Vessels: Nicole Cherubini, Francesca DiMattio, Brie Ruais, Beverly Semmes, and Betty Woodman. The Horticultural Society of New York – a growing community of urban gardeners who strive to maintain the relationship of plants and people – gives hospitality to an exciting group exhibition of contemporary ceramic sculptures by five New York-based female artists: Nicole Cherubini, Francesca […]

Nightfall / Alkony New tendencies in figurative painting Galerie Rudolfinum, Prague, Czech Republic, March 29 – May 24, 2013 MODEM, Debrecen, Hungary October 7, 2012 – February 10, 2013 Mankind has always been fascinated by darkness. In the beginning as the Bible says, “darkness covered the face of the deep” and since then looking into […]

By Masha Froliak In the midst of nineteen commercial buildings of Rockefeller Center, scattered between 49th to 50th street, stand nine unique human figures of Swiss artist Ugo Rondinone. Human Nature, the latest site specific creation of the artist, is built of massive bluestone slabs piled on top of each other into forms which resemble […]

Daria Irincheeva has a sharp wit and keen sense of humor. Perhaps this is why she collaborates easily at Maurizo Cattelan’s Family Business gallery where she is director. Whenever I connect with her and the intense photographer Ruy Sanchez Blanco, I feel energized by our dialogue. Irincheeva’s solo exhibition Avoid This Water took place at […]

The following conversation was conducted with Mary Hrbacek over the telephone, as well as via email by Edward Rubin on April 23, 2013. Edward Rubin: Why Trees? What is it that made you start painting trees? Give us a little history of what made you switch from painting rocks to painting portraits of trees. Mary […]

By Tony Zaza Neither an interpretation nor a translation of  a literary work, but rather the basis for a deconstruction, The Great Gatsby rolls along feverishly like a bad memory. And so to entice you to pay attention to the pivotal point of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, director Baz Luhrmann sugar coats numerous […]

1. Everything looks better in a tent. The natural light in that fair was amazing! 2. Large NYC Galleries are still killing it, but smaller international galleries are holding their own by showing insightful and poetic work. (Which is often easier to ship and just as fun to look at.) 3. Liam Gillick and Carl […]

It’s pretty rare to have the opportunity to see the work of a living legend. There are very few artists who ever achieve this status, standing head and shoulders above the rest of us. If the measure of influence is equated to height, Ellworth Kelly is way up there. Turning 90 this year, this art […]

Ah, art fair season. What’s not to love, right? Sometimes art fairs take your money, pour an unbelievable amount of closely-hung work into your brain via your wandering eyeballs, and kick you in the ass as you exit. You are stuck on the sidewalk wondering whether you ever need to see a work of art […]

Wish Meme is an art fair for those who want something fresh and different. Put on by The They Co. in collaboration with the New Museum and a whole slew of great curators, its a welcome change. Enough words though, here’s a recap featuring photos snapped by our photographer, Anna Carnochan. Feast your eyes.