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david wojnarowicz self portrait

Every art exhibition needs two things: art and some sort of organizing principle. So it makes sense that the relationship and roles of artist and curator have only grown over the years. This year, artists and curators were as innovative … Continued

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Painted between 1959 and 1962, Krasner’s Umber Paintings on display at the Paul Kasmin Gallery in NYC are incredibly emotional exercises. This solo exhibition is presented in collaboration with the Pollock-Krasner Foundation and focuses on these iconic works only and … Continued

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"Seeded" painting by Lee Krasner

The idiom, “playing with fire” implies the kind of wild recklessness that can only be fueled by sexual desire, power, or money. In the case of the late Carlos Almaraz and his artwork, all three support his hypnotic point of … Continued

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Strip down any view of the horizon to its barest element and what’s left is a horizontal line. Such raw, bare imagery is the subject of The Horizontal, a new group exhibition at Cheim & Read NYC, where 21 intergenerational … Continued

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4th October 1950: Showgirls in a dressing room at a New Orleans Burly-Que. (Photo by Weegee(Arthur Fellig)/International Center of Photography/Getty Images)

Although Weegee is best known for his bleak shots of New York City crime scenes in the 1930s and ‘40s, he also had an eye for the less gritty, more playful aspects of urban life. This curated collection focuses on … Continued

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