NY Arts Magazine: Please tell us something about your work that often gets overlooked by the unfamiliar or untrained eye. Trudy Benson: I’ve had more than a few studio visits start out with some kind of, “Oh, I get it now,” comment. It’s obvious that the most common mode of consumption of painting today is via […]

Through my work I try to convey my emotional reality without figures or figurative association, and to portray the barriers between the visible and invisible worlds, as well as the nature of the struggle between light and darkness. The realization of my innermost self succeeds by means of compositional aspects with primary colors. Ranging from […]

Michael Wyshock: Water Threads May 30 – July 3, 2014 Lu Magnus Art Laboratory + Salon 55 Hester Street New York City lumagnus.com

Lauren Seiden: Querencia May 1 – June 8, 2014 Denny Gallery 261 Broome Street New York City dennygallery.com

Tomorrow through the 31st, The Chocolate Factory Theater in Long Island City will present Karen Sherman’s One with Others. This work is an evening-length trio that questions how things can fit or hold together and the constructions necessary in being one’s real self. The work premiered in 2013 at DC’s Dance Place and features striking achievement from artists […]

Ah Bushwick! The hip, self-sufficient subculture of art at the outskirts of Brooklyn is teeming with energy, ready to explode at the end of the week with the 8th iteration of Bushwick Open Studios. Continuing with it’s upward trend, the experience is set to be a fitting celebration of Brooklyn art culture. This year marks […]

Walter Robinson: Figure Studies May 28 – July 13, 2014 Lynch Tham Gallery 175 Rivington Street New York City lynchtham.com

Featuring: Lisa Beck, Devon Dikeou, Nathan Dilworth, Dave Eppley, Julie Evans, Ivelisse Jimenez, Beth Krebs, Rita MacDonald, Matt Miller, Elizabeth Riley, Julie Schenkelberg, Peter Soriano, Etty Yaniv, Rachel Mica Weiss Curated by Karin Bravin   Inhabiting Ten Eyck May 30 – June 29, 2014 Opening reception: May 31, 7-10 pm Storefront Ten Eyck 324 Ten Eyck Street Brooklyn storefrontteneyck.com

Featuring: Gert Aertsen, Christoph De Boeck, Aernoudt Jacobs, Stéfan Piat, Katerina Undo, Jeroen Uyttendaele and Jeroen Vandesande. Sense of Sound March 3 – May 25, 2014. Z33 House of Contemporary Art Zuivelmarkt 33 Holland www.z33.be

Featuring: Mark Dion, Michael Hoepfel & Jenny Michel, Pierre Huyghe, Roxy Paine, Tomer Sapir, and Guido van der Werve The Hidden Passengers May 22 – July 26, 2014 Apexart 291 Church Street New York City apexart.org