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Keun Young Park at Accola Griefen
Korean artist Keun Young Park’s exhibition In Between at Accola Griefen features a series of reconstituted photos of herself. Park painstakingly rips apart her photographic self portraits and glues them onto a blank piece
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Splitsville! Hirst and Gagosian Part Ways
The marriage of the art world’s most hyped artist, Damien Hirst, and the art world’s most powerful art dealer appears to be over. The Financial Times has reported that Larry Gagosian and Damien Hirst
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Art Basel Miami 2012: The Writing Is on the Wall
Another major theme at Art Basel Miami 2012 was the prevalence of text based works. Barbara Kruger carried the day by commanding space in multiple booths with single words or simple sentences blurring the
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Art Basel Miami 2012: Thinking Inside the Box
As I wrote in the earlier review of Art Basel Miami Beach 2012, one of the major themes of the fair was that works based on squares or rectangles were exceedingly plentiful. It didn’t
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Art Basel Miami: Aqua Part 1
After being overwhelmed on Thursday at the opening of Art Basel Miami 2012 at the convention center, I opted for a more manageable chunk of art on Friday, visiting the Aqua Fair. Celebrating its
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Art Basel Miami 2012: The Deluge
Yesterday Art Basel Miami 2012 opened its doors to VIPs and the Press. Despite the sheer numbers of moneyed visitors who are expecting to be relieved of close to $1 billion of lucre in
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Art Basel Miami 2012: The Calm Before the Storm
I have woken up in Miami prepared for the onslaught of art and “other stuff” this week. I must admit my emotions range from excitement to trepidation as the daunting schedules already have me
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Michal Rovner at Pace
Israeli artist Michal Rovner presents her mesmerizing video works in her exhibition Topography at Pace. Often projecting streams of what appear to be wandering nomads onto rocks, Rovner plays with both organic and inorganic
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Jaye Moon at Newman Popiashvili
While many of the galleries in Chelsea are still in recovery mode, as part of our series of presenting exhibitions in Chelsea galleries before they were ravaged by Hurricaine Sandy here is Jaye Moon’s
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Chelsea Attempts to Emerge From Hurricaine Sandy
As Chelsea recovers from the aftermath of Hurricaine Sandy, many galleries are still struggling with water damaged interiors along with soggy inventory. Art critic Jerry Salz writes a sobering piece in the Vulture stating,
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Chelsea’s Family Business Back in Business?
While many Chelsea galleries are still licking their wounds, it appears that Family Business, the gallery run by artist Maurizio Cattelan and Massimiliano Gioni seemed to have little trouble cleaning up their last exhibitions
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Hurricane Sandy Wreaks Havoc on Chelsea Galleries
This month we reviewed two exhibitions in Chelsea that carried the theme of water based tragedies. The show of Mr. at Lehmann Mauphin referenced the tsunami in Japan with the central gallery containing an
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Mi Ju at Freight and Volume
New York based Korean artist Mi Ju’s exhibition of eye popping paintings and fabric sculptures at Freight and Volume present the viewer with a burst of color so intense it could be the aftermath
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Natalie Frank at Fredericks and Freisier
New York based Natalie Frank exhibits her grotesque and energetic figurative paintings in her show The Governed and the Governors at Fredericks and Freisier. In works that appear to be an amalgamation of Leon
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Thomas Hirschhorn at Gladstone
The past decade has been wrought with the theme of human displacement both as the result of financial hardship such as the foreclosures during the housing bust and those caused by force majeures such
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Ahmed Alsoudani at Haunch of Venison
Iraqi-American artist Ahmed Alsoudani’s colorful jumbled canvases at Haunch of Venison in many ways echo the strong influences national crisis displayed in the concurrent exhibition of Japanese artist Mr. at Lehmann Maupin with each
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Kwang Young Chun at Hasted Kraeutler
Korean born Kwang Young Chun presents his sublime Aggregation works made out of little triangles wrapped in Korean mulberry paper at Hasted Kraeutler. The works are deceptive as they appear to have very earthy
