...
View ArticleMax Gimblett: The Holy Grail, Gary Snyder Gallery, New York, NY
Max Gimblett, The Wedding Chair, 2012 Mixed media on canvas 48 x 40 inches March 1 – April 7, 2012 Gary Snyder Gallery is pleased to announce Max Gimblett: The Holy Grail, an exhibition of paintings...
View Article70 Years of Abstract Painting – Excerpts, Jason McCoy Gallery, New York, NY
Russell Roberts, I Want That Information, 2004 Oil on linen 22 x 18 inches (55.9 x 45.7 cm) April 6 – May 20, 2011 Jason McCoy Gallery is pleased to present 70 Years of Abstract Painting – Excerpts,...
View ArticleTony Smith: Drawings, The Menil Collection, Houston, TX
Tony Smith, Untitled, 1954 Charcoal on paper Courtesy of the Tony Smith Estate, New York Photograph by Cathy Carver December 17, 2010 – April 3, 2011 “Tony Smith: Drawings” is a selection of rarely...
View ArticleBecoming Modern in America: Life Magazine 1936-1972 & New Paintings by Loren...
Left: “Why Artists Are Going Abstract: The Case of Stuart Davis”, by Winthrop Sargeant Life Magazine, February 17, 1947, p. 78-83, © Life Magazine Right: Loren Munk, The Roots of the New York School,...
View ArticleTony Smith: Bronze, Matthew Marks Gallery, New York, NY
Tony Smith, Trap, 1968 Cast bronze, black patina 10 x 55 x 55 inches November 6 – December 23, 2010 Matthew Marks is pleased to announce Tony Smith: Bronze, the next exhibition in his gallery at 523...
View ArticleAdolph Gottlieb: A Retrospective, Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, Italy
Adolph Gottlieb, Burst 1973, 1973 Acrylic and enamel on canvas 213.4 x 152.4 cm Collection Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation, NY September 4, 2010 – January 9, 2011 From September 4 to January 9,...
View ArticleArshile Gorky: A Retrospective, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Arshile Gorky, Agony, c. 1947 October 21, 2009 – January 10, 2010 The Philadelphia Museum of Art will present a major traveling retrospective celebrating the extraordinary life and work of Arshile...
View ArticleMax Gimblett: Parade – The Presence of Beauty, Hamish Morrison Gallery,...
Max Gimblett, Orpheus, 2004 Gesso, polyurethane, pencil, epoxy, pigment, moon gold leaf on wood panel 70 x 70 inches June 19 – August 1, 2009 Hamish Morrison Gallery presents, for the first time in...
View ArticleInside Abstraction, Galeria Janet Kurnatowski, Brooklyn, NY
Installation view June 5 – July 12, 2009 Janet Kurnatowski Gallery presents Inside Abstraction, an exhibition that brings together ten exciting artists for the first time: Srule Brachman, Brice...
View ArticleTranquil Power: The Art of Perle Fine, Hofstra University Museum, Hempstead, NY
Pearl Fine, Unequivocably Blue, 1967 April 7 – June 26, 2009 Perle Fine (1905-1988) was one of the few women artists in the inner circle of the Abstract Expressionism movement. She moved from Boston...
View ArticleThe Boom Is Over. Long Live the Art!, by Holland Cotter, The New York Times,...
Meredith Monk performing her piece “Juice” at the Guggenheim Museum in 1969, Estate of Peter Moore/VAGA, Courtesy of the Paula Cooper Gallery “…It’s day-job time again in America, and that’s O.K....
View ArticleHans Hofmann: Circa 1950, Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
Photo by Kay Bell Reynal Several works by legendary American abstract expressionist painter Hans Hofmann (1880-1966), never shown in a U.S. museum before, will debut this winter at The Rose Art...
View ArticleMax Gimblett: The Midnight Sun, Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Max Gimblett, Figure of Eight, 1999 15 inch quatrefoil January 8 – February 28, 2009 Max Gimblett’s ninth solo exhibition, The Midnight Sun, at Haines Gallery includes recent paintings of the visual...
View ArticlePaul Feeley: Nine Paintings, Matthew Marks Gallery (523 West 24th), New York, NY
Paul Feeley: Corfu (February 22), 1962 Oil-based enamel on canvas, 60 x 48 inches September 13 — October 25, 2008 The exhibition includes nine enamel on canvas paintings made between 1961 and...
View ArticleLee Krasner: Little Image Paintings 1946-1950, Pollock-Krasner House, East...
August 1 — October 31, 2008 Lee Krasner with an early version of Stop and Go, c.1949
View ArticleAction/Abstraction: Pollock, de Kooning, and American Art, 1940-1976, The...
May 4 — September 21, 2008 In Action/Abstraction: Pollock, de Kooning, and American Art, 1940-1976, the first major U.S. exhibition in 20 years to rethink Abstract Expressionism and the movements...
View ArticleSmall Differences Make All the Difference, by Lynne Harlow
In his series of lectures, Pictures of Nothing: Abstract Art since Pollock, Kirk Varnedoe asks tough questions. Why abstract art? What is abstract art good for? These questions, the topic of his...
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