John Currin Talks ‘Othello,’ ‘Existential Inauthenticity,’ and Contemporary Art: ‘I Think Most Things Are Ugly and Stupid’
The artist spoke at the Octavian Forum at Sotheby's in New York.
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‘A Lot of Naked Ladies, That Kind of Stuff’: John Currin on the Drawings Behind the Paintings, on View for the First Time at Frieze New York
After accidentally calling his wife (“Our numbers are very similar,” said Rachel Feinstein) and then catching him while he was stuck in traffic, I got John Currin on the horn last week…
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From the Archives: Picabia, the New Paradigm
“Francis Picabia: Our Heads Are Round So Our Thoughts Can Change Direction,” which opens to the public Monday at New York’s Museum of Modern Art, presents a fascinating account of the chameleon painte…
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All Talked Out at Art Basel Miami Beach
There's exhaustion in the air only a couple days into the festivities, and I'm sick and tired of all the rain. Talking seems to be work, especially for the gallerists hovering around their booths. For…
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‘As Is Is’ at Altman Siegel
Pictures at an Exhibition presents images of one notable show every weekday. Today’s show: “As Is Is” is on view at Altman Siegel in San Francisco through June 27, 2015. It features work…
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John Currin’s latest oil paintings, which basked in the gallery’s 20,000 square feet, chime eerily with Agraria’s aesthetic nostalgia for the lifestyles of the landed gentry. …
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‘I’m Certainly Not an Idealist’: A Talk with John Currin
John Currin's show at Gagosian Beverly Hills runs through April 11. His last solo show was at Gagosian Paris in 2013
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Barack & Michelle, Tristan & Isolde, Irony Not Included
Do Elizabeth Peyton's shows at Gavin Brown and Michael Werner signal a new tendency toward anti-cynicism?
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Split Decisions: When Critics Change Their Minds
What makes art critics revise their opinions? Some mind-changing critics explain
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Biggest Contemporary Art Auction at Christie’s New York, Again
In May, the auction house hosted what was then the most valuable contemporary art auction, which totaled $388 million, including a Rothko that became the highest-selling work of postwar art at…
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