Studio Matters: Notes & Commentary

One Painter on Ceramics, Another on Canvas

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:54:33 -0800

Irving Petlin’s paintings; Bernardo Siciliano’s girlie pix; a Leonardo da Vinci for Times SquarePost-war art at Knoedler; two centuries of American sculpture at Hirschl & Adler American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life, 1765-1915 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life, 1765-1915 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.Selections of James Tissot's watercolors for The Life Of Christ at the Brooklyn MuseumAn Appreciation of Henry Ossawa TannerLuis Meléndez’s still lifes at the National GalleryRecent collages by Nicol Allan at Davis & LangdaleAn interview conducted by an art student at Pratt with the authorFreedom of speech — unless you annoy the wrong people.The Art Instinct: Beauty, Pleasure and Evolution by Denis Dutton, Bloomsbury, 288 pp., $25Miniature woven textiles at Davis & LangdaleLate Gothic coffrets lined with incunabula at C.G. Boerner.Paintings and etchings at the Metropolitan Museum of ArtVintage photography by Man Ray, Berenice Abbott, and Naomi Savage at Francis M. Naumann Fine ArtEarly drafts and watercolors by Jean de Brunhoff and son LaurentWatercolors of New York at DC Moore GalleryCharles Matton’s boxed constructions at Forum GalleryVasily Kandinsky's Munich years at the GuggenheimTetsumi Kudo at Andrea Rosen GalleryMax Beckman, Otto Dix, Georg Grosz, and Christian Schad at The Neue GalerieEight urban landscape painters at Elizabeth Harris GalleryPaolo Staccioli’s ceramics at the Italian Cultural Institute; Jordan Wolfson’s
painting at DFN Gallery

Accidental Master of the Commonplace

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 12:23:02 -0700

Luis Meléndez’s still lifes at the National Gallery

Sensibility and Substance

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 10:26:12 -0700

Recent collages by Nicol Allan at Davis & Langdale

Letter to a Young Artist

Thu, 14 May 2009 12:57:04 -0700

An interview conducted by an art student at Pratt with the author

The New Blacklist

Sat, 04 Apr 2009 00:24:52 -0700

Freedom of speech — unless you annoy the wrong people.

Wired for Art

Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:23:45 -0700

The Art Instinct: Beauty, Pleasure and Evolution by Denis Dutton, Bloomsbury, 288 pp., $25

Sheila Hicks’ Action Weaving

Wed, 11 Mar 2009 13:53:34 -0700

Miniature woven textiles at Davis & Langdale

French Gothic Woodcuts

Wed, 25 Feb 2009 20:27:06 -0800

Late Gothic coffrets lined with incunabula at C.G. Boerner.

Morandi: Man and Myth

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 12:18:21 -0800

Paintings and etchings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Teachers/Students

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:58:07 -0700

Vintage photography by Man Ray, Berenice Abbott, and Naomi Savage at Francis M. Naumann Fine Art

Babar's Progress

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 15:27:23 -0700

Early drafts and watercolors by Jean de Brunhoff and son Laurent

Romare Bearden, Master Watercolorist

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 21:48:18 -0700

Watercolors of New York at DC Moore Gallery

Magic and Miniatures

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:50:34 -0700

Charles Matton’s boxed constructions at Forum Gallery

Saving the World with Art

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 20:04:42 -0700

Vasily Kandinsky's Munich years at the Guggenheim

A Feast of Loathings

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:03:12 -0700

Tetsumi Kudo at Andrea Rosen Gallery