Barry Schwabsky

Art Critic

Barry Schwabsky is the art critic of The Nation.

The Human Metaphor: Marlene Dumas and Barkley Hendricks The Human Metaphor: Marlene Dumas and Barkley Hendricks

The paintings of Marlene Dumas, at the Museum of Modern Art, and Barkley Hendricks, at the Studio Museum of Harlem.

Feb 11, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

Point and Place: William Eggleston’s Vibrant Spaces Point and Place: William Eggleston’s Vibrant Spaces

Democratic Camera: William Eggleston's grand and gorgeous retrospective at the Whitney Museum.

Dec 22, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

Between the Dead and the Living: Jack Spicer’s Second Life Between the Dead and the Living: Jack Spicer’s Second Life

A new collection of poems by Jack Spicer returns one of the great American visionaries to print.

Dec 17, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

‘Lost as Food and Won as a Coast’ ‘Lost as Food and Won as a Coast’

Is a new, computer-generated poetry anthology as intriguing--and boring--as the lifework of any fairly prolific poet?

Dec 2, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

Agony and Ecstasy: The Art World Explained Agony and Ecstasy: The Art World Explained

What we talk about when we talk about art.

Nov 13, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

The Aesthetic Is the Personal The Aesthetic Is the Personal

The Louise Bourgeois retrospective at the Guggenheim.

Jul 1, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

Seeing Past the Gorgons Seeing Past the Gorgons

The New Yorker's art critic turns his eye toward the cultural summits.

Jun 19, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

Solemn, Expanded Time Solemn, Expanded Time

An exhibition looks at the bits and pieces that made up some of the great artwork of Californian artist Jess.

Jun 5, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

Spots, Smudges and Glitter Spots, Smudges and Glitter

A tour of the New York art galleries reveals a number of talented artists exploring the possibilities of "bad" representational painting.

Apr 9, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

Daring Intransigence Daring Intransigence

Gustave Courbet's blunt pictorial style and taciturn sensibility prefigured the ambivalence and photographic exactitude of modern painting.

Mar 6, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

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