What happens when a visit to a gallery occurs via the internet and the viewer, expecting something a bit more unusual in this medium, instead finds the visual vocabulary of the work on display less than new? Jan de Quelery paints classical, dramatic scenes of ships at sea. For one nearly computer illiterate hunter of […]

While the publicity machine for Takashi Murakami’s "Little Brother" exhibition at Japan Society was on a steady roll, a quiet storm was brewing at Plum Blossoms in Chelsea. Under the curatorial direction of Tim Evans, "Psionic Distortion" brought together more than 30 artists–from Japan, Europe, and the U.S.–all of whom have all been influenced by […]

One of the newest and freshest additions to the mix in Chelsea is DCKT Contemporary on West 24th Street. In the company of blue chip powerhouses and in proximity to relative newcomers, principals Dennis Christie and Ken Tyburski are seasoned players with a singular approach to showing new artists. Christie is a veteran of Charles […]

The China International Gallery Exposition, which took place recently at Beijing?s World Trade Center exhibition hall, is only in its second year, but has already doubled in size. The CIGE was "approved" by the China Culture Ministry?a sign that the government is perhaps starting to approve of contemporary art as an engine for economic activity, […]

A filmmaker by temperament and an artist by profession, Stephan Apicella-Hitchcock sees the time-space continuum divided into proportional frames. Working in sculpture, video and photography, his work balances formal explorations in film with generational themes: the icons and sensibilities of skater culture, the residue of the Beat Generation and East coast/West coast rivalry in the […]

With the launch of its Nike ID website, Nike created a brand for individuality. This site potentially offers creative control to the average sneaker buyer, who has the power to color, style, and reconfigure his or her favorite trainers. It is the perfect program, giving buyers the illusion of design freedom while keeping them within […]

The art work I have chosen for the Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition’s 25th Anniversary Preview Art Exhibition does not and should not have any directions, given the diversity of individual artists who have participated. My intentions as a curator were to exhibit artists whose work deserved to be highlighted in a public forum. Creating a […]

Francis Bacon said: "Fashion is only the attempt to realize art in living forms and social intercourse." Not only did Donna Karan’s "Skin Tight: The Sensibility of the Flesh" exhibition and Issey Miyake’s "A-POC" showcase extremely artistic clothing, but each event also illuminated how much Karan and Miyake seek to use fabric as a medium […]

Raffaella Corcione’s latest work presents an energetic inspection of the dynamic forces she sees as controlling our universe–fervent colors are set in opposition to the mellifluous movement of figures; male and female forms are pared and contrasted and set in symmetrical opposition. The vibrant backgrounds of her works seem to converge with the figures, push […]

No visitor to Chelsea should miss Sol LeWitt’s new work, Ripples, a black pencil drawing on a white wall at the back of the James Cohan Gallery. The piece was actually done by his assistants: LeWitt still adheres to the idea of artist as conceptual crafter of the proposition. Ripples is on a modest-sized wall, […]