On Globalization
Globalization was not long ago considered both necessary and desirable, but it has come under attack this political season. The art world offers both a model and metaphor for the significance of globalization as more than merely a force for economic or political progress. More...
Peter Combe
The patriotic title notwithstanding, Peter Combe’s "Stars and Stripes" is less about Independence Day than the mysteries of appearance and representation. More...
Nina Tichava
The dazzling motion achieved in the mixed media works of Nina Tichava is produced by working layers of pigment, paper and resin to build compositions full of intersecting stripes and polka dots. More...
Amy Sherald
Know for her portraits of African-American subjects, Amy Sherald brings down the emotional temperature and emphasizes the larger context from which she sees each individual. More...
Cindy Sherman
The numerous personas of Cindy Sherman have formed one of the most provocative and relevant bodies of work by a single artist over the last four decades. More...
El Mac
Well known for his murals, El Mac excels in the ultra-close-up depiction of ordinary people in a distinctive style of contoured lines. This show casts light on a number of influences, as acknowledged explicitly in the works' titles. More...
Lena Moross
Working with watercolors Lena Moross has spent years paintings the transgender Carmine Messina. It is a study in empathy and a celebration of the joyous assertion of self identity against the odds. More...
Jim Melchert
Veteran conceptualist Jim Melcher has lately been into ceramics. In "Channels" he breaks up and reassembles store-bought porcelain. More...
Ballad of a Free Man
Krems, Austria is not your normal tourist destination. James Yood heads there this summer for an artist residency program, which is about more than just his own creative work but also the serendipity of interacting with generally like minded creative strangers. More...
Michael Brophy
Michael Brophy's acclaim as a painter of the habitat of the Pacific Northwest receives a fresh boost in these pictorial vistas of manmade devastation. It is a dark vision presented with smoldering intensity, and it moves us. More...
“Virtual Object”
3D printers are used by the artists here to create three dimensional objects: Sculpture. The technology is still novel, the effect of these objects is often visceral. More...
“Burnt Generation”
What we call Generation X is the "Burnt Generation" in Iran, and this group of nine mid-career Iranian photographers provide telling insight into the solemn lives being led by many of their peers. It's a portrait that goes well beyond the usual tropes received from corporate media. More...
Andrea Bowers
Starting with a 19th century illustration of a May Day worker's march, Andrea Bowers brings 21st century compassion and craft. More...
Strandbeest: The Dream Machines of Theo Jansen
Theo Jansen: "Plastic tubes entered my life in 1990 on a fine September day. Since then, the beach animals have ruled my life. It became an addiction ... The beach animals are forcing me to make them. The animals and I live in symbiosis." More...
Leslie Vigeant
The artificial standards of female beauty sprout under sickly pink florescent lights in Leslie Vigeant's heartbreaking and hilarious work. More...
Christian Marclay
Remember his "The Clock"? The six recent videos here continue Christian Marclay's intense and methodical process of bringing together thousands of still images of the most prosaic objects into mesmerizing animations. More...
Ai Weiwei
One wall of Ai Weiwei’s “Overrated" features forty photos of the artist’s hand, prominently in the foreground and center, giving the middle finger to monuments around the world. Defiance of the abuse of power is intense and playful, the constant thread forming the spine of Ai's work. More...
Kendall Glover
Line driven and delicate, Kendall Glover uses deceptively slight means to establish a rich array of aesthetic connections. More...
The Wisdom of Three Women Artists
The influence on professional curator such as David S. Rubin of the artists encountered is a profoundly important function of the job as well as impacting on a more deeply personal level. Rubin cites the take aways gained from encounters with three major creative women. More...
“Radiant Space”
“Radiant Space" is an impressive selection of glowing, translucent, transparent and reflective works of art. Deriving primarily from Light and Space, Optical and Minimalist roots, art and industrial materials add up to entryways to the transcendent. More...
