Tag Archives: New York City

A Stage Within a Stage- Ye Qin Zhu at Dimin

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

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

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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Just say YES to NADA!

Posted on Artspiel, May 20, 2023 by Melissa Stern Paul Wackers- First Time, Long Time. Jack Hanley Gallery I’ve been to more art fairs than I can count, but the ones that I’ve had fun at I could count on … Continue reading

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Vanessa German – SAD RAPPER at Paul Kasmin

  Published on ArtSpiel Posted on September 26, 2022 by Melissa Stern Partial installation view of Sad Rapper So much has happened in six years. It was six years ago that I last wrote about the work of Vanessa German … Continue reading

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Francesco Clemente: Inspired By India

September 26, 2014 in Hyperallergic The main hall of the Francesco Clemente: Inspired by India show at the Rubin Museum (all photos courtesy the Rubin Museum) One of things I have always loved about the Rubin Museum is their fearlessness … Continue reading

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Between Figuration and Abstraction with Amy Sillman

posted in Hyperallergic  ,August 4, 2014 Amy Sillman, “Me & Ugly Mountain” (2003), oil on canvas, 60 x 72 inches, collection of Jerome & Ellen Stern (photo by John Berens) ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, New York — Walking into the Hessel Art Museum … Continue reading

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Disco-era Bushwick

May 30, 2014 Published in Hyperallergic Meryl Meisler, “The Village People Stepping Out” (The Grand Ballroom, Manhattan, June 1978), and detail of “Three Amigos” (Bushwick, Brooklyn, 1983) (all images courtesy the artist) In the late 1970s and early 80s, Meryl … Continue reading

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When Graffiti Was Great

 February 25, 2014. Posted in Arts Our Town, Arts Our Town Downtown, Arts West Side Spirit.   Tagging gets its due at The Museum of The City of New York Do the names Dez, Doze, Phase 3, Dr. Revolt, Zephyr or … Continue reading

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Working Class Art Hero

The New York Press- Jan. 13, 2014 Spiegelman’s comix and more in Jewish Museum exhibition Much has been written about Maus, Art Spiegelman’s Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel that recounts the harrowing tale of Spiegelman’s parents’ experience and survival in Auschwitz. … Continue reading

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