Kusama’s Fireflies at the Whitney Museum of American Art
Yayoi Kusama’s Fireflies on the Water The lines that have been extending down east 75th street and the Whitney’s north side have extended exponentially since the museum opened their Kusama retrospective in mid July. With Kusama spots and tentacles wrapping around Louis Vutton stores all over the city, providing “free” advertising as well as high-end...
Astral Converted by the Trisha Brown Dance Company
The Trisha Brown Dance Company, beloved by New York art and dance aficionados (particularly since the company’s participation in the 2012 Whitney Biennial) has been able to maintain the traditions of Brown’s work in the 1960s-70s while continually making it appear fresh and contemporary. This is certainly in large part due to the strength of...
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Swept Away: Dust, Ashes and Dirt in Contemporary Art and Design (review)
Swept Away is a understated and incredibly poignant exhibition currently on view at the Museum of Art and Design. Curator David Revere McFadden takes on unusual materials by presenting the use of the media as the uniting factor in the show. The 26 contemporary artists whose work makes up the exhibition all use the ephemeral...
Mark Bradford at SFMOMA (Review)
A must-see for anyone engaged with contemporary at the simply titled, Mark Bradford mid-career retrospective of artist manages to communicate the highlights and the spirit of the American artist. I remain astonished that this important retrospective, organized by the Wexner Center for the Arts at Ohio State University has only been shown at SFMOMA, despite...
The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk (review)
Of the plethora of fashion exhibitions to enter the museum galleries, The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk currently on view at San Francisco’s de Young Museum is both an expected, almost-necessary contribution and a cutting-edge risk taker. Gaultier needs little introduction—who can forget Madonna’s cone bras and...
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Marina Abramovic: The Artist is Present (review)
The Artist Is Present: Marina Abramovic has finally arrived in the US and is being shown in a pair of theatres—one in New York and the other in Los Angeles. Producer Jeff Dupre approached the seminal performance artist with the idea of documenting what would become her legendary three-month-long performance of the same...
Review – The Painting Factory: Abstraction After Warhol
Since the appointment of New York businessman/gallerist/polka dot personality Jeffrey Deitch as director in June 2010, MOCA has left the Los Angeles art world puzzled, applauding and horrified. Deitch’s latest project for Los Angeles’ Museum of Contemporary Art, The Painting Factory: Abstraction After Warhol is a slightly confused, apparently hastily hung show that occupies...
