Modernism at the Jewish Museum in NYC
If I lived in New York City I would be very excited to see the new show at the Jewish Museum. “Action/Abstraction: Pollock, De Kooning and American Art, 1940-1976″ looks like it’s a great study of the...
View ArticleRobert Rauschenberg Passes Away at 82
On Monday night American art legend Robert Rauschenberg passed away. He was 82. Rauschenberg was an artist in the widest sense, refusing to limit himself to a single medium. He often combined disparate...
View ArticleThe Neo Art Nouveau Movement
I have been thinking about this topic for a long time, but watching the Olympics last night finally convinced me to write on a trend that has been on the rise for several years now, the resurgence of...
View ArticleHip Hop exhibit arrives at Smithsonian 1,022 Years Early
“I can see what rap can be: glorious Put in the Smithsonian on podiums for holy hymns” –Deltron, 3030 And in the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery this exhibit of hip hop inspired visual artwork...
View ArticleLacayo on Hirst: Precisely Right
Money can’t buy happiness and it can’t buy you good art either, sometimes. The results are in, and Damien Hirst is about $200 million richer after his Sotheby’s auction. My snipe aside, I really can’t...
View ArticleMan Buys Fake Painting in Chicago, Doesn’t Get Refund
Living in any big city, anywhere in the world, there are a lot of things that can go wrong. Merchants take advantage of customers, the technology that we rely on runs amok making average citizens its...
View ArticleFantasies of the East at the Art Institute
From Abraham Ritchie, the ArtSlant: Chicago City Editor : In this week’s Gallery Hop for ArtSlant: Chicago, Robyn Roulo mentions the art history behind Lalla Essaydi’s solo exhibition at Schneider...
View ArticleThis Week on ArtSlant: Chicago
This week on ArtSlant: Chicago Robyn Roulo visits Corbett vs. Dempsey to see “Big Youth” and writes about some of the standouts there, then heads to the super new ebers|B9 apartment gallery to see more...
View ArticleInterview with Robert Davis/Michael Langlois
This week on ArtSlant.com my interview with Chicago painters Robert Davis/Michael Langlois is featured under the “Rackroom” area. You can go there by clicking here. We talked about the basics of how...
View ArticleReviews of Matt Stolle, “The Power of Selection” at Western Exhibitions
This week on ArtSlant, I write the Gallery Hop visiting Matt Stolle’s solo exhibition at Andrew Rafacz Gallery, “MODERNISTPHALLUS” and the group exhibition “The Power of Selection, Part 1″ at Western...
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