David Salle, In Ghost Colors
November 8, 2013
Plucked from 1992 are “Ghost Paintings,” a series of photographs capturing David Salle’s longtime model, the dancer and performer Beverly Eaby, in varying spontaneous contortions beneath a rumpled white sheet (like a ghost!).
Bill Beckley, Beyond the Rooster
November 5, 2013
In the early 1970s, Beckley was one of the original artists at SoHo’s 112 Greene Street, the ragtag gallery-like hub of an artistic community bringing together auspicious ’60s and ’70s figures like Gordon Matta-Clark, Yvonne Rainer, Robert Rauschenberg, and Dennis Oppenheim.
Toro Scales Up
November 4, 2013
Toro is not for the small-minded. Housed in a cavernous former factory space across from the Hudson in South Chelsea, the restaurant serves up live sea urchin, rabbit and snail paella, cock’s comb, pig ears, and “Mackerel Tartare with Stuff that We All Really Like.”
Tony Tasset’s Three Story Eyeball
November 1, 2013
“People have been so conditioned to not understand art that when something’s obvious they feel like they’re missing something,” Tony Tasset says. “It’s a big eyeball.”
Mariah Robertson’s Unplanning
October 30, 2013
Mariah Robertson can’t predict the way her photographic-art experiments will turn out. “It follows a thread of accident and chance,” she says. “I still don’t get it.”
The Art of The Lexington
October 29, 2013
“There are so many five-star hotels with just awful, banal art,” Paige Powell bemoans. “The guest deserves to have something better than that, and something that they are not expecting.”
The Unsinkable Art World
October 27, 2013
The Dedalus Foundation’s expansive show “Come Together: Surviving Sandy, Year 1” at Industry City commemorates the tragedy—but more importantly, serves as a reminder that the aspirations of New Yorkers, art-world denizens and not, won’t be easily washed away.
Sabine Mirlesse and the Volcano
October 26, 2013
Sabine Mirlesse’s monograph As if it should have been a quarry captures the Icelandic island Heimaey and its people forty years ago after a volcano, presumed extinct, erupted.
Grant Achatz Cooks Up Emotion
October 25, 2013
When Grant Achatz shakes your hand, you immediately get a sense of how he runs his kitchen. He looks you directly in the eye, sternly, for a moment, gives one firm shake, and swiftly recoils to his former posture, relaxed but dogged.
Mike Bouchet’s Consumer Fantasies
October 11, 2013
The finer details of global consumerism can be mind-boggling, not to mention bleak, but Mike Bouchet has learned to embrace them. The Frankfurt-based artist has spent his career examining consumer culture and its limitless output.
The New Classic
October 10, 2013
Launching with a capsule collection this fall, Brett Johnson’s label caters to men with discerning taste.
Chris Burden Invades The New Museum
October 4, 2013
The beginning of artist Chris Burden’s career survey “Extreme Measures,” on view at the New Museum, is relatively gentle.
Silent Moments in Erik Benson’s City
October 1, 2013
Painter Erik Benson’s urban landscapes are about subtleties: the silence of the city at night, the slight raise of acrylic layers on the canvas.
Andrea Mary Marshall’s Fan Base
September 26, 2013
Andrea Mary Marshall has been the New York art world’s reigning queen of self-reinvention over the last few years, constantly taking on dramatized new alter-egos for her self-portrait based work. This month, at “Sacred/Iconic” at Garis & Hahn gallery, she’s become the King.
The Ship of Tolerance Sails in New York
September 20, 2013
This year’s DUMBO Arts Festival will berth a new sort of craft. New York is the sixth city to harbor the aptly named Ship of Tolerance, a wooden boat created by Russian artists Ilya and Emilia Kabakov that will drift down the East River on Friday before docking at the Brooklyn waterfront for one week before moving to the Atlantic Salt Yard.
An Audible Presence in New York
September 18, 2013
Imagine 20 minutes of a blaring single note, emitted in unison by a symphony and a choir. Imagine it followed by 20 minutes of pure silence—no phones, no checking e-mails.
The Poetics of Robert Montgomery
September 16, 2013
There is something pacifying about Robert Montgomery’s text-based artwork.
Ara Dymond Sets the Stage
September 10, 2013
If Ara Dymond tells you he is shy, he is not being entirely honest.
The Art of ADEAM
September 9, 2013
Designers often sacrifice wearability in favor of making a piece beautiful. This is not the case with ADEAM.
Conflict of Interest NYC & LPD NEW YORK Find Their Highs and Lows
September 8, 2013
Conflict of Interest NYC and LPD New York, two brands with roots in streetwear, made names for themselves in 2012 by appropriating iconic fashion ones.