New York artists who run group shows in out of the way places have their reasons – great lighting, space, sometimes ambiance – but they do so at a cost. Burbs Burp Something Superb: Abstraction at the Paterson Museum By Helen Levin   Doris Wyman, “Dancing Above the Sea”       New York artists […]

A diary of surreal insignificance (part 2). Saint Dali: The Catalonian Pilgrimage By Valery Oisteanu The Catalonian Pilgrimage A diary of surreal insignificance (part 2) Salvador Dali was born on May 11, 1904 in Figueres, Spain and at an early age became a talented illustrator. At 25 he found himself at the center of the […]

Do artists who are same sex lovers have anything in common besides sexual desire? How does gender preference impact the way work is made? Hidden Histories of 20th Century Art By Michael Petry, Curator General Idea’s AIDS wallpaper installation with a Robert Indiana Love print on it Do artists who are same sex lovers have […]

Steven Montgomery’s work has been described not only as a sculptor shattering the myth of technological progress but that of realism as well. Art, Talks / Steven Montgomery: Sculpting Time By Pravin Sathe Steven Montgomery: Sculpting Time Steven Montgomery’s work has been described not only as a sculptor shattering the myth of technological progress but […]

Rocco Alberico constructs signature shelters equipped with stereoscopic lenses that promise experiences of the whimsy of childhood, the innocence of play and the menagerie of imagination. Rocco Alberico Deconstructs the American Politic, etc. By Zhanna Veyts Rocco Alberico Deconstructs the American Politic Rocco Alberico constructs signature shelters equipped with stereoscopic lenses that promise experiences of […]

Packaging is an art form in Japan, a place in which installations in any department store could rival those of an actual gallery. Selling the art that sold the musicÅc By Chelsea Szendi Schieder   flier for Music Graffiti Japan     Packaging is an art form in Japan, a place in which installations in […]

Predrag Pajdic & Rachel Wilberforce imagine a new secret "Garden" Transplanted Identities By Antonio Pasolini     Rachel Wilberforce, “Swimmers.” Video       Predrag Pajdic & Rachel Wilberforce imagine a new secret "Garden" Serbian-born, London-based Predrag Padjic’s earlier, two-dimensional work examined the internal workings of the human body, depicted as a type of Renaissance […]

What happens when you mix a pro-football player, a passionate interest in the arts, the new MoMA and 60 NYC youth? You get Tiki Barber, player for the NY Giants talking about his own work and introducing the museum to a group of students on the inaugural day of Exploring the Modern, a new program, […]

The work of Kenyan-born British artist Sneh Mehta (b.1954) is now going through a significant mutation, both in terms of aesthetics and content. Oscillating between painting and sculpture, digital photography, film and animation, the work manages to retain a powerful link to Mehta’s dominant subject-matter: the biological mysteries of human life. The new work healthily […]

Large, sweeping art fairs tend to elicit a mixed bag of emotions from Miami’s art viewing miscellany: curiosity from cultured locals eager for the opportunity to see work of a global scale; cynicism from seasoned pundits huffily moaning at the vacuous mechanism of the art market; gluttonous excitement from collectors, well-heeled art honchos and the […]