Sharp Objects: Daydreams Can Be Dangerous
“She wanted to shield her, from the bullet of an ordinary life.” —Rachel Cusk, Arlington Park
Reviews
Mona Varichon Goodan Family Graduate Art Gallery, ArtCenter / Pasadena
On May 16, Mona Varichon graduated from ArtCenter’s two-year MFA program. She had her final critique earlier that day, laudable…
Edgar Cleijne and Ellen Gallagher Bonniers Konsthall / Stockholm
If you are a fan of the enigmatic musician Sun Ra, you’ll already like Edgar Cleijne and Ellen Gallagher’s exhibition…
Reena Spaulings Matthew Marks Gallery / Los Angeles
Seascape (2014) is a Turner riff at Water Lilies scale, painted by a robotic mop. One can mostly appreciate this…
Apostolos Georgiou Rodeo / London
Little is known of writer Peter Zabelskis. In 1986, Slate Press published his Loop: 50 Ideas for Pictures. These loops…
Friend of a Friend 2018 / Warsaw
Polish art continues to flourish with artists like Katarzyna Kozyra, Paulina Olowska, Wilhelm Sasnal, and Krzysztof Wodiczko entering a number…
Matthew Lutz-Kinoy Le Consortium / Dijon
Matthew Lutz-Kinoy’s solo exhibition at Le Consortium conflates two places far away in time and space: New York’s Frick Collection,…
Zoe Leonard Whitney Museum of American Art / New York
“Zoe Leonard: Survey” at the Whitney Museum of American Art is the artist’s first retrospective in a major American museum.…
Taryn Simon: An Occupation of Loss Artangel / London
An Occupation of Loss, artist Taryn Simon’s first performance work, was commissioned by Park Avenue Armory New York and Artangel…
Cruising Pavilion Spazio Punch / Venice Architecture Biennale
The inaugural Cruising Pavilion sits an additional boat ride away from the main happenings of this year’s Venice Architecture Biennale,…
Adriana Ramić and Micah Schippa Hotel Art Pavilion / New York
For Belgian-born literary theorist Paul de Man, semiotics freed literary theory from not just an obligation to portray truth, but…
Armature Globale: Unapt Environments / Milan
Young architects seeking to work against architecture’s stagnancy seem to be more engaged with producing exhibitions and publications than buildings. Most clients rarely venture…
Harmony Hammond Alexander Gray / New York
John Everett Millais’s Autumn Leaves, displayed at the Royal Academy in 1856, was understood as a radical departure from normative…
Manuel Mathieu Kavi Gupta / Chicago
In what is the artist’s stateside debut, staged at Kavi Gupta, painter Manuel Mathieu presents a new body of work…
Valentina Liernur and Luiz Roque Galería Isla Flotante / Buenos Aires
“Humanas,” featuring Argentinian painter Valentina Liernur and Brazilian video artist Luiz Roque, served to inaugurate Galería Isla Flotante’s new space…
Will Ryman Parc de la Villette / Paris
For the thirty-fifth anniversary of Parc de La Villette in Paris, Will Ryman has created an expansive, three-part, site-specific installation…