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9 Art Events to Attend in New York City This Week
Liberate Tate’s Crude/Sunflower (2010). Members from the activist group will speak at Artists Space Books & Talk. COURTESY ARTISTS SPACE TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11 Lecture: “ ‘Later the Atelier Ate Her’:...
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‘It Has to Be Tragic or Somewhat Manic-Depressive’: A Talk With Sam McKinniss
Sam McKinniss. COURTESY THE ARTISTBill Powers: Artist Alex Da Corte said I should ask you, what is your favorite Angela Lansbury film? Sam McKinniss: That’s a toss up between Beauty and the Beast and...
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Consumer Reports: Sam McKinniss
Sam McKinniss. DAN ALLEGRETTO Sam McKinniss is an artist in New York. His latest exhibition, titled “Egyptian Violet,” opened this past October at Team Gallery in lower Manhattan. More recently, the...
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Sam McKinniss at Team (Bungalow), Venice Beach, California
Sam McKinniss, Star Spangled Banner (Whitney), 2017, oil and acrylic on canvas. COURTESY THE ARTIST AND TEAM GALLERY Pictures at an Exhibition presents images of one notable show every weekday. Today’s...
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Borna Sammak’s Not Yet Titled (Couch), 2018, suggests a sculptural reimagining of Duchamp’s painting Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2 (1912). The gigantic, snaking black-and-white-striped sofa...
View ArticleThe Bell Curve: Controversies at the Drawing Center
Last month, the Drawing Center launched a new program called Bellwethers: The Culture of Controversy. It was convened by independent curator Alison Gingeras in collaboration with Affidavit, the online...
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Sam McKinniss’s Child Star Portraits Mine the Culture of the 1990s
Sam McKinniss is among the greatest colorists of his generation, as would have been clear to anyone who saw his 2016 exhibition at Team, “Egyptian Violet.” The show’s thematic anchor was the titular...
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First There Was Zombie Formalism—Now There’s Zombie Figuration
In 1978, New Museum founder Marcia Tucker put on an exhibition called “‘Bad’ Painting,” comprising figurative works that she insisted were actually good. In paintings by artists like William N. Copley,...
View ArticlePainter Sam McKinniss Joins David Kordansky Gallery After JTT’s Closure
Sam McKinniss, a painter best-known for his works based on famed images of celebrities, has joined David Kordansky Gallery, which has spaces in New York and Los Angeles. McKinniss, who is also...
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