Artists Who’d Rob You Blind
January 18, 2012
With work from 1919 to the present day, this sprawling survey features imagined languages, personas, cities, and objects includes gems like the first edition of Kurt Schwitter’s 1919 Dadaist poem Anna Blume, original prints from the mid-century, utopic-minded Italian architecture firm Superstudio, and Adam McEwen’s darkly gorgeous, contemporary graphite impressions of wooden chipboard.
Matt Hoyt Puts It All on the Shelf
January 6, 2012
In Matt Hoyt’s spare, elegant show opening Jan. 8 at New York’s Bureau gallery, simple but elusive sculptures are displayed in small groups on understated shelves.
Michael Wang Makes Art Count
January 6, 2012
New York-based artist and architect Michael Wang revaulues Rachel Whiteread’s House—and 19 other famous contemporary works—in his exhibition “Carbon Copies” at Foxy Production, New York.
John Chamberlain (1927-2011)
December 22, 2011
John Chamberlain, the quintessentially American artist who straddled Abstract Expressionism, Pop and Minimalism, died yesterday in Manhattan.
James Franco and Laurel Nakadate Raise the Dead
November 14, 2011
Tennessee Williams visited Manhattan last night, called forth from the ether by a spiritualist hired by James Franco and artist Laurel Nakadate, for their “Three Performances in Search of Tennesee.”