Kelli Vance
Kelli Vance may be the star of her own suggestive narratives, but she keeps herself out of the story. Vance is just the model. More...
“Getting” Abstraction. Or Not
Richard Speer continues to be dumbfounded by the remaining degree of public resistance to art that does not represent the familiar. Oddly, a dance performance recently provided him with the reason why. More...
Petra Cortright
Petra Cortright makes paintings out of videos. Especially intriguing is that the playthings populating her girl-in-the-bedroom avatar becomes the viewers' own playthings. Consider it a classy tease. More...
House on Mango St.
In "The House on Mango Street: Artists Interpret Community" Sandra Cisneros' novel is updated through the eyes of artists from around the country. More...
An Aesthetic of Political Audacity
Are gender-based and political issues still viable in art criticism today? is the 13th question discussed by DeWitt Cheng in his series of responses to the venerable Irving Sandler. More...
Scott Greene
Everything is in a state of falling apart in Scott Greene's desperate landscapes--but are still, just barely, hanging on. More...
Sarah HaBa
Sarah HaBa’s delicate and contemplative watercolors on paper depict that very material: bound paper, books, notebooks, and popup books. Delicate and ephemeral they may be, but they are also real and essential. More...
El Anatsui
Hardly the first to employ cheap, non-art materials such as bottle caps, El Anatsui shimmering wall hangings are complex and just gorgeous. More...
Mel Katz
Sculptor Mel Katz is still gong strong at 83, and two major surveys show what a vital force he has been since the 1960s. More...
Frye Salon
Historically under appreciated, the founding collection of the Frye Museum today can no longer be dismissed thanks to fresh knowledge. More...
Phyllida Barlow
Phyllida Barlow blows up junk assemblage practice to a scale massive enough to walk into. And when you do, what at first appears weighty and solid turns out to be free of density but revealing of each works' latticework. More...
