Not only was Ileana Sonnabend a wonderful gallerist, but she was also an amazing collector in her own right. This exhibition includes works from her collection created by Italian artists and works by international artists that make reference to Italian culture. First married to Leo Castelli and later Michael Sonnabend, Ileana showed artists like Jasper [...]

The show at the Guggenheim is arranged chronologically. The focus is a short eight year period when artists were in a race to see who could be the “most modern.” The artists in this show were looking to Cezanne, van Gogh, Gauguin and Rousseau as inspiration in their quest to move art forward and shatter [...]

I have to start this entry with a side bar. I was rudely turned away from the press preview for this show even though I clearly write about art for a living. I feel it is my duty to write about such an important show but I wish I could snub Gagosian the way they [...]

Hearing an artist speak about his/her work always makes it so much more meaningful for me. So naturally I was thrilled to take part in an artist led tour of the exhibition of Gupta’s new work up through June 18th at Hauser and Wirth on the UES. The title of the show comes from a [...]

Though they were unveiled the day before my visit on a cold and dreary rainy day, I managed to see the animal heads on a beautiful spring day here in NYC. Somehow managing to be majestic and whimsical the work has a special poignancy due to the continued unknown whereabouts of the creator, Chinese artist [...]

With the weather improving it is time to head to Chelsea for some gallery hopping. Here are some of my suggestions:
West 24th Street
David Altmejd currently has his third solo show at Andrea Rosen Gallery. Two Plexiglas sculptures fill the main gallery. One could spend hours trying to see every detail and attempt to figure out [...]

There is a terrific little show at the Rubin Museum highlighting five artists working from the 1960s onward whose work has been influenced by Buddhism. Grain of Emptiness: Buddhism Inspired Contemporary Art showcases works by Charmion von Wiegand, Wolfgang Laib, Atta Kim, Theaster Gates and Sanford Biggers.
Von Wiegand, a friend of the painter Piet Mondrian, [...]

Though I am familiar with Glenn Ligon’s work, I didn’t know that much about his background or the breadth of his work throughout his career. Luckily, I had the privilege of a curator led tour through his current show at the Whitney Museum of Art, the first mid-career retrospective of his work.
The first gallery has [...]

Though the 38 sculptures of pink and red roses have been up for a couple of months already, they will remain on view until May 31st so you still have plenty of time to see the work which can be found in the medians of Park Avenue from 57th to 67th Street. The son of [...]

Though contemporary Japanese art is very popular, it is little understood, or so the curators of this show claim. We tend to associate Japanese art with manga and anime but there is a much deeper meaning to contemporary art coming from Japan. On view are paintings, sculptures, videos, installations and photographs by 15 artists ranging [...]