The quirky sculptures of Alex Wagman and the buoyant paintings of Phil Joanou address the human condition. And it’s not so much with serious commentary—or at least nothing earth shattering. Yet the humor here, which is mostly tongue-in-cheek and symbolic, bounds between art history and some relatively current events. Of the two, Wagman’s expertly patinated […]

I’ve always envied men. They have power, aggressiveness and true, plain beauty. My latest body of work, “Man,” explores my internal struggles with the better of the sexes. The impetus for this work is a black and white photograph of my father at 19, and oddly enough, I look just like him. In the photograph […]

In a place where art institutions are huge bureaucratic dinosaurs that ever change or do anything related to contemporary art that has any sort of vitality, one needs to look elsewhere to find exciting creativity in Italy. Too little effort is spent to restore and take care of ancient monuments, yet even less is devoted […]

Ezra Talmatch: First off, my response to Boy with Time Machine: This is classic Landino, a real gem. It seems to fall well within your quieter side, very poetic and reflective of the very same questions and concerns you pose me, and as always, very much conjured out of the blue. I imagine that you […]

It is a long turgid night of mediocre—some barely watchable—performances at “Improvisation and Otherwise” at Brooklyn’s BRIC theater. Worse yet, it is a venue where you have to sit at a table, eat dinner and socialize while watching the performances, protracting the pain. Finally, we are on the last act of the night, Lower Lights […]

As this large-scale international exhibition set out to explore issues of the multifaceted relationship between art and life, it is important to note the place where it is held. Ambitiously planned and successfully executed, “Art, Life and Confusion” was located in a city far away from global art-world meccas. The 47th October Salon has as […]

Gottfreid Helnwein, born in Vienna 1948, is an artistic icon in both Europe and America who has exhibited all over the world. His style ranges from comics to hyper-naturalism and even to installation work, but is always founded in an amazing skill and craftsmanship. The show features works of Helnwein’s dating back to the 80s […]

“How can a person live in a photograph?” Capturing a person (clothes, environment, social codes) is not the aim, capturing a human being is. The nude is the path to something more primitive, more deep, more simple. In these photographs, nudity is part of a preparatory process: it takes away the reality of the person, […]

Leah Oates: You have a background as an artist and opened Dam Stuhltrager with several other artists.Leah Stuhltrager: Actually two artists. My partner Cristobal Dam and myself started the gallery. Cris and I met while studying art at Parsons. When rent on our mousey Lower East Side apartment (a crawlspace actually) soared as fashion boutiques […]

B. Wurtz’s work deals with the mundane incidents of daily existence. In his own words: “Basic things, the kinds of things I use in my art, were invented by humans and I find that fascinating. The act of seeing the extraordinary in an ordinary object makes me feel connected to the universe in general, and […]