On Thursday, we attended the opening day of the Outsider Art Fair, now in its 34th edition. While there are artists whose work is well known to us — such as Martín Ramírez, Winfred Rembert and Bill Traylor, to name a few — o
The Isa Genzken exhibition, “Projects for Outside - ISA USA,” inaugurates Galerie Buchholz’s new midtown space, across the street from the Museum of Modern Art. The show at Buchholz stems from Genzken’s presentation for the 2
The 82nd edition of the Whitney Biennial, organized by Marcela Guerrero and Drew Sawyer, opened last week in New York. Simply titled, “Whitney Biennial 2026,” the curators of longest running survey of art in the United States dispensed w
VeneKlasen’s inaugural exhibition presents Sigmar Polke’s suite of four paintings, “The Dream of Menelaus.” The cycle is inspired by Menelaus, the King of Sparta, a figure in the “Iliad” and “The Odyssey,&rdq
Before we pivot back to New York, we thought to mention one final exhibition from our blink-and-you’ll-miss-it trip to Los Angeles: Emma McIntyre’s “Aragonite and conchiolin” at Chateau Shatto. References to the natural world
The Ellsworth Kelly exhibition, “The Naming of Colors,” at Matthew Marks’s two Los Angeles locations presents six paintings made across the spectrum of the artist’s career — from a work make in Paris in 1953 to one made
What’s almost as good as getting a tour of an art collector’s home? Seeing 50 years of their passion and advocacy in a gallery setting. Hauser & Wirth is presenting “Destiny Is a Rose: the Eileen Harris Norton Collection&rdqu
Our time in Los Angeles was short, so we weren’t able to see everything on our list, but were glad to have caught “Monuments” at MoCA Geffen and The Brick. The exhibition, curated by Hamza Walker, Bennett Simpson and Kara Walker, ex
Despite the snow storm in New York, we made it (finally!) to Los Angeles in time for the opening of Frieze yesterday. A few of the works we saw: Images: 1 & 2. Tomie Ohtake, ‘Untitled,’ 1983, at Nara Roesler 3. Sawako Goda, ‘
After attending the opening of Brad Kronz’s show at Artists Space back in December, we returned last week to view the exhibition without the crowds. Kronz’s work is subtle, with a quiet humor, and isn’t always as it appears on first
We were out and about yesterday before the storm hit and previewed the February / March Auctions at Christie’s, Phillips and Sotheby’s. Here are a few of the upcoming lots: Images from Christie’s 1. Jeff Koons, ‘Winter Bears
The exhibition, “Geometry of Summer,” at Pace is devoted to the works Richard Pousette-Dart made in the last decades of his life. Though minimal in terms of composition, the paintings vibrate and hum with dappled color, built up in areas
“Plein Air” is a two-part exhibition that includes new sculptures by Robert Gober, as well as a presentation of works by Pennsylvania Impressionists Harry Leith-Ross and John Folinsbee, organized by the artist. The wall sculptures by Gob
“Journal Works” is the tenth exhibition of Tom Burr’s work at Bortolami — and the first we can recall that is comprised entirely of wall pieces. Fifteen examples from Burr’s “Journal” series ring the room, sc
‘The Walker,’ a large-scale bronze sculpture occupies the center point of Simone Fattal’s exhibition, “The Hearth,” at Kaufmann Repetto’s New York space. This hewn pilgrim wanders through time, past archaeological
The Dan Flavin “Grids” exhibition at David Zwirner focuses on Flavin’s works made between 1976 to 1987 in which the artist pushes the already radical nature of the grid in modern art, dissolving it into light. The sculptures, which
“Between the Clock and the Bed” is devoted to Jasper John’s series of cross hatch paintings and works on paper made over a ten year period, from 1973 to 1983 and is a collaboration between Gagosian and Castelli, where the series deb
The second exhibition of John Duff’s work at Reena Spaulings includes both early sculptures from the 1960s and the 1980s as well as recently made works. Duff’s historical works are minimal in nature, made of fiberglass, resin, wire, shel
One of the most recognized landscape and urban architects in Brazil, Roberto Burle Marx is known for his famed Copacabana promenade, the Parque del Este in Caracas and the mosaic sidewalks along Biscayne Boulevard in Miami, among many other projects.
Rounding out our time in San Francisco are a few institutional and gallery shows: SoiL Thornton’s “8 Hours of Rest,” At CCA Wattis challenges the definition of repose and its larger implications. For example, ‘pink, blue, whi