Radical Perspectives: Grotjahn’s Singular Focus

Mark Grotjahn’s large abstract drawings are so meticulously crafted and striking in effect that, looking at them, I wonder why they don’t excite me more. The pieces are all handsome and, in their own way, masterful. I feel a twinge of guilt for not loving them.

That’s not to say Mr. Grotjahn, a young Read More

Friedlander’s Impassive Eye: America From Strange Angles

Five hundred works of art: Just thinking about taking in so many
during the course of one exhibition is enough to provoke a migraine. What
single artist has created that much, let alone that much worthy of serious
consideration? There’s Edgar Degas. The retrospective of his paintings,
drawings, prints and sculptures Read More

Friedlander’s Impassive Eye: America From Strange Angles

Five hundred works of art: Just thinking about taking in so many during the course of one exhibition is enough to provoke a migraine. What single artist has created that much, let alone that much worthy of serious consideration? There’s Edgar Degas. The retrospective of his paintings, drawings, prints and sculptures seen at the Met Read More