Rooted in the Art Nouveau aesthetic, Albert Paley infuses his architecturally-scaled sculptures with life force. Continue reading
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Bernini in Action
A revelatory show and a new book of historical detection help us take a fresh perspective on an old master – Bernini. Continue reading
Messerschmidt & Modernity: The Artist and His Influence on the Contemporary Art World
Franz Xaver Messerschmidt’s “character heads” looked like the sculptural ravings of a madman in the 18th century, but today they are influencing artists in ways their irascible creator would have appreciated. Continue reading
American Minimalism: The Drawings and Sculptures of Dan Flavin
The Morgan Library’s current showing of Dan Flavin brings another aspect of the artist’s practice out of the shadows. This articles orginally appeared in the April issue of Art & Antiques Magazine as “Light Years, but Mostly Beyond”. Featured Images: … Continue reading
Land Art: Earthworks that Defined Postwar American Art
In the Sixties, art left the galleries and museums and went back to the land. Four decades later, Land Art is coming indoors. Continue reading
Conceptual Art: The Walker Art Center Presents a “Lifelike” Exhibition
The Walker Art Center makes us look twice at life’s most ordinary objects. Continue reading
Weird Science
The “Carsten Höller: Experience” comes to the Bowery. Continue reading
Full Transparency
There is tremendous vitality in glass today, as artists explore new techniques and leave functionality behind for the realms of pure sculpture and even conceptual art. Continue reading
Almost Too Good
Italian sculptor Alceo Dossena was so skilled he could fake anything—except art-world success. Continue reading
Into the Third Dimension
Time-honored but long undervalued, sculpture is coming into its own as a collecting phenomenon. Continue reading