As a native son I never planned to move back to Kansas City after graduation from a nearby University. After a failed attempt to gain employment on the West Coast after the dotcom bubble burst, I retreated back to my hometown, like the Prodigal Son I was, enveloped in a support system that I never […]

Over the last decade, Byron C. Cohen Gallery has established itself as an anchor of the Kansas City gallery scene, tending to be the most consistently solid commercial space in town for current work by mid-career, nationally and internationally known artists. Jim Campbell at the Byron C. Cohen Gallery Kate Hackman Jim Campbell, Depth of […]

In 1966, I moved from San Francisco, California to Kansas City, Missouri, and, to my amazement, was embraced by a history of working artists determined to define themselves without a coast. Kansas City Rising Peregrine Honig Artist David Ford with Pat Alexander as “Saint Simone/ Maximon,” Central American Saint of vice and bad habits. Photo […]

Jaimie Warren’s intimate, ironic, ultimately confessional show, Don’t Try Not to Be Me, Just Be Yourself, at the Telephone Booth on Troost, consists of two large-scale triptychs (each image about 40″ x 30″), shot and presented in Warren’s characteristic mundane/beautiful style. Jaimie Warren, Mundane Meets Beautiful Jaimie Warren, Untitled, 2005. Inkjet prints, 30″x138″. Courtesy of […]

Six artists, one vision: advancing beyond reality to the core of the unpresentable truth. Using photographic material, Hubertus Hess, Hans Kotter, Maria Maier, Christian Rothmann, Tessa Verder and Felix Weinold encourage the viewer to go on a quest from reality to truth, following the famous idea of Paul Klee: "Art doesn’t represent the visible, but […]

There are many reasons for the predicted revenue increase at all of the major international auction houses. Buyers of art in the emerging art markets of Russia, China and the United Arab Emirates are purchasing works in many of the various collecting sites. There are also many new contemporary art buyers who are making major […]

If you thumb through Liang Yue?s oeuvre, the first thing you?ll notice is her fascination with light; such as the uncountable small lights that give a fairy-like character to the Chinese megalopolis at night, or the bright blue daylight on a busy street corner. Liang Yue, In a Chinese Daze Pauline Doutreluingne Liang Yue, Stop […]

I have known Linda Gall’s work for ten years. What is always appealing is her overwhelming sense of nostalgia, family and place. The four distinct bodies of work in her recent exhibition, "New paintings, drawings and books," only confirmed my feeling. Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus, Ohio Ron Johnson Linda Gall, On the Rocks, 2005. Colored […]

Since September, Gary Baseman has had four openings: one in New York at the Jonathan Levine Gallery entitled "The Garden of Unearthly Delights," two in LA and one in Barcelona, besides his lectures and book signings in Taiwan, Delaware, Beverly Hills and Charlottesville. Gary Baseman, The Lowdown on Lowbrow Emilie Trice Gary Baseman, 200 Tobys. […]

Further proof of Director of the Studio Museum of Harlem and Chief Curator Thelma Golden’s masterful eye, "Frequency" presents us with yet another set of young black artists set to launch into superstardom. Thelma Golden, Freq It Steven Psyllos Hank Willis Thomas, Winter in America. Video still. Courtesy of Studio Museum of Harlem. Further proof […]