A new cultural entity, the Rubin Museum of Art recently opened in Chelsea, in the building vacated by Barney’s.      Through Divine Intervention: "The Shangri-La" Temple in Chelsea By Valery Oisteanu A new cultural entity, the Rubin Museum of Art recently opened in Chelsea, in the building vacated by Barney’s. It houses a treasure of […]

Olafur Eliasson builds upon his project of "seeing one’s self seeing" by employing visual illusions and the phenomena of afterimages associated with viewing color, in the construction of Your Colour Memory. Variegated Environments By Hilary Sample Variegated Environments By Hilary SampleVariegated Environments By Hilary Sample Variegated Environments By Hilary SampleOlafur Eliasson builds upon his project […]

Alchemy, the Medieval, pursuit to magically transform worthless items into pure gold hardly seems like a fitting approach to living in the modern world. "Live Canaries" By Kim Carpenter "Live Canaries 2004. Catherine Ferguson, Installation Artist with Mario Verandi, Composer and George Ferguson, Video ArtistAlchemy, the Medieval, pursuit to magically transform worthless items into pure […]

Even a quick look at the work of Romare Bearden … Romare Bearden By Harriet Zinnes Three Folk Musicians Romare Bearden, 1967 Collage of various papers with paint and graphite on canvas , 50 1/8 x 60 in. (127.3 x 152.4 cm) Anonymous Lender Copyright ©Romare Bearden Foundation / Licensed by VAGA, New York, New […]

This is hardly the type of greeting one expects when attending a performance art piece, but the Bushwick Farms folks are not exactly your ordinary performance artists. "Bushwick Farms Presents…" By Kim Carpenter Bushwick Farms, 2004"Step right up! You won’t believe your eyes!Free popcorn, free lemonade! Come one, come all!" This is hardly the type […]

Ukrainian-born Yelena Yemchuk has achieved no small success as a fine-art photographer Eureka Feels Strangely Like D�jà Vu By Victoria N. Alexander Yelena Yemchuk, "Dreamreader," works on paper Dactyl Foundation for the Arts & Humanities October 16 – November 30Ukrainian-born Yelena Yemchuk has achieved no small success as a fine-art photographer. Her work prefigures a […]

After decades of shadow dwelling, the East Bay emerges to ignite the Bay Area art scene like never before. The Rise of the Second City: East Bay Curators Reclaim Style of the City Ho By Petra Bibeau The Rise of the Second City: East Bay Curators Reclaim Style of the City Ho By Petra BibeauEric […]

Chelsea is so institutionalized it’s scary. All the shows have this whitebred, polished, superficiality that is all image and no ingenuity, all slickness and no soul. Rider Project 2004 By Aaron Zimmerman Rider Gallery, interior view.Chelsea is so institutionalized it’s scary. All the shows have this whitebred, polished, superficiality that is all image and no […]

Oh, but you will, the first solo show of painter Echo Eggebrecht, was on display recently at the new Chelsea location of Sixtyseven Gallery. Not a Soul in Sight By Christina Vassallo Echo Eggebrecht, Totem, acrylic on panel, 18 x 24 inches, courtesy Sixtyseven Gallery Oh, but you will, the first solo show of painter […]

My first aesthetic impression of Yuliya Lanina’s current show was how the bold colors of her drawings, rich reds, oranges, yellows and blues, seemed to further illuminate the corporal forms attached to the utilitarian walls of the Williamsburg Art Nexus Gallery. "Mirror, Mirror…" By Morgan Schulman "Mirror, Mirror…"My first aesthetic impression of Yuliya Lanina’s current […]