ROLAND MURI, "Role Models?" at the Chelsea Art Museum Lydia Keck The legendary imageof a great celebrity is usually a mask for a tormented past. Jazz musician LouisArmstrong grew up in poverty with his grandmother in Louisiana. When, as a twelve-year-old,he fired a gun into the air on New Year’s Eve, he was arrested and […]

“ From SoHo to San Francisco “ Juxtaposition color diversity and individual expression, Canvas Gallery in San Francisco found itall when they invited: AJ Nadel, Winand Staring, Saundra Schwartzkopf and LanceDehne. Four New York artists to join in their already colorful group for an Eastmeets West event “ From SoHo to San Francisco “ Canvas […]

Unlikely Icons James Scarborough Icons nowadaysare not the first thing one thinks of as one stands before a work of art. Norreverence. And hardly awe. Indeed, “shock” has replaced “awe”as an operative unit of reverence, as per a current war on terrorism. It joinsRobert Hughes’s Shock of the New as a contemporary synonym for “awe.Think […]

A Servant of Two Masters Charles Giuliano Drawing Conclusions:Works by Artist Critics Curated by Judy Collischan In addition to making works of art, Leonardo da Vinci was active as an inventorand scientist. Michelangelo would have been famous for any one of his pursuitsas sculptor, painter or architect. He also wrote sonnets and penned remarkableletters. Bernini […]

Like a New Orleans jazz funeral, the "Spin" show at CVB Space in the Meatpacking District combines the notion of demise with buoyant brass music for a jarring effect. Spin at CVB Space Kate Lowenstein Cynthia von Buhler, Shake Hands With Uncle Sam, Interaction view. Like a New Orleans jazz funeral, the "Spin" show at […]

John Geraci is on the verge, but of what even he is not sure. Though graffiti has been popular since the 1960s, it wasn’t until the early 80s and Fab Five Freddy’s rendering of an Andy Warhol soup can on a subway train, Basquiat’s SAMO musings and Haring’s cartoon-like tags that the mainstream art world […]

Americans are aware of what happened in Vietnam 30 years ago, but not so many know as much about what happened in Cambodia as a result of that war.

Nursing his elbow agonizingly, Forest Whitaker’s deep red shirt matches his face. But a "Ghost Dog" swordfight gone sour didn’t cause this injury; instead, his portrait by Sam Taylor-Wood inhabits "Getting Emotional"–a multi-media exhibit at the Boston Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA).

When I first moved to New York, a friend took me to the Odessa Caf� on Avenue A in the East Village. At the time, I saw the rundown caf� through the lens of sardonic hipsterdom?as a self-consciously authentically grubby hangout to wet the palates of bobos searching for a genuine experience.

Solvent Space has quickly become Richmond, Virginia?s hot new venue because of its experimental nature and overtly industrial feel. For its first show, installation artist James Hyde transformed the main gallery space