From Czarist Russia to Civil Rights: Rebel Photography Saga
With one of the greatest living photographers, dannylyonphotos2 on the occasion of his latest book, “The Rebel’s Scrapbook.” It is a saga of political radicalism that begins in Czarist Russia and extends into the U.S. civil rights struggles. @dashwood_books
Carol Bove's Guggenheim Show: Grand Scale
I am a big longtime fan of Carol Bove’s work. Her show at the @Guggenheim is maybe too large but formally stunning. But here are a few similarities by @artbutmakeitsports -
Tribeca Premiere Highlights Art's Life‑Saving Power
We are so proud to say our documentary “The House of Criticism; A Love Story” is premiering at @tribeca on Friday, June 12 at Angelica Theater on Houston and Mercer Street. Directed by @voyeur_films Alison Chernick - who aka...
Dive Into the Lost 1990s Avant‑Garde Art Experience
Please please come to this mad lecture on “My Lost Art World of the 1990a.” This is the Avant Guard that Lost by Winning so Spectacularly.” I will fire up the old slide projector, showing over 100 images. We will laugh;...
1990s Avant‑Guard Collapse: From Recession to Decadence
Welcome to my Lost Art World of the 1990s. The Avant Guard that Lost by Winning so Spectacularly. It started with no money and recession which leveled the playing field. Artists and galleries - and a 40-year old...
Joe Bradley’s Paradoxical Canvases Blend Familiar and Unsettling
Painter Joe Bradley makes some of the most guilefully guileless marks and surfaces and compositions. The first time I saw his then-geometric assemblage “Robot” paintings I did not like them. Since then, I always have to ask myself...
Morning View Under Brooklyn Bridge, 1918 Snapshot
Good morning from “Under the Brooklyn Bridge;” by Eugene de Salignac; 1918 ▫️▫️▫️ From _RabihAlameddine on Blue Sky
1917 Artists Declare Greenwich Village Independent Republic
1917, WITH WWI RAGING IN EUROPE, Marcel Duchamp, John Sloan & others broke into NYC’s Washington Square Arch, climbed to top, & declared Greenwich Village an independent republic— as memorialized in Sloan’s “Arch Conspirators.” Second image is Duchamp. From mlobelart
Jamie Luoto Fuses Gothic Pin‑Ups with Freudian Surrealism
Good morning from @jamie_luoto - a woman who is trying to meld the illustrational, the figurative, calendar art, pin-ups, the gothic and horror, with an under win of Freudian surrealism and self-consciousness.
Art Heals: Which Role Will You Embrace?
Good evening from the drawings of artist odeandiefreunde - using art for archaic ends of healing and ministering to those ailing. She asks “Which one are you?”
Trump's Golden Toilet Monument Mimics Controversial Art
A monument to Trump anonymously placed on the Washington DC Mall. A golden roilty. An obvious appropriation of a notoriously unpopular art work by mauriziocattelan_fake - American- a golden toilet that was once chi bites in a bathroom of...
New Bodhisattva Elle Painting Debuts at James Barron Art
Our newest painting of our Bodhisattva Elle, by artist @veragirivi - ▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️❓ Shows at jamesbarronart
Met Instagram Artist From Iran At
I wonderful in-pwrson discovery of an artist I have long followed on Instagram, who currently lives and works in Iran: affs00ngar Seen at outsiderartfair at pulpholyoke
Criticism Never Sleeps—Attend Every Show, Even the Unseen
Criticism Never Sleeps. Shows must be seen. At galleries many of you rarely or ever go to. Covering the waterfront. Because that’s the job. No one gets out of here alive.
Everyday Life Electrified: Fragmented, Flickering Visuals
The fragmented look and flickering electrified feel of everyday life in the work of rj16848519 ▫️▫️▫️ From @fuckmyeyes