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March 23, 2023
A New Continuum of Art History at the Carnegie International
The long-running exhibition of international art offers an indispensable lesson in art outside the bounds of America’s reach and a different way to see history.
Barry Schwabsky
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March 4, 2023
Nan Goldin’s Life Between Art and Activism
The impact of her pioneering photography and her advocacy on behalf of those harmed by Purdue Pharma is chronicled in Laura Poitras’s All the Beauty and the Bloodshed.
Barry Schwabsky
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January 25, 2023
Victor Navasky Recognized the Power of Cartooning
The former Nation editor and publisher’s book The Art of Controversy prods what gives political cartoons the power to excite violent passion.
Jeet Heer
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December 19, 2022
Beyond Zombie Figuration
The craze for figurative painting might be at an impasse. These three painters stand above the pack, making work that challenges the very idea of the form.
Barry Schwabsky
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November 9, 2022
Teju Cole’s Elegiac Criticism
For the novelist and photographer, to see—and to write about what one sees—is a way to confront the hard facts of the world.
Walton Muyumba
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November 8, 2022
The Outer Limits of Painting
Recent shows from Rick Lowe and Mary Heilmann subvert expectations of the medium, their work exploring social life and its imperfections past the confines of the canvas.
Barry Schwabsky
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October 26, 2022
Schjeldahl’s Art
At a time when art criticism was becoming more and more scholastic in tone, Peter Schjeldahl proudly upheld the banner of belletristic criticism.
Barry Schwabsky
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October 12, 2022
Beyond the Wall: On Rick Barton
An exhibition of drawings by a forgotten Bay Area artist is a feat of curating, reminding us that museums can a still shine a light on remarkable work.
Barry Schwabsky
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September 27, 2022
“Art as Solidarity” and Little Amal
Little Amal visited Andrea Arroyo’s exhibition “Art as Solidarity,” which is on view on the facade of the United Palace in Upper Manhattan.
Andrea Arroyo
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September 21, 2022
Days of Their Lives: Steve Brodner’s “Living & Dying in America”
A personal memorial by the renowned cartoonist.
Steve Brodner with an introduction by Edward Sorel