In his new collection of powerful figurative images and mysterious abstract photographs, Brendan Lott proves he is both “Looking In and Looking Out.” The exhibition is curated across two rooms at Walter Maciel, allowing viewers to move between intriguing and intimate...
It has been a while since David Rubin ended his long and distinguished career as an institutional curator, but he continues to write and curate—and continues to produce art as well. Rubin had put aside his youthful artmaking once his curatorial direction took over,...
Curated by former MOCA LA Chief Curator Helen Molesworth, “Ruth Asawa: All is Possible” at David Zwirner, New York expands our understanding of this remarkable artist by presenting a selection of lesser-known pieces together with her iconic sculptures. Asawa’s...
I resisted compiling this list (the limitations of which are obvious); but then thought: “Wait! In this awkward year of slow emergence from a pandemic that may never really be over, how many really great shows could there actually be?” Until, as I went over the shows...
What a year, and what a year for films—many of them delayed in production or distribution due to COVID, but roaring back as the theaters reopened. Below is my list of top theatrically released films of 2021; films I have had a chance to see thus far. I’m struck by how...
Recalcitrant Red has gone on strike once and for all, having shirked his usual duties which include the setting of campfires, blood drives, Naugahyde sex parties, riots and any activity where the devil is set to make an appearance. Recalcitrant Red has turned his back...
As the room unfolds before a viewer’s eyes there is a veritable procession of numbers going from one to nine through all the gyrations of being outlined, filled in or partially obscured. It is as though the sequence of this set of well-known forms is taken...
Walking into Vielmetter Los Angeles’ sunlit loft, it’s easy at first glance to overlook the series of flower paintings inside as traditional floral still lifes. But the stark white backgrounds, untraditional choice of medium, and emotive compositions belie Hugo...
Born in 1935 and raised by sharecroppers during an era when rural Alabama was segregated, Simmie Knox persevered by making history in 2004 as the first Black artist to have his work selected for the official Whitehouse portrait collection—his rendition of former...
Cucumber is so much more than a tea-time British delicacy, served on white bread with loads of butter, yet Americans cringe at the thought! Cringing Cucumber, as she is known in the States, decided to open a specialty shop in the heart of Manhattan, serving all manner...
Although photography-based collages by Joe Rudko are aggressively analog as objects, they reference the inherent pixelated optics of the digital world. Each unique piece is physically made of thousands of randomly accumulated, painstakingly spliced and intuitively...
In our post-truth age, where it’s easy to assume any image has been digitally manipulated, photographer Wolfgang Tillmans’ stands out from the pack for his striking candidness. In his eighth solo exhibition at Regen Projects, the German artist presents a diverse array...
After visiting five major art fairs and too many events and special exhibitions to keep track of, it’s safe to say this was an eventful and surprisingly normal Miami Art Week. Like in previous years, the week provided a venue to reconnect with friends and colleagues,...
Come for Art Basel, stay for New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA). With over 170 exhibitors at NADA alone and having already visited several fairs, I assumed the booths would start to blur. At NADA, that was far from what happened. The overall fair was refreshing and...
Miami Art Week would be incomplete without attending a few of the special events taking place around the city. At any hour of the day, and well into the night, there’s something pseudo art related to do. For my third day, I visited Untitled art fair located right on...
“Les sons et les parfums tournent dans l’air du soir.” Charles Baudelaire, “Harmonie du soir,” Les Fleurs du mal (1857) The title of the first of the 12 Preludes in Book II of Debussy’s Préludes is “Brouillards”—and Jean-Yves Thibaudet’s audience at Disney Hall was...
While Art Basel Miami Beach is the main event of Art Week, there are several satellite fairs that feature smaller galleries and emerging artists. For my second full day of art, champagne and parties, I headed to Art Miami and Context, partner fairs just across the...
Betzi Stein celebrates nothing short of love in her solo exhibition now at TAG Gallery, “Art World Friends and Strangers.” Creating brilliantly colorful figurative representations of members of the Los Angeles art community, Stein offers everything from a glowing...
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