It’s a dicey proposition, sponsoring an exhibition that documents any type of natural disaster, especially a recent one. Perhaps more so than anything else, curators need to maintain a vital balance between honor and integrity, avoiding the constant pitfalls of … Continue reading
A few years back – and by “a few” I mean several – I happened to be at The Museum of Modern Art when I came upon Christina’s World by Andrew Wyeth. At a glance I was almost sure that … Continue reading
What exactly do you do when New York City gives you nearly a half-mile worth of underground real estate to use as your own personal canvas? Well, if you’re a Mexican-Canadian artist named Rafael Lozano-Hammer, you fill that space with … Continue reading
Most Breaking Bad fans are intimately familiar with the phrase “I am the one who knocks,” by now. That phrase is indicative of not only Walter’s White transformation into Heisenberg, but his bottomless descent into the underworld. From now until … Continue reading
We’ve all played the word association game when it comes to Asbury Park, New Jersey. There’s Springsteen and The Stone Pony and that one episode of The Sopranos where Tony winds up talking to the fish. But the beautiful thing … Continue reading
Have you ever stood in front of a towering piece of art and thought, “How on earth did he do that?” Of course you have. I mean, you’re not an animal, right? The creative process, as it pertains to any … Continue reading
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has certainly committed to this whole Civil War Era thing. In addition to “Photography And The Civil War” and a series of related 19th Century lithographs lining the main hallway of the American Wing, the … Continue reading
Last month, the Howard Greenberg Gallery debuted “1963” – a group exhibition of black and white photos which chronicled everything from Bob Dylan and The Beatles to the assassination of President Kennedy. As of today, the gallery adds a month-long … Continue reading
Gluttony is a sin, and a deadly one, at that. It’s never been on more embarrassing display than in the upper echelon of 21st Century America. While this collection of oil on canvas paintings is billed as a semi-autobiographical homage … Continue reading
Consider this ICP’s State of The Union Address – a triannual installation (or collection of installations) that explores the ongoing evolution of photography. Curators have assembled an extremely progressive line-up this time around, incorporating audio, video, 3-D, digital, photorealism, lightbox, … Continue reading