Robert Hughes called Crumb the Brueghal of the 20th Century, an incessant revelator of man’s follies. A bit of a stretch that—Crumb makes me think of Doré (who illustrated Grimm, Rabelais and Cervantes, among others), Daumier’s caricatures, the English cartoonists of the 18th and 19th centuries (Gillray for one) —all of whom he probably knew […]

With 500 acres of rolling meadows and wooded groves Storm King Art Center in Mountainville, one hour north of New York City – arguably North America’s most beautiful sculpture park – just keeps getting better and better. Just when one asks what else Storm King can do that they haven’t already done in the past […]

FORM SPECIAL is an exhibition that changes the way you think about design just as contemporary design is changing the way we live in the world. Design affects all aspects of our lives and holds the possibility of changing the very nature of human life itself. FORM SPECIAL is an exhibition grounded in a provocative […]

Jane Alexander’s hybrid mutants speak to the porous borders between humans and other forms of animal life. Alexander acts as a surveyor mapping the forces, interests, and passions at play in human behavior. Her sculptures, installations, and photomontages are firmly rooted in her South African experience. They also transcend their locality, revealing the disparity felt […]

Representing the top tier in the Chinese art market, SH Contemporary is a four-day curatorially-led program boasting the most intriguing new finds in contemporary Asian art. The fair takes place from September 7th to the 9th with a preview on the evening of the 6th. This year, SH Contemporary’s “First Issue” project will display the […]

Pieces, an exhibit featuring the work of Patricia Treib, opens Thursday, Sept. 6 at the Tibor de Nagy Gallery, 724 Fifth Ave. Treib’s collection features abstract paintings that interpret the graphic world. Also opening Thursday, Sept. 6, is Michael Rakowitz’s The Breakup, a manifold multimedia event at Lombard Freid Gallery, 518 West 19 St. The […]

Michael Anderson is a Bronx born artist making large format collages. Anderson’s work is widely collected and exhibited. Dapper Dan Magazine has recently dubbed him ‘International Street Collage Gangster.’ I first heard about Michael Anderson when Eric Gleason, formerly of Marlborough Chelsea, introduced me to his work a number of years ago. My first meeting […]

Be it in New York, Paris or Bamako, the world is experiencing a paradigm shift that began in Africa. Worldwide, members of the financial and racial majority are no longer satisfied with matriculating into a web of systems designed to benefit only the most privileged individuals and nations. Sparked by the 2011 toppling of Egypt’s […]

Vision in a Cornfield is a large-scale collaboration that unites distinct creative communities in Detroit: the psyche/art rock band Destroy All Monsters, the urban arts group Ogun and the electromechanical art collective Apetechnology. The inspiration for the exhibition is two-fold. It is based on an unexpected encounter shared by Destroy All Monsters’ Mike Kelley and […]

The sheer delight Deller takes in various forms of sub and folk cultures—Goth style, Manchester music, pro wrestling, street parades, and historical reenactment societies—transmits itself with a sense of awe at the creativity and zeal with which people resist mainstream values and patterns of consumption. His work explores compelling social territories, while the artist himself […]