Focus on the American East

Celebration by Raul de Nieves Anxious Spaces: Instillation as Catalyst
Robin Newman |

Anxious Spaces: Instillation as Catalyst presented six artists working in what Rosalind Krauss called “the expanding field” of sculpture, forging new modes and styles of sculpture. More precisely in the exhibition’s case instillation art, although …

Luke Stettner, New York Luke Stettner: this single monument at The Kitchen
Mary Coyne |

Stettner’s “single monument” splinters into different forms though the exhibition, each work functioning as an autonomous homage to a history of modernism. this single monument (circles) (2014) is a an impact 3 x 4 series …

Ken Lum, Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art The 2014 Whitney Biennial Creates Mosaic of American Art
Kuoure Thomas |

With 103 participants, three curators,  Michelle Grabner, Anthony Elms and Stuart Comer, designed each floor of the Whitney Museum for the 2014 Whitney Biennial to their liking while reminding us that American art comprises a …

Jack Smith, Irrational Landlordism of Bagdad (a.k.a. Material Landlordism of Bagdad, a.k.a. The Secret of the Brassiere Factory), Cologne Art Fair, Germany, October 26–31, 1977. All images © Jack Smith Archive, courtesy Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels Rituals of Rented Island at the Whitney Museum of American Art
Robin Newman |

Rituals of Rented Island currently on view at The Whitney Museum is a groundbreaking reinvestigation of downtown New York art from 1970-1980. The exhibition returns to the beginnings of New York performance art in a …

Jill Kroesen, U.S Custom's House Conversation with Babette Mangolte about her Whitney Museum show, and more
Mary Coyne |

Last month I was able to sit down with Babette Mangolte, the filmmaker and photographer whose work is currently featured in at the Whitney’s Rituals of Rented Island: Object Theater, Loft Performance, and the New …

Llyn Foulkes, Andrea Rosen Gallery Hard Rock Life: Llyn Foulkes at Andrea Rosen Gallery
Kuoure Thomas |

Forget what you think you know about landscapes and postcards, and consider Llyn Foulkes. The artist’s landscape works from 1963 to 1984 are explored in a new exhibition at Andrea Rosen Gallery. On display is …

Matthew Day Jackson at Hauser & Wirth. Man, Land, and Stuff: Matthew Day Jackson at Hauser & Wirth
Kuoure Thomas |

Against my better judgement, I put off seeing Matthew Day Jackson’s show, Something Ancient, Something New, Something Stolen, Something Blue at Hauser & Wirth until this week. Little did I know the show would take …

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