By Mario Naves 4/18/05 12:00am

A Shared Aesthetic and Goal Raising the Bar at Sideshow

Raising the Bar is the title of a show at Sideshow Gallery in Williamsburg, and it’s been irking me to no end. What on earth can it mean? I know it’s a sports analogy-something about setting new standards and posing new challenges. But please explain to me what it has to do with Thornton Willis Read More

By Mario Naves 10/13/03 12:00am

Currently Hanging

Calm, Stately Cruciform Shapes

Excite Respect, Not EnthusiasmThe painter Harvey Quaytman, who died last year at the age of 64 after a long illness, was an unspectacular fixture of the New York art world for close to 40 years. If “unspectacular” seems an odd or callous adjective, especially in light of the artist’s recent passing, Read More