The opposition of paradise and destruction is what the visitor encounters at the site-specific environment Pardes that the Israeli artist Dani Karavan created especially for the IVAM, Institute of Modern Art in Valencia. Pardes, (Grove of Orange Trees): Dani Karavan by Ana Maria Torres The opposition of paradise and destruction is what the visitor encounters […]

According to some critics, craft has been assimilated by fine art, yet aside from a few reviews in the New York Times, The Interstitial: The Dishes Are on the Floor (And Up the Wall) by John Perreault According to some critics, craft has been assimilated by fine art, yet aside from a few reviews in […]

From November 5 to December 19, 2002, the Goethe-Institut in New York exhibited a two-person exhibition of multi-media works. DREAM: Multi-Media Works by Anja Mohn and Christiane Wetzel by Erik LaPrade From November 5 to December 19, 2002, the Goethe-Institut in New York exhibited a two-person exhibition of multi-media works. The theme and title of […]

What is an artist to do, stuck in a tiny one-bedroom/studio on 11th Street between Broadway and Fifth Avenue with bigger spaces in Williamsburg or the Lower East Side no longer an affordable alternative? The Rocks of Ages: Christina Mamakos and the giant boulders of Mykonos by Thomas Girst What is an artist to do, […]

Retrospectives are cheap fun. Following the hit parade of an artist’s production is its own form of entertainment. The Phallic Wars of Carroll Dunham by Matthew Bourbon Retrospectives are cheap fun. Following the hit parade of an artist’s production is its own form of entertainment. Who doesn’t enjoy finding examples of an artist’s high points […]

Despite the inclusive nature that contemporary Third Wave feminism has tried to foster with respect to sexual orientation… Saul Chernick: From Banality and Back to Humanity in the 21st-Century by Jill Conner Despite the inclusive nature that contemporary Third Wave feminism has tried to foster with respect to sexual orientation and gender differences, the debates […]

"Cara Italia, cara" (Dear, dear Italy), were the last words spoken by Modigliani, as he died in exile in Paris, overwhelmed by poverty, sickness, and the misfortunes of life. Amadeo Modigliani: The Prince Of Montparnasse by Ante Glibota "Cara Italia, cara" (Dear, dear Italy), were the last words spoken by Modigliani, as he died in […]

To praise Canadian conductor Bernard Labadie is a bit like carrying water by the pail to the Bay of Fundy. Bernard Labadie’s 9/11 Requiem Mass of Hope by Astrid Brunner To praise Canadian conductor Bernard Labadie is a bit like carrying water by the pail to the Bay of Fundy. But, then, there is nothing […]

Traveling up to the CS White Gallery in Portland, Maine the weekend after September 11th last year, the ostensibly realistic watercolors of Jules Olitski painted at his lakeside residence in New Hampshire struck exactly the right chord. In the Age of Excess Post-Haste by Lee Klein Traveling up to the CS White Gallery in Portland, […]

Marlene Tseng Yu’s exhibition of her dynamic, abstract, nature oriented works was on display at Berliner Kunstprojekt through December 28 of last year. As Robert C. Morgan said in the last issue of this magazine… Marlene Tseng Yu by NY Arts Marlene Tseng Yu’s exhibition of her dynamic, abstract, nature oriented works was on display […]