On July 20, 1964 in Kyoto, Japan, Yoko Ono entered a stage dressed in her finest clothes, carrying a pair of scissors. YOKO ONO: Artist or Bodhisattva or Both? By Daniel Rothbart     YOKO ONO, CUT PIECE, Africa Center, London, 1966.         On July 20, 1964 in Kyoto, Japan, Yoko Ono […]

Beautifully presented at SoHo’s Sundaram Tagore Gallery, Michael Petry’s first New York solo show, entitled The Milky Way and other Fairy Tales, pivots around a careful grouping of paired glass balls suspended from the ceiling. Michael Petry’s Milky Ways @ Sundaran Tagore Gallery. By Photios Giovanis     Michael Petry’s “The Milky Way and Other […]

While we are spending energy on seeking profit in our capitalistic society, the world is losing humanity. This is the object of my lens. Photo Objects By Shin Terada   Photo Objects         While we are spending energy on seeking profit in our capitalistic society, the world is losing humanity. This is […]

The work of Susan Melikian Steinsieck caught my eye when I first saw it linked from the NY Arts Magazine Web site at www.nyartsmagazine.com/sue. Drawing Petals By Karen Swikata The work of Susan Melikian Steinsieck caught my eye when I first saw it linked from the NY Arts Magazine Web site at www.nyartsmagazine.com/sue. The site […]

Marusela Granell’s art is eye catching even at the moment of initial encounter. Torn Beauty: Marusela Granell By Tobias Verlende       Marusela Granell       Marusela Granell’s art is eye catching even at the moment of initial encounter. The latest show of Granell’s work consists of five paintings and compositions, one on […]

When walking through Berlin’s streets last week, where spring was trying hard to be noticed, one could get the impression that the German capital had gone Finnish for a while. Film Secection: Moi Suomi- Finnish Film and Culture Festival , Berlin By Tobias Verlende     Moi Suomi- Finnish Film and Culture Festival , Berlin […]

"Dialogues in Abstraction: East and West" at Tenri Cultural Institute is a group exhibition that illuminates current cultural exchange in the aesthetics of abstract art. Review of "Dialogues in Abstraction: East & West" John Kaufman       Orlanda Brugnola, Amaranth Vision, (detail), 2002. Acrylic on canvas, 70″x 64″.     “Dialogues in Abstraction: East […]

In the Moment with Kristin Baker Randy Gladman Kristin Baker, The Unfair Advantage, 2003         Thecrowd at Deitch Projects, one of the few vital galleries in SoHo to haveresisted the exodus to Chelsea, had already spilled out onto Grand Street bythe time I arrived.  This was thefirst Friday of the 2003 art […]

Letter From Valencia: Francis Bacon Ginger Danto       2. Francis Bacon, Fragment of a Crucifixion, detail, 1950.       style=’mso-tab-count:1′>                        “I’mlike a grinding machine. I’ve looked at everything and everything I’ve seen hasgone in and been ground up very fine. Images breed images in me.” style=’mso-tab-count:4′>                                                                                               style="mso-spacerun: yes"> – Francis Bacon (in […]

Terrible Toys Invade Manhattan Christina Rogers, Sandra Ogle, and Peter Campbell       Emma-Louise, New Orleans Abortion. Photo by Jonathan Gorman.         Severed doll-heads andgrimacing clown faces stared down from the walls of the CBGB Art Gallery on theBowery. Curious visitors shuffled in to see these bizarre and sometimesgruesome images, which […]