Lucio Fontana is best known for his radicalized, radicalizing penetration of space behind the canvas–a conceptual …
Museum shows
“Epic Abstraction” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Despite its various names–abstract expressionism, the New York School, action painting–the work seen at the …
Bruce Nauman: Disappearing Acts at The Museum of Modern Art (Video)
Bruce Nauman: Disappearing Acts Through February 2019 at The Museum of Modern Art, MoMA PS1 Exhibition The Museum of Mod…
Something in the Way: Season of Love (Patricia Cronin, Yayoi Kusama, and Robert Indiana) at Tampa Museum of Art
Yayoi Kusama, LOVE IS CALLING, 2013. Installation at Tampa Museum of Art. Photo: St. Cate Fine Arts. Curtis Hixon Waterf…
Andy Warhol: His Ongoing Legacy at the Whitney Museum of American Art
Although my students in art school don’t actively refer to him, Andy Warhol has changed the landscape of contemporary ar…
Jack Whitten: The Man Who Loved Sculpture
Jack Whitten and Simone Leigh A work of art called Aphrodite’s Lover can only be an act of love. Jack Whitten mean…
“Sarah Lucas: Au Naturel” at the New Museum
Sarah Lucas has a limitless talent for making ordinary life sensational. By recontextualizing everyday items — food, fur…
CUBA Behind the Masks at The Bronx Museum
Manuel Mendive finds magic in the rituals of his native Cuba, but I cannot swear that he ever experienced them at first …
Bill Viola: Life After Death at Stavanger Kunstmuseum
It is tempting to suggest that the Stavanger, Norway, with its nearby Iron-Age petroglyphs of Viking longboats, runes, a…
“Robert Rauschenberg: In and About L.A.” at LACMA
Robert Rauschenberg may be best known for his New York-based work, but he became an artist in Los Angeles. While station…