The exhibition Charmed Lives in Greece: Ghika, Craxton, Leigh Fermor opened at the British Museum in London when I was (and would be for the foreseeable future) in New York. Naturally, this led to a strong and dreadful feeling of missing out. This exhibition promised to present the intricate links between three key figures in the …
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Roaming the Artist's Mind: Tom Wesselmann at Gagosian, Chelsea
Tom Wesselmann: Standing Still Lifes opened to the public on January 18th, at Gagosian Gallery’s 24th street location, and it is undoubtedly worth a visit…or two. For the first time in the artist’s exhibition history, Tom Wesselmann’s series of works created between 1967 and 1981 are shown in a single show and a single location. The …
Writing Portfolio: Exhibition Articles for a Gallery
Here are two links to articles I wrote to present two exhibitions curated for the fall season for Hawthorne Fine Art: Autumn Splendor: Fall Landscapes in American Art Exhibition: “Our Metropolis: Paintings of New York City by American Artists”
Timelines: They aren't quite Lines
Einstein’s theory of relativity presented time as existing in a four-dimensional structure together with space.[1] Time, now freed from the idea of a line that progressively connects point a to point b, presents an opportunity to re-think the terms we use to characterize its passing. Now, imagine this applied art history. Traditionally, the field has dealt …
Review of the Art on Paper Fair 2016
Among other matters, paper’s relevance as a medium, and pushing beyond the basic understanding of what is the paper medium are discussed in this article. It is, overall, a thorough review of the Art on Paper Fair that took place earlier in 2016 in New York for IFA Contemporary. The entire piece is available for …
A Multisensory Experience at the Opening of the Onassis Foundation’s Festival, Fall 2015
In early October, 2015 New York’s Onassis Foundation hosted a festival in its newly renovated Atrium and gallery to mark the reopening of its Cultural Center. The festival, entitled Narcissus Now: the Myth Reimagined, consisted of an unforgettable opening ceremony and art exhibition, followed by several talks and lectures by renowned scholars and professionals in …