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What The House Dreams Of – Two painters at Ruby Dakota Gallery

Posted on February 26, 2026 by melissa

“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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Delusions of Grandeur -Grayson Perry at the Wallace Collection

Posted on February 12, 2026 by melissa

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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Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson: Character Studies, Curator: Character Studies at Fort Gansvoort

Posted on March 18, 2025 by melissa

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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Llyn Foulkes: The Untied State of America

Posted on February 11, 2025 by melissa

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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Martin Wilner -The Case Histories: When We Cease to Understand the World (Extraterrestrials on The Couch)

Posted on January 14, 2025 by melissa

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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A Stage Within a Stage- Ye Qin Zhu at Dimin

Posted on January 11, 2024 by melissa

Published on ArtSpiel.org, Oct. 8, 2023. A Stage Within a Stage-mixed media on eight fitted panels. 5 x 27 feet. 2022-2023 There’s a riot going on. That’s what I thought as I stood in front of Ye Qin Zhu’s large-scale … Continue reading →

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Here Now: Contemporary Photographers of the Hudson Valley

Posted on November 30, 2023 by melissa

Published August 30, 2023 by Melissa Stern on Artspiel Phyllis Galembo  Photographer, Carnival Mexico. Fujiflex print. 30 x 30 2017. The Kleinart James Center in Woodstock, New York, is currently presenting a very ambitious and interesting photography exhibition. Entitled Here … Continue reading →

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A Garden Grows in the Meatpacking District

Posted on November 2, 2023 by melissa

Specimens.- 2018. 287 pieces of wood with powdered graphite, 42” x 35” x 6” approx. Posted on July 25, 2023 by Melissa Stern Sculptor Loren Eiferman has brought a veritable garden of strange to Ivy Brown Gallery this summer. Her … Continue reading →

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A Blizzard of Paint and Objects: Joyce Pensato Makes Pop Culture Her Own

Posted on February 17, 2022 by melissa

Feb. 10, 2021 in artcritical Joyce Pensato at Petzel Gallery Installation shot of the exhibition under review showing Joyce Pensato, Daisy, 2012, to the right. Courtesy of Petzel Gallery, New York Joyce Pensato’s 2012 exhibition, Batman Returns, although her third … Continue reading →

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An Outsider Artist Channels His Demons Into Uniquely Funny and Dark Compositions

Posted on September 14, 2021 by melissa

Jan. 31, 2020 in Hyperallergic On display at the Museum of Contemporary Art Georgia, works of Benjamin Jones project deep sorrow as well as an unvanquished ray of optimism. Benjamin Jones, “Isolating the Disease” from the Isolation Series (2003), graphite … Continue reading →

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