Josephine Halvorson’s work intrigues me. I remember first seeing her work while in the MFA program at Columbia. Since then things have gone incredibly well for her. Her show at Monya Rowe Gallery, Clockwise from Window, closes January 16.
Kenneth Noland has passed.
Everybody’s favorite genius, Christopher Antkowiak, has a piece in Viridian Artists’s group show ART2010. The show runs through January 16, with an opening on January 7th.
New Year’s in Seattle got me thinking about Mark Tobey.
I’m pretty into Jim Denevan these days.
Peter Fischli’s and David Weiss’s three shows at Matthew Marks include Clay and Rubber, “sculptures of everyday objects- a dog dish, a drawer, a hiking boot, an ottoman- cast in black rubber or modeled in clay.”
Matthew Marks Gallery
523 West 24th Street
October 29 – January 16
Mat Benote and Jordan Seiler unveiled the 2nd Annual Illegal Holiday Art Show in the pedestrian tunnel at the Lexington Avenue/53rd Street Station. Last year’s show took place at Columbus Circle.
(photo by Will Sherman)
A nice article today in the Times about Carmen Herrera, the 94 year-old painter who finally “made it.”
Art Fag City is having its end of the year fundraiser. Help Paddy Johnson continue her relevant and timely blog by making a donation.
Mike Kelley’s show, Horizontal Tracking Shots, at Gagosian, is his first New York show devoted entirely to painting.