Any self-respecting art lover in New York is sure to visit the Met, but may overlook the M.T.A. “There are many people throughout the world who would be amazed; curators who take the subway are blown away,” said Sandra Bloodworth, who has directed the Metropolitan Transit Authority’s Arts for Transit program since 1996, adding murals Read More
For devotees of the shaped-canvas aesthetic, the exhibition of paintings by Elizabeth Murray at the Museum of Modern Art is likely to be embraced as a pictorial paradise. The shaped canvas has never before been as multi-shaped as it is here. Moreover, the eccentrically shaped canvases are not discreetly installed in the usual MoMA manner Read More
For devotees of the shaped-canvas aesthetic, the exhibition of paintings by Elizabeth Murray at the Museum of Modern Art is likely to be embraced as a pictorial paradise. The shaped canvas has never before been as multi-shaped as it is here. Moreover, the eccentrically shaped canvases are not discreetly installed in the usual MoMA manner Read More
Walking through Challenging Tradition: Women of the Academy, 1826-2003, an exhibition on display at the National Academy of Design, I was reminded of a conversation with the artist Elizabeth Murray that I heard on a radio talk show about eight years ago. The occasion for the interview was an exhibition Ms. Murray had organized for Read More
Gender Gets a Boost:
Women Artists on TopWalking through Challenging Tradition: Women of the Academy, 1826-2003, an exhibition on display at the National Academy of Design, I was reminded of a conversation with the artist Elizabeth Murray that I heard on a radio talk show about eight years ago. The occasion for the interview was Read More
It’s no secret that artistic imperatives often triumph over practical concerns about conservation. Countless valuable works discolor, crackle and disintegrate because the artist disregards the laws of chemistry; and often the culprit, rather than carelessness, is a compelling aesthetic impulse. Tine Lundsfryd’s Untitled (1999-2000), an abstract painting on view in an exhibition she shares with Read More