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Thordis Adalsteinsdottir at Stux
New York based Icelandic artist Thordis Adalsteinsdottir presents her fourth exhibition of whimsical paintings and papier maché sculptures at Stux. Adalsteinsdottir puts forward what the press release refers to as “reductive visual distillations” and
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Mr. at Lehmann Maupin
Lehmann Maupin presents the massive installation/exhibition of Japanese artist Mr. in an exhibition that seems to include eveything including the kitchen sink. While Mr. can be seen as a parallel to Swiss based artist
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Maria Martinez-Cañas at Julie Saul
Miami based Cuban artist Maria Martinez-Cañas presents her fifth solo show at Julie Saul. Martinez-Cañas left Cuba at three months of age and when talking to Donald Kuspit about her parents and their collective
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Rothko Painting at Tate Modern Defaced
Reports are in that a vandal has defaced one of the Mark Rothko paintings at the Tate Modern in London. Black on Maroon which was one of the paintings originally commissioned for the Four
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Sarah Oppenheimer at PPOW
Sarah Oppenheimer who is a professor at Yale School of Art has focused on creating works that are considered “architectural interventions” using holes, mirrors, and parallel rooms, she causes the viewer to become disoriented
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Andro Wekua at Gladstone Gallery
The Gladstone Gallery presents a complete show by Andro Wakua titled Dreaming Dreaming. Wakua who is currently based in Zurich, was born in Sochumi, Georgia which is a coastal city in the center of the
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Viennafair 2012 Flexes its Central Eastern European Muscles
This year the Viennafair brought in two young artistic directors to help reposition the fair as a vital gateway between the West and Central/Eastern Europe. Both Christina Steinbacher, a native of Kazakhstan and Christina
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Regine Schumann at de Buck Gallery
German based artist Regine Schumann presents her minimalist acrylic flourescent artworks at de Buck Gallery. Citing both Donald Judd and Dan Flavin as strong influences, her works can be seen as an almost literal
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Leonardo Drew at Sikkema Jenkins
Leonardo Drew presents his massive site specific pieces that wend their way therough Sikkema Jenkins. Drew’s flat black sculpture Number 161 made from charred wood walks the line between destruction and construction, appearing to
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Asuka Ohsawa at Nancy Margolis
Asuka Ohsawa’s Space Invaders: Genesis at Nancy Margolis presents lovely series of gouache on paper works. The Genesis paintings are the third installment in the series of an imaginary alien species and represent the
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MOMA to Exhibit Munch’s $120 Million Scream
Often when art masterpieces come up for auction there is a public outcry that museums being unable to compete dollar wise with the resources of wealthy individuals will always lose out. The museums loses
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Tony Smith at Matthew Marks
Matthew Marks flexes its muscles as a big box space in Chelsea with the monumental show of minimalist sculptor Tony Smith’s Source. Tony Smith who passed away in 1980, was born on September 23,
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Al Taylor at David Zwirner
Al Taylor’s Pass the Peas and Can Studys at David Zwirner represent a dada and art povera approach to geometry and mathematics. His minimalist loops spirals, and rays are made out of common household
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Markus Linnenbrink at Ameringer McEnery Yohe
New York based German artist Markus Linnenbrink’s exhibition there were songs before there was radio at Ameringer McEnery Yohe showcases his dripped works made with colored epoxy resin. The paintings and sculptures fill the
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Nancy Davidson at Betty Cunningham
Nancy Davidson’s Dustup at Betty Cunningham is a humorous look at the American cowgirl. Her large inflatable circuslike sculptures reference Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen with a distinct abstract twist. Davidson was awarded
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İrfan Önürmen at C24
Turkish artist İrfan Önürmen’s first show in the US at C24 is comprised of a large number of his multi-layered paintings or assemblages. Using cutouts, paint, and collage often on hanging layers of translucent
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