Editor’s Letter
There was a distinct feeling that art market actors had run headlong off a cliff but had not yet mustered the courage to look down.
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Pat Hearn
Taste Venues
Pat Hearn and Colin de Land's galleries were deconstructing themselves and received art history in real time, operating in a constant state of autocritique.
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“Under a Dismal Boston Skyline”
Nina Simone singing "Wild Is the Wind," punctuated by the clicking of slide projectors, provided a moody, retro soundtrack for "Under a Dismal Boston Skyline," an ambitious exhibition of experimental…
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Medium Perspective: Summer Painting Shows in New York
I love the elasticity of a summer group exhibition; it's a low-stakes, high-reward format that, when done well, can produce the most exciting viewing experiences at New York galleries.
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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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The Composer: Mary Heilmann’s Rhythmic Abstractions Find Their Place in the Sun
Some little girls want to be movie stars, some long to be prima ballerinas. Not Mary Heilmann. As a child, she prayed for sainthood. “I used to dream that I was thrown to lions in the…
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Colin de Land’s and Pat Hearn’s Archives Will Go to Bard
With an apparent disregard for commercial success, de Land (1955-2003) ran a number of innovative and highly influential art galleries for almost 20 years, and was one of the founders of the Gramerc…
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Armory Show and Other MMPI-Owned Fairs Up for Sale
When Armory Show director Paul Morris resigned after 18 years earlier this month, it signaled to observers that larger changes were under way…
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Before the Kanye Kerfuffle Was the Queen Brouhaha
In 2007 we profiled George Condo, creator of that controversial Kanye West album cover that does not seem destined for a store near you. Read about his punk-rock past, how his portrait of Queen…
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Fake Tiepolos and the Cabbage Patch Queen
Taking off from the Old Masters, George Condo paints grotesque yet appealing figures that exist somewhere in the territory where Francis Bacon meets Hans Bellmer.
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