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Category Archives: Reviews
Time for a change…..
Hey folks- After ten frustrating years on this platform I’ve decided to migrate the whole thing to Substack. It will continue to be free, so please join me there. Hopefully the platform will be less cranky and I will post … Continue reading
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Reflections on The Outsider Art Fair 2026
I have been going to the Outsider Art Fair almost every year since it first opened at The Puck Building in 1993. As with most aspects of the art world, much has changed in the field of outsider art and … Continue reading
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Tagged ACRYLIC ON CONCRETE, AMERICAN ARTISTS, ART AND IDENTITY, ART AND MENTAL HEALTH, ART CRITICISM, ART FAIR REVIEW, ART MARKET, ART THERAPY PROGRAMS, ARTIST STUDIOS, CANADIAN GALLERIES, CENTER FOR CREATIVE WORKS, CHOZICK FAMILY ART GALLERY, COLORED PENCIL DRAWING, CONTEMPORARY ART FAIRS, CREATIVITY EXPLORED, EMERGING ARTISTS, FIGURATIVE ART, FRENCH GALLERIES, GALLERY JONES, GOUACHE PAINTING, GRAPHITE DRAWING, Installation art, New York Art Scene, NEW YORK CITY ART, NONPROFIT ART ORGANIZATIONS, oil painting, outsider art, OUTSIDER ART FAIR, OUTSIDER ART FAIR 2026, POWERS LOWENFELS GALLERY, PULP GALLERY, SAN FRANCISCO ART, sculpture, SELF-TAUGHT ARTISTS, SHRINE GALLERY, steel sculpture, THE GALLERY OF EVERYTHING, VANCOUVER ART, Works on Paper
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What The House Dreams Of – Two painters at Ruby Dakota Gallery
“Childhood” has always been a fertile source for artists in all disciplines. We all had a childhood and, for better or worse, we all carry memories that often haunt us throughout our lifetimes. Ruby/Dakota, a scrappy young gallery in the … Continue reading
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Tagged charcoal, Contemporary art, dollhouse, drawing, dreams, east village, graphite, installation, memory, monochromatic, oil painting, pastel, ruby dakota gallery, still life, two person show
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Delusions of Grandeur -Grayson Perry at the Wallace Collection
The Wallace Collection, a storied historic mansion in London that houses an extraordinary, far-ranging collection of art and objects, invited the artist Grayson Perry to embed and create an exhibition that responds to their collections. Collected during the18th and 19th … Continue reading
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Tagged ceramic sculpture, ceramics, Contemporary art, drawing, Grayson Perry, Painting, Photography, storytelling, The Wallace Collection
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On This Spot: Histories of Women Artists in NYC
Posted on May 5, 2025 by Melissa Stern On This Spot: Histories of Women Artists in NYC On The Spot is a terrific new web series that seeks to document the histories of women artists in NYC from the 1950s … Continue reading
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Insider Outsider
Posted on March 5, 2025 by Melissa Stern Insider Outsider Adhemar Ahmad- portray 1969. Oilt, thin wooden board, unprimed canvas, staples. 32.5 x 24.25 2002 This past weekend New York saw the latest iteration of the Outsider Art Fair. Started … Continue reading
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Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson: Character Studies, Curator: Character Studies at Fort Gansvoort
Posted on January 6, 2025 by Melissa Stern Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson: Character Studies, Curator: Character Studies at Fort Gansvoort Dad’s Journey. 2003. Pen, ink, colored pencil, fabric, thread, buttons, on paper. 15 x 11 “She was weird,” said the … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson, colored pencil, drawing, Found object, Melissa Stern, pen and ink, red, storytelling
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Llyn Foulkes: The Untied State of America
Posted on November 22, 2024 by Melissa Stern Llyn Foulkes: The Untied State of America Pat, 2020. Pigment print, oil, acrylic, red oak, and found objects on wood. 31 3/8 x 25 3/8 x 1 7/8 inches Llyn Foulkes is … Continue reading
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Tagged acrylic, collage, drawing, Found object, Llyn Foulkes, Melissa Stern, mixed media, Oil paint, Painting
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Martin Wilner -The Case Histories: When We Cease to Understand the World (Extraterrestrials on The Couch)
Posted on September 18, 2024 by Melissa Stern Martin Wilner -The Case Histories: When We Cease to Understand the World (Extraterrestrials on The Couch) June 2015- Seth Shostak. Pen and ink on Bristol board 161/2 x 171/8 Martin Wilner’s compelling … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Contemporary art, drawing, Martin Wilner, Melissa Stern, NASA, pen and ink, Psychologist
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Lubaina Himid- Street Sellers at Greene Naftali
Posted on June 7, 2024 by Melissa Stern Lubaina Himid- Street Sellers at Greene Naftali Posture Master- 2023. Acrylic on canvas. 96 x 72 Rarely has there been a group of people as uniformly elegant and graceful as those who … Continue reading
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