Reviewing American Fine Arts, Co.
Colin de Land's gallery American Fine Arts, Co. had an outsize presence in the art world of the 1980s and '90s. A.i.A. published nearly thirty reviews of AFA exhibitions by writers including Holland…
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Reviewing Pat Hearn Gallery
Throughout the 1980s and '90s, Pat Hearn operated one of the most innovative galleries in New York, promoting artists such as George Condo and Tishan Hsu to Mary Heilmann and Renée Green. Highlights…
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From the Archives: Vito Acconci Stars and Stripes
American avant-garde artist-cum-architect Vito Acconci died on April 27 in Manhattan. To commemorate his legacy, we looked back in our archives to our November/December 1976 issue, in which Ross Skogg…
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From the Archives: Giving Art History the Slip
During the 1950s and '60s, artists such as Agnes Martin, Ellsworth Kelly, Lenore Tawney, and Robert Indiana claimed low-rent lofts along a shoreline on the southern tip of Manhattan as studio spaces…
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From the Archives: Dürer and the Lutheran Image
The best of Dürer's late portraits apotheosize a group of leading converts to the Reformation in Germany, all close to Luther himself as well as to the artist. In a radically simplified style, Dürer a…
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From the Archives: The Pro-scenic Event
Choreographer Trisha Brown died on March 18. Noted for early postmodern works that experimented with pedestrian movements and unusual performance venues, in the 1980s Brown returned to more convention…
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From the Archives: No Regrets
An art critic looks back on the hard-won achievements of feminist art and the current state of its legacy.
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From the Archives: Projects for Playgrounds
Fifty years ago, artists and architects reenvisioned the potential for playground design through the National Playground Sculpture Competition. Partly funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, th…
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From the Archives: A Planned Coincidence
Dore Ashton, a prolific champion of the Abstract Expressionist movement, died on January 30 at age eighty-eight. Ashton was one of the most influential voices of the New York School, authoring over th…
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From the Archives: Japan’s Gutai Group
Where does play end and art begin? The interest in such questions, largely fostered by the 2013 exhibition “Gutai: Splendid Playground” at the Guggenheim Museum in New York, has now prompted a resurge…
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