“Brandless” Abstractions
The painter Merlin James has no trademark look or "brand." His abstractions range from painterly lyricism to assemblage-like constructions.
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Memento Mori Can Be Fun
Culture critic and "obituarist" Adrian Dannatt shows a lifetime collection of artworks, objects, and ephemera.
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Like Clockwork
Joseph Kosuth's show "Existential Time" incorporated philosophical ruminations on the nature of time by writers ranging from Flaubert to Bolaño.
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Lessons from a Room
Skewing space and memory, German painter Matthias Weischer explores the phenomenology of domestic interiors.
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A Recent Book Explores What It Means to Write without Meaning
What—and how—does meaningless writing mean?
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Vik Muniz’s Conceptual Practice Takes a Personal Turn in His New Works
Vik Muniz pays homage here to abstract or quasi-abstract paintings from the early and mid-twentieth century, mostly by United States and Latin American artists.
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For Herbert Zangs, Mathematical Signs Added Up to an Anti-Aesthetic Revolution
Among the artists in Germany seeking to reinvent the notion of art following the Second World War, Herbert Zangs (1924–2003) was an isolated figure. Although he reached his mature style in the early…
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Matthew Ronay’s Biomorphic Sculptures Evoke Strange New Species of Flora and Fauna
"Betrayals of and by the Body" was the especially fitting title of Matthew Ronay's exhibition, which comprised fifteen sculptures from 2018 whose components—all hand-carved from soft, pliant basswood…
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Pedro Almodóvar Turns His Director’s Eye to Still-Life Photography
In "Waiting for the Light," Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar presented twenty-four sharp-focus photographs of gleaming glass or ceramic vessels set against a gray wall or brightly hued monochrome…
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Lesley Vance
The nine new paintings in Lesley Vance's show (all untitled and 2019) were a dramatic departure from the works she exhibited in her previous New York solo presentation, at the FLAG Art Foundation in…
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