The claws of a big brown and white animal hugging a tree trunk—that was the first image I saw from Meryl McMaster a few years ago. The figure was completely hidden behind the tree. Was it hiding from some predator? Or was it a predator itself, ready to fly up and attack us in the […]

Jen Mazza’s latest paintings mix trompe l’oeil with the school of appropriation. Adding overlays of heavy punctuation marks and solid geometric shapes, they can convey the harmony of a duet, or the mischievous twist of black bars hiding the face of someone in a compromising position. The muted colors and meticulous details perfectly evoke the […]

This month, the Center for Book Arts is displaying 12 of the 72 volumes of Journals I’ve kept since age 11 in 1959, along with my 1986 book Homo Futurus and the Homo Futurus wall work as part of “Silence Unbound” curated by Heather Powell. The Journals had been something I kept parallel to my […]

Kremena Lefterova: The Emperor’s New Clothes April 4th – May 5th, 2014 64 Delancey St. New York City redroyaltygallery.com

Maybe we shouldn’t be surprised, but it seems there are a large number of New York City museum shows worth getting out to see right now. In the wake of all the fuss and action of Armory Fair week, a number of hot shows have gained attention both due to exhibiting the most impressive art […]

Abstraction purists love to wail and moan when a show focuses mainly on the human body. Especially in New York, what could be worse than being forced to see a person everywhere you look? Most of us spend our entire daily commute with our eyes glued to the ceiling, our phone, or the floor, pretending […]

Featuring: Ryan Schneider, Austin Eddy, and Mira Dancy Feeling Human March 5th – April 19th, 2014 Bleeker Street Arts Club 305 Bleeker St. New York City bsacny.com

Seemingly everyone’s favorite art fair, at least according to the artists I talk to each year, The Independent has put on another strong showing in 2014. Set in the old Dia Chelsea space as usual, the more open, airy floor plan makes for easy digestion of the largely varied media of work on display. Galleries […]

Piero Golia was introduced to Abraham Lubelski shortly after he arrived in New York. He was instantly given his first opportunity to exhibit at Broadway Gallery as well as contribute to the design and editorial side of NY Arts Magazine. Piero has since catapulted to the upper crust of the art world, and has been […]

Associated Gallery is an artist run space fueled by the combined energies of artists Jen Hitchings, Theresa Daddezio, and Julian Jimarez-Howard. They recently got together with Leah Oates to talk about what it means to be young artists running a gallery out of Bushwick. Leah Oates: How did Associated Gallery form and what is your collective vision for […]