Kerry James Marshall’s Enigmatic Authority Kerry James Marshall’s Enigmatic Authority
It seems a mistake to call him a realist in any but the loosest sense.
Jan 18, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Ellen Cantor’s Perpetual Revisions Ellen Cantor’s Perpetual Revisions
The artist’s final film tested her belief that love could be stronger than the will to power.
Dec 20, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
The Brilliance of Lines The Brilliance of Lines
Agnes Martin at the Guggenheim and Carmen Herrera at the Whitney.
Oct 26, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Seeing David Hammons Seeing David Hammons
Given that the artist is such a spectral presence, how can his multifarious oeuvre be summed up in a single retrospective survey?
Sep 21, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Thomas Struth’s Post-Internet Art Thomas Struth’s Post-Internet Art
His pictures generate a perceptual confusion that might best represent where we stand with technology today.
Aug 23, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Nicole Eisenman’s Path to Genius Nicole Eisenman’s Path to Genius
In the early 2000s, the painter rediscovered a strain of modernism that doesn’t aspire to purity or certainty, but rather is willing to remain, as de Kooning once put it, “wrapped ...
Jul 14, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
The Chameleon Painter The Chameleon Painter
Even in his most pared-down paintings, Philip Guston was digging for something new.
Jun 1, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Letters From the June 6-13, 2016, Issue Letters From the June 6-13, 2016, Issue
The article, unfinished…
May 19, 2016 / Letters / Our Readers and Barry Schwabsky
Can an Unfinished Piece of Art Also Be Complete? Can an Unfinished Piece of Art Also Be Complete?
An exhibit at the Met Breuer explores the differences between completing and finishing an artwork.
Apr 14, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
A Critic’s Job of Work A Critic’s Job of Work
I don’t see my job as making or breaking an artist. I have other responsibilities toward art.
Mar 9, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky