Tina Kim Gallery’s Pacita Abad show, “Door to Life,” explores the work the artist made after her visit to Yemen in 1998, just a few years after the country’s civil war. Abad was inspired by Yemeni architecture, in particular t
In “Many a Moonlit Caveat,” Lynette Yiadom-Boakye’s paintings and drawings of dancers, harlequins, diners and loungers unspools across Jack Shainman’s two spaces. Here, narratives are alluded to, not made explicit, and Yiadom-
Organized by Mathieu Paris and Sukanya Rajaratnam, the “David Hammons and Jannis Kounellis” exhibition at White Cube takes inspiration from the artists’ joint show at the American Academy in Rome three decades ago and includes work
The exhibition “Landschaften” explores the link between Gerhard Richter’s photorealistic paintings, made from the 1960s to the 2000s, and his abstract works, begun in the mid-1970s. Richter first engaged with the theme of the land o
It’s quite a season for Paul Thek fans in New York! In collaboration with the Estate of Paul Thek, Galerie Buchholz opened their second exhibition, which includes a quilted flag, sculpture, newspaper paintings, drawings and paintings on canvas
Hands down, the one exhibition in New York that is unmissable this season is “Raphael: Sublime Poetry” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Curator Carmen Bambach has brought together 175 of Raphael’s works — paintings, drawings
If you’re headed to Venice this summer, plan a visit to the Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti to see Sanya Kantarovsky’s show, “Basic Failure.” Here, the artist engages with the physical space of the palazzo, as well
After the constant motion of the past two weeks, we took a moment to slow down and immerse ourselves in Helen Frankenthaler’s work. The exhibition, “The Moment and the Distance,” shines a light on the artist’s large-scale pain
“Helter Skelter: Arthur Jafa and Richard Prince” was a favorite exhibition of many who made it to the opening week of the Venice Biennale— including us. While the pairing might seem curious at first, Jafa and Prince, separated in ag
TEFAF New York is one of the nicest experiences, not only for the beautifully curated booths but also the flowers (and of course, the oyster shuckers on opening day). The fair is open through May 19 at the Park Avenue Armory. A few of the works we s
Yesterday was the opening day of Frieze Fair, on view at The Shed through Sunday. Here are a few of the works we saw: Images: 1. Thomas Schütte ‘Frauenkopf, halb Nr. e.a.,’ 2022 at Frith Street 2. Leonora Carrington at OMR 3. Ani
The Christie’s sales are jam packed, with some stellar collections coming to the auction block, including the collection of S.I. Newhouse, Agnes Gund, Marian Goodman and Henry S. McNeil, Jr. Here are just a few of the lots… Images: 1.
Interrupting our reports from Venice to return to New York auctions …. Phillips sales will begin next week and includes the collection of Ambassador John L. Loeb, Jr., with almost 150 examples of Danish art. Here are a few lots that we saw: I
One of the most anticipated of the off-site exhibitions during this year’s Venice Biennale was at the Fondazione Dries van Noten. The inaugural show, “The Only True Protest is Beauty,” is organized thematically, with “Victory
On the train returning from Venice, we had an opportunity to reflect on the 61st Venice Biennale, “In Minor Keys,” curated by Koyo Kouoh, who sadly passed away last year. The exhibition introduction explains, “The minor keys come a
Despite the inclement weather, we spent the day at the Giardini, taking in the first half of the Koyo Kouoh-curated exhibition, “In Minor Keys” (more on that in a separate post), as well as the national pavilions. A few of the pavilions t
Auction season in New York kicked off yesterday with previews of Sotheby’s sales, which includes works from the collection of Robert Mnuchin, as well as the Lewis Collection (which will come up for sale in London in June). Images: 1 & 2. H
Inaugurating their representation of the Peter Hujar Archive and Foundation, Ortuzar has restaged the artist’s “The Gracie Mansion Show,” originally exhibited in 1986 in the East Village, a year prior to Hujar’s passing. The
One final post from our time in Milan… Go see Rirkrit Tiravanija’s exhibition, “The House that Jack Built,” which focuses on architectural spaces as sites of play, interaction, performance and exploration. Situated within a m
Another highlight of our time in Milan was Thaddaeus Ropac’s exhibition devoted to the work of Marcel Duchamp and Sturtevant’s repetitions that engaged with Duchamp’s oeuvre. The show, “Dialogues are mostly fried snowballs,&rd