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Adam Mendelsohn: I understand that you spent your childhood growing up in Westchester and that this has provided the source material for the majority of your work over the last several years. Investigating Interiority and Inferiority By Adam Mendelsohn Interior with Statuettes 2004 Oil and egg tempera on panel 22 x 34 Adam Mendelsohn: I […]

At first glance, the ten visceral, gleaming images currently on display at Broadway Gallery look like paintings. Ilya Schar Returns Glamour to Broadway By Annie Poon Ilya Schar. Sparkling Flies, 2002. gemstones and minerals on wood, 20″ x 25″ At first glance, the ten visceral, gleaming images currently on display at Broadway Gallery look like […]

It is admirable when an artist is not locked in to a particular style, visual expectation or set of presumptions, but instead feels free enough and confident enough in their own equilibrium to allow their mind whatever paths or flights of exploration it pursues. Allan McCollum Is Not Locked In By Barbara Rosenthal Allan McCollum […]

The striking multitude of images that have come into existence during the last 30 years can falsely engender the sense that they have brought about great breakthroughs in multimedia art. TouchMe By Leond Frants and Elena Sokol TouchMe The striking multitude of images that have come into existence during the last 30 years can falsely […]

Upon entering the inaugural exhibition at World Art Gallery, the viewer is instantly relocated into "Afro-Cuban" time and space. Carol Caputo Paints Rhythms By Rachel Somerstein Paints Rhythms Upon entering the inaugural exhibition at World Art Gallery, the viewer is instantly relocated into "Afro-Cuban" time and space. The show, titled "The Rhythm in Me," features […]

Tim Noble and Sue Webster’s recent show at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston showcased the main tropes of this yBa team’s work: the problemetizing of the artist-celebrity, and the troubled interrelationships of economics, media culture, and art. Tim Noble & Sue Webster By Kate Farrington Tim Noble & Sue Webster. Sunset Over Manhattan, […]

During the course of a single twenty-four hours period, six new plays are written, rehearsed, directed and performed –no matter what. Art in 24 Hours By Danielle Sonnenberg During the course of a single twenty-four hours period, six new plays are written, rehearsed, directed and performed –no matter what. "There’s not a moment that the […]

Unbeknownst to most urban dwellers, our cities have become increasingly armed with CCTV cameras—invasive surveillance devices that monitor our private lives in the public space. Urban Eyes: A View From Above By Antonia Cucchiara Upload information gleaned by the pigeons-turned-undercover-agents. Image courtesy of marCus Kirsch. Unbeknownst to most urban dwellers, our cities have become increasingly […]

To get to the Yue Laan Jit (Hungry Ghost Festival), you have to go through the mall. Entertaining Ghosts in Hong Kong: Spectral Mapping By Samantha Culp Under brightly decorated, electrified bamboo canopies, audience members enjoy Chiu Chow Opera singers. Photographs by Samantha Culp. To get to the Yue Laan Jit (Hungry Ghost Festival), you […]

PHOTO NEW YORK 2004 will feature contemporary photo-based work of unprecedented ingenuity, as well as exceptional pieces from leading 19th and 20th century artists. PHOTO NEW YORK 2004 by Graciela Sacco Graciela Sacco, Shadows from the South and the North Shadow installation, Photo-serigraphy on plexiglass Size: variable October 14 – 17 at the Metropolitan Pavilion, […]