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La Marche pénible guidée par l’oiseau flamboyant du désert (The Sorrowful March Guided by the Flamboyant Bird of the desert) April 4, 1968 by Joan Miró.
Jul 8

A Master of Reinvention: What Artists Can Learn from Joan Miró Today

Proof of Miró’s sponge-worthiness can be found in an exciting new show of his late works, up now at Nahmad Contemporary though July 18.
By Ryan Steadman
Artwork by Janine Antoni
Apr 8

Woman’s Work: The Epic Two Decades of Janine Antoni

In Ms. Antoni’s latest exhibition, “From The Vow Made,” on view at Luhring Augustine’s Chelsea gallery through April 25, the artist creates sculpture in a more traditional sense for the first time—and proves that superior artists can use any method to effectively communicate.
By Ryan Steadman
Installoation view of Laurie Summons: How We See (2015), at The Jewsih Museum. (Courtesy the Jewish Museum)
Mar 18

Living Dolls: Laurie Simmons Offers a Tepid Status Update at the Jewish Museum

Working primarily in photography and film, Laurie Simmons, born in Far Rockaway in 1949, first became known in the mid-1970s for her series of moody black-and-white photographs of dollhouse interiors that dreamily undermine those supposedly archetypal play toys.
By Ryan Steadman
Kianja Strobert, <em>Untitled</em>, 2011 (Photo courtesy: Collection of Sam, Shanit and Alexys Schwartz)
Feb 18

Owning the Abstract: Kianja Strobert Taunts, and Sometimes Tops, Her Ab-Ex Ancestors

By Ryan Steadman
installation view of “Djordje Ozbolt: More paintings about poets and food” at Hauser & Wirth uptown. (Photograph by Genevieve Hanson/ Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth)
Feb 11

Art History’s Savvy Joker: Djordje Ozbolt’s Bone-Dry Visual Zingers at Hauser & Wirth

By Ryan Steadman
Untitled (1930) by Todros Geller. ( Alvia Urdaneta/ Collection of Bernard Friedman.)
Feb 4

Seeing Red: NYU’s Grey Art Gallery Revisits America’s Socialist Moment in Full

By David Ebony
Un orange inférieur by Jesús Rafael Soto, (1984). (CLAIRE DORN/ © Jesús Rafael Soto / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris, 2015 Courtesy Galerie Perrotin)
Jan 28

The Missing Link: Galerie Perrotin States the Case for Jesús Rafael Soto

By Ryan Steadman
Max Burchartz, Lotte (Eye). 1928. (Courtesy The Museum of Modern Art)
Jan 21

Timelapse of a Half Century: MoMA Unpacks a Treasure Trove of Surprising Images

By Maika Pollack
Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973) Jacqueline aux Fleurs (Jacqueline with Flowers). (©2014 Estate of Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York, courtesy Pace Gallery)
Jan 5

The Met and Pace Gallery Spotlight the Women Behind Cézanne and Picasso

By David Ebony
Takashi Murakami, Isle of the Dead, 2014. (Courtesy Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. Photography by Robert McKeever. Courtesy Gagosian Gallery.)
Dec 17

Absurd on a Grand Scale: The Lunatic Splendor of Murakami Takes Over Gagosian Gallery

By Ryan Steadman
<em>Confession (Lady Chancellor)</em>, 2007, by Chris Ofili. (Courtesy of the artist and David Zwirner)
Nov 19

A Fresh Look at Chris Ofili, a Painter Propelled by Controversy, at the New Museum

By David Ebony
Photographer Jill Krementz's portrait of David Hockney, whose work is currently on view at Pace Gallery. (Courtesy Jill Krementz)
Nov 12

Motherwell and Hockney, Two 20th Century Titans, Star in Major Chelsea Shows

By Ryan Steadman
Installation view of 'ZERO: Countdown to Tomorrow, 1950s–60s' (Photo: David Heald © Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York)
Nov 5

The Mid-Century Motorized Madness of ‘ZERO: Countdown to Tomorrow’ at the Guggenheim

By Maika Pollack
Fernand Léger, Composition (The Typographer), 1918-19. (Courtesy 2014 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris)
Oct 29

A New Geometry: David Ebony on a Cosmetics King’s Cubist Gems at The Met

By David Ebony
Egon Schiele, Portrait of Dr. Erwin von Graff, 1910. (Courtesy Neue Galerie)
Oct 22

Egon Schiele’s Insatiable Search for Life: Neue Galerie Lauds the Viennese Wunderkind

By Ryan Steadman
Luney Breakout (2013) by Mark di Suvero. ( Steven Probert /Courtesy Paula Cooper Gallery, New York)
Oct 15

Real Steel: Two Sculptors Dot Chelsea with Great, Mammoth Work

By Ryan Steadman
The Codomas (1943) by Henri Matisse, maquette for plate XI from the illustrated book Jazz (1947) (Musée national d’art moderne/Centre de création industrielle, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris)
Oct 15

The Magician of Color: On the Vibrant, Shocking, Life-Affirming Matisse Show at MoMA

By Lance Esplund
The Love Song (1868–77), Sir Edward Burne-Jones. (Courtesy the Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Sep 18

On View: The Pre-Raphaelites Get a Jewel-Box Show at the Met

By Will Heinrich
Jacopo Boncompagni (1574) by Scipione Pulzone, El Greco’s artistic rival in 16th-century Rome.
Sep 5

Two Powerful Men on Fifth Avenue: El Greco’s Face-Off at The Frick

By Lance Esplund
Installation view from ‘SCORE!’; Curated by Amy Sillman and Cheyney Thompson. (Courtesy Chris Kendall Photo)
Aug 20

‘SCORE!’ at Hessel Museum of Art, Bard College

By Maika Pollack
Installation view from Amy Sillman: ‘one lump or two.’ Shade (2010), Purple/Pipesmoker (2009). (Courtesy Chris Kendall Photo)
Aug 20

Amy Sillman: Art Meets Intimacy at Hessel Museum of Art, Bard College

By Maika Pollack
Aug 13

'Charles Gaines: Gridwork (1974-1989)' at the Studio Museum

By Maika Pollack
Installation view of "The Crystal Palace." (Courtesy Rachel Uffner Gallery)
Aug 6

'The Crystal Palace' at Rachel Uffner Gallery

By Will Heinrich
Jul 23

'Displayed' at Anton Kern Gallery

By Andrew Russeth
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