State of the Art in American Figurative Painting: A Fractional Survey of an Impossibly Broad Topic
Written by Daniel Maidman I am an American figurative painter, and I write about art, so D/RAILED asked me to write about where American figurative…
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In Memoriam – Dianne Bowen: Remembering a New York City Artist
Written by Kofi Forson In the introduction to Charles Green’s The Third Hand, Collaboration in Art From Conceptualism To Postmodernism, entitled Collaboration as Symptom, he speaks…
Anxiety, Dizziness and the Ambivalence of Freedom: Some Reflections on the 2017 Whitney Biennial
Written by Valentina Gioia Levy The longest-running survey of American Art came back with a show that brings together more or less established artists from…
Awaiting Political Specters: Documenta 14
Written by Dorian Batycka and Vanessa Gravenor Documenta is a quinquennial exhibition of contemporary art that since 1955 has created a space for healing war…
Through the Looking Glass: Innovative Women Artists Who Reclaimed the Gaze At New York Armory Art Week
Written by Audra Lambert Somehow it seems to fill my head with ideas — only I don’t exactly know what they are!” Carroll, Lewis. Through…
The Imaginary Prisons. An Exercise of Freedom from Giovanni Battista Piranesi to Vik Muniz
Written by Paola Paleari How can artistic work created four centuries ago continue to be contemporary, both in its meaning and in its appearance? And…
Withdraw from Reality into the Thresholds of Danger: Dreamlands at the Whitney
Written by Vanessa Gravenor The use of cybernetic devices often correlates to withdrawal from reality, something cinema has provided since its beginning. This desire for…
Regional Is the Way: Art Stage Singapore 2017
Written by Naima Morelli Do you remember high school trips? Some kids enjoyed learning about their local heritage, looking at paintings and mummies in the…
Bodies for a Future yet to Come
Written by Jesse Bandler Firestone Signal‘s Without a Body is a compelling exhibition featuring the work of Ivana Bašić, FlucT, and Sable Elise Smith at…
Enter the World of Omer Fast’s Post-Terror Hysteria
Written by Vanessa Gravenor Berlin—Talking is not always the answer, the title of Omer Fast’s newest solo exhibition at MartinGropius-Bau, examines the communicative turn in…
Satellite Art Show: The Anti-Art Fair
written by Jesse Bandler Firestone The 2016 edition of SATELLITE Art Show placed art in all the rooms of a three-story South Beach hotel. SATELLITE…
Oltre Roma at Palazzo Falconieri Hungarian Academy in Rome
Written by Lawrence C. Miller Twenty-two contemporary European artists are featured at Palazzo Falconieri (the Hungarian Academy in Rome) in an exhibition entitled Oltre Roma….
Western Cultural Identity and the American Market
Written by Raja El Fani The world is in a mad state of flux. From Brexit to the unexpected victory of Donald Trump, surprising choices…
Déjà Vu In General: Sarah Elise Abramson’s Solo Polaroid Retrospective at Coagula Curatorial
Written by Marley C. Smit The Polaroid camera is an iconic staple of American photography. Most film cameras in 2016 are either considered outdated or…
A Hybrid Future: Feathered Surveillance As Seen in a Dream
Written by Christina Varga A new exhibition explores the future and consequences of modern extreme surveillance systems and grotesque technology inspired by a Spring 2010…