The Triumph of the Brooklyn Museum’s ‘Soul of a Nation’ The Triumph of the Brooklyn Museum’s ‘Soul of a Nation’
The landmark exhibit captures the revolutionary spirit and powerful introspection of black art in the 1960s and ’70s.
Dec 14, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
In Praise of Underdogs In Praise of Underdogs
Three recent New York gallery shows offer a glimpse into the wonderful work happening in the shadows of the mainstream art market.
Oct 29, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
A History of Salvage A History of Salvage
The Met’s “History Refused to Die” exhibition rewrites the art history of the American South through a group of self-taught practitioners.
Oct 18, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
The Women of Impressionism The Women of Impressionism
Mary Cassatt, Elizabeth Nourse, Berthe Morisot, and Rosa Bonheur were as central to Impressionism’s shifting and often contradictory currents as their male counterparts.
Aug 30, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Mel Chin’s Social Surrealism Mel Chin’s Social Surrealism
Lamentations and revivals.
Aug 2, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
The Standard of Pure Abstraction The Standard of Pure Abstraction
The painters Joe Overstreet and James Little subvert the demands of representation.
May 24, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Joan Jonas’s Fragments Joan Jonas’s Fragments
More than anything else, time itself is the material Jonas works with, manipulating it as a sculptor might mold clay.
Apr 19, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
John Ashbery’s Day Job John Ashbery’s Day Job
The poet as art critic.
Mar 14, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Daniel Joseph Martinez’s Blunt Statements Daniel Joseph Martinez’s Blunt Statements
What does it mean for an American artist to make photographs using the image of the German revolutionary Ulrike Meinhof?
Feb 23, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Margins and the Mainstream at the New Museum’s ‘Trigger’ Margins and the Mainstream at the New Museum’s ‘Trigger’
As something that confutes the distinction between fact and fiction, gender is fundamentally congruent with art and aesthetics.
Jan 26, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky