Claude Breeze: claudebreeze.ca

Alex Cameron: alexcameronstudios.ca

Causey Contemporary: causeycontemporary.com

Christopher Cutts Gallery: cuttsgallery.com

Steve Driscoll: stevedriscoll.com

Imre Hajagos: imrehajagos.com

Kaethe Kauffman: kaethekauffman.com

Katharine T. Carter & Associates: ktcassoc.com

Victoria Lowe: victorialoweart

Christian McLeod: christianmcleod.com

Leon Rooke: leonrooke.com

Yumart Gallery: yumart.ca

The Flux and the Puddle was the centerpiece of David Altmejd’s FLUX retrospective at Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal in Canada this past summer. It was also shown this past winter at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Humlebćk,Denmark. Emese Krunák-Hajagos reports on the Montréal exhibition.

Critical Mess: Art Critics on the State of Their Practice, was published in 2006 by Hard Press Editions and edited by Raphael Rubinstein. It is comprised of 13 essays that include contributions by the late critics Arthur C. Danto and Thomas McEvilley. Steve Rockwell responds with his Continued Reflection on the State of Art Criticism.

In the fall of 2015 the Richard Taittinger Gallery in New York City mounted the exhibition Pixel Fields, paintings by the late Greek-American Artist Nassos Daphnis. In his review of the exhibition Christopher Hart Chambers notes the inclusion of the artist in Wikepedia in their list of geometric abstractionists, a validating nod in recognition of Nassos’ contribution to abstract art.

Simon Hantaď at the Mnuchin Gallery in New York City by John Mendelsohn

at Wook Choi Gallery in New York City by Jonathan Goodman

A group exhibition curated by D. Dominick Lombardi at Gallery Protégé in New York City by Steve Rockwell

The Shifting Perspective on Landscape in American Art at GP Presents in New York City by Mary Hrbacek

Dong Yeoun Lee at Gallery d’Arte in Chelsea, New York by Thalia Vrachopoulos

Autumn de Forest at the Butler Institute of American Art in Youngstown, Ohio, by Steve Rockwell

Five Person Exhibition of Photographic Mixed Media at the Walter Wiskiser Gallery in New York by Phil Tarley

Group Exhibition at the Walter Wiskiser Gallery in New York by Thalia Vrachopoulos

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Assembled by Philip: assembledbyphilip.com

Barbara McGivern: bmcgivern.com

Claude Breeze: claudebreeze.ca

Katharine T. Carter & Associates: ktcassoc.com

Christopher Cutts Gallery: cuttsgallery.com

Sadko Hadzihasanovic: sadkohadzihasanovic.blogspot.ca

Sol Hill: solhill.com

Inez: inez.ca

Kaethe Kauffman: KaetheKauffman.com

Vince Mancuso: artistvincemancuso

Nolan Preece: nolanpreece.com

The Red Head Gallery: redheadgallery.org

Leon Rooke: leonrooke.com

Scott Switzer: scottswitzer.com

Mark Sharp: sharpmc.com

Susan Sommer: susansommer.com

Victoria Lowe: victorialoweart.com

Jean-Michel Basquiat: Now’s the Time was the first major retrospective of the artist’s work in Canada, and was guest-curated by renowned Austrian art historian, curator and critic Dieter Buchhart. Steve Rockwell reports.

Described as the queen of art exhibition, since 1985 Katharine Carter and her company KTC & Associates will have booked over a thousand museum, university gallery, and commercial space exhibitions across the United States. D. Dominick Lombardi speaks with Ms. Carter as her company nears its 30th Anniversary.

Emese Krunák-Hajagos surveys the work of Toronto landscape painter Steve Driscoll in his exhibition, Smoke Show and Other Deceptions in Paint at Angell Gallery. The tradition of the landscape as an inspiration to Canadian artists has experienced a regeneration in recent years with the influx younger talent.

An exhibition of artists curated by Robert Curcio and organized Katharine T. Carter & Associates for Elga Wimmer PCC in New York City by Dominique Nahas

Esther Naor at BOSI Contemporary in the Lower East Side, NYC by Robert Curcio

Gloria Garfinkel at the George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum in Springfield, Massachusetts by Christopher Hart Chambers

Mary Hrbacek at Creon in New York City by Jonathan Goodman

The 20th International Symposium on Electronic Art in the United Arab Emirates by Sabrina DeTurk

An Interview with Korean Artist Bong Jung Kim by D. Dominick Lombardi

An Interview with Korean Artist Kyujung Kim by D. Dominick Lombardi

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The exhibition Peter Doig: No Foreign Lands at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts was a blockbuster’s blockbuster in the opinion of correspondent Veronica Redgrave. Created over the past 10 years, it showcased over a hundred works that included 40 major paintings.

The return of formalism, particularly painted abstraction, has prompted Steve Rockwell to revisit our definitions of modernism and its post incarnation. References from the works of Francis Bacon, Peter Doig, and Stan Douglas have been helpful in his framing modernism from a broader perspective.

The Contact exhibition at the Honolulu Museum of Art School at Linekona in Hawaii was the display of a highly talented yet globally under-recognized art community. K&ocaute;an Jeff Baysa makes the point that it is the relative isolation of Hawaii which has been a factor in bringing this about.

A 2013 exhibition curated by D. Dominick Lombardi on the theme of a storm at The Bob Rauschenberg Gallery in Fort Meyers, FL and The Housatonic Musuem of Art in Bridgeport, CT by John Mendelsohn

Anna K.E. at Simone Subal Gallery in New York City by Dominique Nahas Art in New York City

Douglas Florian at BravinLee programs in New York City by Dominique Nahas

A Conversation with Dutch Artist Jackie Sleper by Edward Rubin

40 works at the Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown Ohio by Steve Rockwell

The Collages of New York Artist Chambliss Giobbi by Emese Krunák-Hajagos

An Interview with Korean Artist Hijo Nam by D. Dominick Lombardi

Katharine T. Carter & Associates nearing 30 years by D. Dominick Lombardi

A Studio Visit to Sunset Park, Brooklyn by Jeanne Wilkinson

Robert Mango at the Wimmer Gallery in New York City by Robert Mahoney

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Carrie Mae Weems’ retrospective, Three Decades of Photographs and Video at The Frist Center For The Visual Arts in Nashville, Tennessee ran from September last year to January 2013. Curated by Kathryn Delmez, the exhibition, in the opinion of critic Edward Rubin, was provocative, thought-provoking, and timely. The Frist is housed in a beautiful Art Deco post office from the early ‘30s and has been mounting ground-breaking exhibitions since it opened 12 years ago.

Emese Krunák-Hajagos reports on the show Nightfall/Alkony: New Tendencies in Figurative Painting at Galerie Rudolfinum in Prague, Czeck Republic and MODEM, Debrecen, Hungary. British curator Jane Neal grouped the paintings around five themes: Broken Landscape and Twisted Beauty; Portraiture; Struggle for Identity and the Hidden; Under Cover of Darkness; Painting and Cinema and Home but not Safe.

Jeanne Wilkinson lopes through Gagosian’s super-huge Chelsea space filled with the work of Jean-Michel Basquiat, whose career was famously brief and meteoric. Wilkinson’s take on the show: “A haul ’em in, hang’em up roundup bonanza” and “they’re just filling up the space. Jes’ come on down and let Jean-Michel give you a great ride!”

Tamara K.E. at Johannes Vogt Gallery in New York by Dominique Nahas

Anna K.E. at Simone Subal Gallery in New York City by Dominique Nahas

A sampling from October 2012 by John Mendelsohn

Victoria Vitasek at Fran Hill Gallery in Toronto by Steve Rockwell

Kathleen Elliot and Paul Stankard’s Contemporary Studio Art Glass at the Morris Museum, Morristown, NJ by Mary Hrbacek

Jennifer Wynne Reeves at Bravin Lee Programs and Mondrian’s House in New York City by Jeanne Wilkinson

Mia Halton at Kathleen Cullen Gallery in New York City by John Mendelsohn

Chris Burden’s “Metropolis II” at LACMA in Los Angeles by Craig Stephens

Philip Taaffe at Luhring Augustine and Sterling Ruby at Nahmad Contemporary by Christopher Hart Chambers

Etchings and Paintings by Carlos Fragoso at Kathleen Cullen Fine Arts by D. Dominick Lombardi

Project at the 55th Venice Biennale by Karlyn De Jongh with Sarah Gold, Carol Rolla, and Valeria Romagnini

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Eugene Lemay’s Navigation exhibition at Mike Weiss Gallery in New York City is plumbed by Jeanne Wilkinson. She describes Lemay’s works as appearing "like visions; you imagine falling into them like Alice through a very dark looking glass".

All the possible complexities of life: the physical, biological and socio-ecological are tackled by Matthew Ritichie in two bodies of work: Monstrance at L & M Arts, Los Angeles, Venice Beach and The Morning Line in Vienna, Austria, organized by Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary. Emese Krunák-Hajagos muses on Ritchie’s merging of physics, art, mythology, philosophy, religion and history and their artistic representation.

This particular selection of works from Eileen S. Kaminsky’s collection of contemporary art is reviewed by John Mendelsohn. It is presented by Mana Contemporary, an art center housed in a former tobacco factory, which has been repurposed as 400,000 square feet of pristine space. Mana’s mission also includes an artist residency program, and The Middle East Center for the Arts, which is devoted to art from that region’s many cultures.

The top ten picks at the art fairs in New York City during Armory Week and Art Basel, Switzerland Week by Rupert Ravens

Hunter & Gatherer, Egon Zippel at Orchard Windows Gallery in New York City by Christopher Hart Chambers

Jude Broughan, Stephen Nguyen, Hanna Sandin, Annette Weherhahn at Churner and Churner in New York City by Christopher Hart Chambers

A Sampling of Painting in New York City by John Mendelsohn

Lori Ellison at McKenzie Fine Art in New York City by John Mendelsohn

Marc Brotherton and Nina Carelli at Causey Contemporary in New York by Christopher Hart Chambers

Ruth Peche’s Deep Entropy by Edward Rubin

Joyce Melander-Dayton at the Rymer Gallery in Nashville, Tennessee by Steve Rockwell

Janet Bellotto at DeLuca Fine Art in Toronto by Edward Rubin

Neil Tetkowski’s Earth Fragments at HPGRP Gallery in New York by Dominique Nahas

by D. Dominick Lombardi

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dArt magazine presents itself in edible form with the launch of the dArt Burger at De Luca Fine Art in Toronto. Publisher and editor Steve Rockwell draws parallels between the aesthetics of art and food with the mincing of dArt’s back issues.

Drawing on its vast holdings, the Museum of Modern Art in New York displays the achievements of a generation that thrust New York City into the centre of the international art scene in the ‘50s. Emese Krunák-Hajagos surveys its showing in New York and at the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto.

Bronx native and performance art pioneer Vito Acconci speaks with curator Karlyn De Jongh on his current interest in the integration of public and private spaces and its effect on the language of environments.

Dominique Nahas reviews the Katharine T. Carter & Associates book

Vicki DaSilva at Able Fine Art in New York City by D. Dominick Lombardi

Anne Ferrer at The Lab in New York City by Mary Hrbacek

Amalia Piccinini at Tenri Cultural Institute in New York City by Jonathan Goodman

Barnaby Hosking at Charles Bank Gallery in New York by Christopher Hart Chamber

Two Soaring Solos at the Museum of Art in Newport, Rhode Island by Edward Rubin

Istvan Kantor and the Dental Trope by Gary Michael Dault

Tania Bruguera and the Resurgece of Performance Art by Edward Rubin

Debbie Hesse’s Nature Trail at Umbrella Arts in New York City by Robert Curcio

The Mosaic Photography of Alex Guofeng Cao by Craig Stephens

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Gap store founder Donald Fisher, a third generation San Fransiscan, started 14 collecting prints by Frank Stella and Roy Lichtenstein. Now after almost 40 years of passionate dedication, he and wife Doris are giving their collection to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art on a 100 year renewable loan.

Takashi Murakami's exhibition at Château Versailles in France, of comic-based 19 manga and anime-inspired paintings and sculptures, has made headlines in the French press. Ed Rubin plumbs some of the issues behind the alleged ‘murder’ of classical French culture.

Karlyn De Jongh, Sarah Gold, and Sophia Thomassen spent 24 hours with 22 with Lawrence Weiner on his houseboat in Amsterdam. A special edition book titled Skimming the Water [Ménage a Quatre], documents the event. De Jongh and Sarah Gold have furnished a written transcript for dArt

Dead or Alive at New York City’s Museum of Arts and Design by Edward Rubin

Stefan Eins at CREON Gallery in New York by John Mendelsohn

Mara G. Haseltine’s Oyster Island by D. Dominick Lombardi

The Work of John Mendelsohn by Michelina Docimo

Rupert Raven’s and Gae Savannah’s Top 10 at the Miami art fairs

Peter Halley in an Interview with Karlyn De Jongh

Pat Steir at Sue Scott Gallery in New York by Christopher Hart Chamber

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Julian Schnabel: Art and Film is the largest showing of the artist’s work since 16 the 1987 Whitney Museum Retrospective. Curated by David Moos, the exhibiton surveys Schnabel’s work as a painter from the mid-1970s to the present and features some 60 works, along with his films. Ed Rubin speaks with the artist.

Curated by Stephanie Barron, Senior Curator of Modern Art, LACMA, and 22 co-curator Dr. Eckhart Gillen, Kulturprojekte Berlin GmbH, Art of Two Germanys is the first special exhibition to go on view in LACMA’s new Renzo Piano designed-building, the Broad Contemporary Art Museum (BCAM). Emese Hajagos covers the Los Angeles installation of the exhibition.

The 2010 Whitney Biennial in New York celebrated its 75th edition with 28 50 works – many textbook famous – and culled from past Biennial and Annual exhibitions. Edward Rubin wieghs in on the results by guest curator Francesco Bonami and Whitney senior curatorial assistant Gary Carrion-Murayari.

Click here for the complete series on YouTube.

Tony Calzetta and Leon Rooke and Widow Magazine, Peregrine Honig. Reviewed by Steve Rockwell.

2010 winners of the Abraaj Capital Art Prize by Janet Bellotto

Part One of an interview with Peter Halley by Karlyn De Jongh

Giovanni Cerri at De Luca Gallery in Toronto by Steve Rockwell

Erin Kennedy’s Top 10 at the 2010 New York Art Fairs and Patti Cooke’s Top Ten at Contact Photography Festival in Toronto

Alexander Esters, Peter Gerakaris, Justen Ladda, and Gallery Artists at Ana Cristea Gallery in New York by Christophe Hart Chambers

A tribute to the life and work of Toronto artist David Bolduc by Sheila Mudrick

Yibin Tian at the Chelsea Art Museum, New York by Thalia Vrachopoulos

The Cell Phone Photographs of Bob Poe by Craig Stephens

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Edward Rubin steers into PINTA – The Modern and Contemporary Latin American Art Fair in the Metropolitan Pavilion and B. Altman Building in New York, where participating galleries have doubled to 60 from the previous year.

After an absence of more than 30 years, D. Dominck Lombardi finds himself back in central Arizona with an eye for a contemporary art scene. After surveying museum and gallery exhibitions in Phoenix, Scottsdale and Tempe he is not disappointed.

The choice top ten exhibits at the Miami Art Fairs in 2009 are selected and served up by Laura M. Cincotta, Erin Kennedy, and Douglas F. Maxwell.

Vanity Fair Portraits at Art Gallery of Ontario and the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto by John Norris

The Work of Keith Sonnier by Karlyn De Jongh

Robert C. Morgan at The National Arts Club in New York by D. Dominick Lombardi

J. Grace Rim at Noma Gallery in San Francisco by Thalia Vrachopoulos

Reliefs, Sculptures and Assemblages by Jane Gennaro at Rogue Space in New York by John Mendelsohn

The World According to Sculptor Arnie Zimmerman at Rhode Island School of Design Museum in Providence by Edward Rubin

Japanese Artists in Mexico by Kóan Jeff Baysa

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The Collections of Francie Bishop Good & David Horvitz, Gordon Locksley George T. Shea are the sources for this exhibition of 118 works by some 100 artists.

Edward Rubin wades in. The Museum of Art/Fort Lauderdale, Florida is now the most visited art museum in Florida.

Edward Rubin also dips his pen into the well of the Black Madonna exhibit at HP Garcia Gallery in New York, a multimedia exhibition of 41 international artists curated by Lisa Paul Streitfeld and H.P. Garcia.

Inspired by the 1962 film starring Kirk Douglas, the Lonely Are the Brave exhibit at Blue Star is in the words of its curator, San Antonio, Texas based artist Hills Snyder, a "state of the union tableau." Ben Judson reports

The Paintings of Jose Manuel Ciria by Valerie Gladstone

Kirsten Hassenfeld at Smack Mellon in Brooklyn by Kathryn Hennessey

Fifty-seven artists at Rupert Ravens Contemporary, Newark, NJ by Kathryn Hennessey

Mark Lewis at the Canadian Pavilion of the 53rd Venice Biennale by Julie Oakes

Jussi Kivi at the Finnish Pavilion at the 53rd Venice Biennale by Earl Miller

Eveline Luppi Gallery in Wickford, Rhode Island by D. Dominick Lombardi

Emilio Chapela Perez at the Instituto Cultural Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico by Kóan Jeff Baysa

D. Dominick Lombardi’s Dark Vision at Burt Chernow Galleries, Housatonic Museum of Art, Bridgeport CT by John Mendelsohn

Brian Leo at Leo Kesting Gallery in New York by Christopher Hart Chambers

Snapshots from the March Art Fairs Week in New York by Anat Elberg

Tiffany Trenda & Kellesimone Waits in Los Angeles by Craig Stephens

Lowbrow Art in Los Angeles by Craig Stephens

Toronto’s Art, Architecture, People and Food Hell-bent on achieving world-wide recognition like no other city in North

America was Edward Rubin’s impression of Toronto. With recent make-overs for Art Gallery of Ontario, the Royal Ontario Museum, and the Gardener Museum, the city readies to strut its cultural stuff to the world

Art advisor and curator Helen Klisser During brings the art of New Zealand into a global perspective in discussions with D. Dominick Lombardi

John Mendelsohn makes sense of the massive Life on Mars exhibit at the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh

A concurrent retrospective at University of Texas at San Antonio, Southwest School of Art & Craft, and San Antonio Museum of Art on the work of Marcia Gygli King is covered by Steve Rockwell

at Björn Ressle Gallery in New York by D. Dominick Lombardi

Drew Shiflett at Lesley Heller Gallery in New York by Christopher Hart Chambers

Marlene Dumas at the Museum of Modern Art in New York by Robert C. Morgan

Two Artists from Bermuda and Ten from Toronto at the National Arts Club in New York by Steve Rockwell

Eileen Senner, Kaethe Kauffman, Tina Blondell and Giedre Montvila at Allen Gallery in New York by Mary Hrbacek

Group Show at 532 Gallery Thomas Jaeckel in New York by Robert Curcio

A glimpse of the Arts of Beijing by Janet Bellotto

Recent Work of D. Dominick Lombardi at Artlexis in New York by Stanford Kay

Before beginning his tour of Seoul galleries Dominick Lombardi stopped at the Gyeongbok Palace – an ancient site in Seoul. Here he attuned his mind and spirit with nature, better to take in shows such the work of the multi-talented Hyunjhin Baik at Arario Gallery and On the Face, an eye-catching six-person show at Gallery I-San

To get a taste of the indigenous art galleries of Tokyo and a sense of place, D. Dominick Lombardi covers two spring art fairs: Art Fair Tokyo and 101 Tokyo

Dominique Nahas aquaints himself with the photographs of veteran Los Angeles cinematographer Steven Poster at AFP Galleries in New York. This is Poster’s first foray into the fine art world of photography

Since it inception five years ago the Moscow World Fine Arts Fair has been growing dramatically in both sales and the number of exhibitors. Edward Rubin closes in on some of its 80 international exhibitors housed at the Manége, once a riding school for imperial forces

Steve Rockwell reviews the Steve Driscoll book

D. Dominick Lombardi on Korea’s Jung Do-Jun, master calligrapher and artist

Sharon Weiner at Allen Contemporary, New York by Peter Frank

Ana Teixeira, and Anne Fauteux at Mercer Union in Toronto by Earl Miller

Ginna Triplett at Umbrella Arts and curcioprojects in New York by Steve Rockwell

Raffi Tokatlian at Harvest Gallery in Glendale, CA by Peter Frank

An exhibition by artists from Kunsthaus Santa Fé Gallery in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico at Red Head in Toronto by Steve Rockwell

Blaise DeLong at Moore Gallery in Toronto by Ashley Johnson

Luminaria was the launch of an all-day celebration of art, music, dance and theater in San Antonio modeled on Nuit Blanche in Paris. Culminating in a concert by the San Antonio Symphony and fireworks in the Alamo Plaza at midnight, the arts event shone a light on San Antonio’s rich and diverse cultural heritage.

He takes a first-hand look at an art scene that has recently garnered so much international attention in the art press and on the biennial circuit.

At the 10th International Istanbul Biennial Janet Bellotto reflects on a city with a complex history and a growing art scene that is stirring the mix of international biennials.

A Sidonna Cherry Mystery by Iris Seymour

Robert Brinker at Sara Tecchia Roma in New York by Christopher Hart Chambers

at Tenri Cultural Institute and Taipai Gallery by D. Dominick Lombardi

Curated by Jill Conner at Black & White Gallery in Williamsburg, Brooklyn by D. Dominick Lombardi

The Neumann family collection at the Chelsea Art Museum in New York by Christopher Hart Chambers

at Gallery Pierro in South Orange, New Jersey by Kat Hennessy

KKProjects in New Orleans curated by Kaechele and Kóan Jeff Baysa by Catharine Burke

Craig Stephens on the work of Los Angles artist Ellwood T Risk

by Valerie Oisteanu

by Janet Bellotto

Text and Photos by Janet Bellotto

The Artworld Interventions of Loren Munk by Christopher Hart Chambers

Magnus Arnason & Flight 19 at Locust Projects in Miami by Megan Voeller

Richie Budd and Aaron Johnson at Priska Juschka Fine Art in New York City by Christopher Hart Chambers

Shifting Spaces Juntamentz, Chernobyl Project, and Galeria Noema by Emelie Chhangur and Daniela Castro

Steve Rockwell covers Carolee Schneeman at MOCCA in Toronto

Craig Stephens speaks with Javier Peres in Los Angeles

Jennifer Kuratczyk in Cuba with artist Alexander ulloa Rodriges and photographer Frank Illion

Dyan Marie's Urban Strategies in Toronto by Ashley Johnson

The Work of John Kingerlee by Koan Jeff Baysa

patricia Piccinini at New York's ISCP Studio Residence Program

Joyce Melander-Dayton at Gallery Shoal Creek in Austin, Texas by D. Dominic Lombardi

The art of Parris Patton by Craig Stephens

dArt Magazine: Ten Years of Meditations on Space by Steve Rockwell

by D. Dominick Lombardi

Text and Photos by Janet Bellotto

Shumon Basar and Markus Miessen, Editors. Book review by Jessica Carew Kraft

Tiong Ang at Florence Lynch Gallery in New York by Steve Rockwell

Frank Lind and Jeanne Wilkinson at Crecloo Art Gallery in New York by Christopher Chambers

Jeongmee Yoon at ISCP Open Studio in New York by Rieko Fujinami

Merrill Steiger at Kathleen Cullen Fine Arts in New York by Kóan Jeff Baysa

Bill FitzGibbons and Creighton Michael at the Lab Gallery in New York by Steve Rockwell

Alejandra Villasmil and D. Dominick Lombardi at Repetti Gallery in Long Island City, NY. Curated by Claudio Gonzalez

Charles Michael Norton at TAMA Gallery, TriBeCa, New York by Kóan Jeff Baysa

Alex Wagman and Phil Joanou at Paul Sharpe Gallery in New York by Bill Zimmer

Sigga Bjorg Sigurdardóttir Reykjavík, Iceland by Katharina Klara Jung

Rex Bruce at Los Angeles Center for Digital Art by Mat Gleason

Janet Bellotto and Jenni Kuratczyk play games while in Miami by Steve Rockwell

Himself a devout dada maven, Valery Oisteanu feasts on the largest dada exhibit ever, featuring more than 450 masterpieces by nearly 50 artists at new York's Museum of Modern Art.

Gae Savannah hitches a ride on the seemingly ever-expanding caravan of contemporary art in New york that passed through the city this past March. She rode through Pulse, the Armory show, DIVA, ~scope, and the LA Art Fair.

Curated by Janet Bellotto, Nature in the Garage features ten artists who utilize a garden shed to investigate and interpret conditions of the natural environment through various urban settings in Toronto. The paradigm between art and environment through this common cultural icon is explored by artists from Canada, Australia, Japan and Taiwan.

Life According to David Fried as observed by Christopher Chambers

Group exhibition at the Lab Gallery, the Roger Smith Hotel in New York. Curators notes by D. Dominick Lombardi.

Transmutations and Plastic Fantastic at SICA in Long Branch, New Jersey by D. Dominick Lombardi.

Kadar Brock at BUIA Gallery in New York by D. Dominick Lombardi.

Sasha Chermayeff and Chuck Bowdish at Sideshow Gallery in Williamsburg by Jeanne Wilkinson.

Sheila and Nicholas Pye at Kkasia Kay Art Projects in Chicago by Liam Rosewood.

Light-based objects and installations aat the Anderson Gallery in Richmond, Virginia by George Cruger.

Bill FitzGibbons' public art installation in an underpass in San Antonio, Texas, by Liam Rosewood.

The paintings of John Brown at Olga Korper Gallery in Toronto by Gary Michael Dault.

Ambitious arts programs at Virginia Commonwealth University are energizing and vitalizing Richmond’s burgeoning art scene. From the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts to art galleries on Broad and Main Streets, and to VCU’s own facilities, such as the Anderson Gallery and Solvent Space, there is a vigor in Richmond arts culture, disproportionate to its size

D. Dominick Lombardi does the Miami Beach art fair circuit from scope and Aqua to Art Basel Miami and more...

Steve Jones looks at the MFA arts programs at Virginia Commonwealth University and their remarkable ascent in ranking among colleges and universities across the U.S.

Cece Cole at Solvent Space in Ricmond, Virginia by D. Dominick Lombardi

The work of San Antonio painter Ricky Armendariz by Arturo Almeida

The Lucille Halsell Conservatory of San Antonio Botanical Garden designed by Emilio Ambasz by Michael Klein

The paintings of Wai Ching Lam at Blue Star in San Antonio by D. Dominick Lombardi

Eldon Garnet’s published Impulse Magazine from 1975 to 1990 by Janet Bellotto

An interview with artist Gloria Kisch on her show at Dorfman Projects in New York by Christopher Chambers

Rodney Dickson’s exhibition at M.Y. Art Prospects, New York City by Hisa Yamamoto

A look at the college-affiliated art galleries in the Hudson Valley by Elizabeth Stephens

The Parco Horcynus Orca, an ancient fortress in Sicily, is the site for an exhibition by artists from Northern Africa and Italy by D. Dominick Lombardi

I never got to ride on the carousel, aerial tram, nor on any horses for that matter, in Brackenridge Park, while I was in San Antonio. It would have been nice to go through the Japanese Tea Gardens with its winding walkways, stone bridges, and pools in what was once a rock quarry. No complaints.

A lively art scene with bourgeoning museums, San Antonio serves up an array of cultural choices by virtue of its unique geographical positioning in North America

For 50 years, true to the vision of Marion Koogler McNay, this remarkable museum embraces both the 19th century and the new

An 1851 historic site and functioning since 1965, the school’s mission is to provide studio art classes for all

A non-profit, non-collecting art center, Blue Star continues to be an incubator for contemporary art since its inception in 1985

Through its Artist-in-Residency program nine artists live and work in San Antonio for two months to create pivotal art projects

European antiquities, an impressive Asian collection, and Latin American Art that spans 4,000 years of history—and much more

Iris has her own way of ferreting out the seamy truths of art by Iris Seymour

Group Show at SICA curated by D. Dominick Lombardi by Valery Oisteanu

Angiola Churchill and Sarah Haviland by Thalia Vrachopoulos

The Social Discourses of Joey Krebs by Craig Stephens

The walking art of Lisa Salem by Craig Stephens

Sculpture by Steinunn Thórarinsdóttir at the lab gallery in New York by D. Dominick Lombardi

Persona Volare at the Canadian Cultural Centre in Paris by Janet Bellotto

The Present of Koichi Hiraki at Gallery Tubaki, Ginza, Tokyo by Hideharu Ogawa–Translated by Masato Fujii

Tatsumi Hijikata’s Butoh Surrealism of the Flesh Ontology of the "Body" at Taro Okamot Museum of Art, Japan by Keinosuke Murata-Translated by Gavin Frew

In my recent travels though LA and New York art venues the most arousing and enflaming work I saw was Tom Patchett's "stagewerk," which is built around the life of the late artist and cult celebrity Joseph Beuys. It is a work for those who do not know much about Beuys and for those who do; for those who believe there is a crisis in the arts and for those who do not. It should be seen by those who are Beuys fans and even more so by those who are not. I am one who did not know much, believes there is a crisis, and who was not a fan.

at the AGO by Gary Michael Dault

at Angles Gallery by Jody Zellen

Karin Bubas at Monte Clark by Corinna Ghaznavi

D. Dominick Lombardi at Lisa Boyle by Claire Lieberman

Jeff Vespa at Traction Gallery by Craig Stephens

Peter Frank tracks the recent work of veteran abstract expressionist Michael Goldberg through three essentially simultaneous shows at art galleries in Los Angeles, New York, and Chicago.

With the passing of Don Giffen at age 53, Bruce Bauman celebrates the artist's achievements and life philosophy.

Art making and art writing by the creatively ambidextrous are presented in a NY Arts Gallery show curated this winter by Jill Conner and Gae Savannah.

Clayton Campbell attends the arrival of Disney Hall and its musical inauguration with the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

Saturation: Empires Within and Out by Andrew Choate

Jean Lowe at Rosamund Felsen Gallery.

The Eclectic Eleven by Craig Stephens

Group Show at Andrewshire Gallery.

Alphatrope to Zeotrope by Craig Stephens

The Clayton Brothers.

Walter Anderson: Centennial 1903-2003 by Jeanne C. Wilkinson

Walter Anderson at Luise Ross Gallery.

Darker Gardens by Christopher Chambers

Gé-Karel van der Sterren Henry Urback Architecture.

Jeanne Thib at Leo Kamen

by Gary Michael Dault

Toronto Gallery Tour by Steve Rockwell

In a contemplation of war and its metaphors, Bruce Bauman seeks solace in a journey through LA's galleries and museums.

Jody Zellen examines Bill Viola's quest to parallel the great masters' achievements in the range of human emotion using new technology.

George Melrod reflects on the work of painter Laura Owens and her much-discussed position in contemporary art.

Stacen Berg puzzles over his intricately-painted numerical systems Great Waves at the Metropolitan Museum.

Jeanne Wilkinson meditates on the Chinese themes in the arts of Korea and Japan at the Met

Tourists and Tours: Missing Attractions by Andrew Choate

Tomoko Takahashi at UCLA Hammer Museum.

Dogs by Corinna Ghaznavi

Sherri Hatt Art Gallery of Mississauga.

Boulevard of Broken Dreams by Craig Stephens

The art of Gottfreid Helnwein.

Submerge by Corinna Ghaznavi

Marianne Lovink at Definitely Superior Gallery.

Living to Have Art and Collecting as a Vice by Christopher Chambers

Interviews with Steve Shane and Gail Rothman.

LA International Invitational

The participating galleries and sponsors.

A retrospective of Gerhard Richter's work at MoMA in New York inspires writer Bruce Bauman to reflect on the role of the art critic in contemporary society.

Clayton Campbell surveys the photographic works of Thomas Struth and his commanding retrospective at MOCA in Los Angeles.

Curator Koan-Jeff Baysa tackles the themes of grief and catharsis with an exhibition at Pamela Auchincloss/Project Space. Dominique Nahas reports.

Los Angeles performance artist Skip Arnold speaks with Craig Stephens about the joys and stresses of his craft.

Dominique Nahas surveys the largest Whitney Biennial since 1981. Lawrence Rinder, the biennial's chief curator, has presented the work of 113 artists and collaborative teams

A pictorial survey of drawings by the late Willem de Kooning at MOCA in Los Angeles, curated by Paul Schimmel and Connie Butler. Clayton Campbell introduces this grouping of drawings, which centers on the years 1952-53.

The musings of American expatriate Cy Twombly on the 16th-century battle at Lepanto are displayed in painterly form at Gagosian Gallery in Chelsea. Robert Mahoney reports.

Craig Stephens, based in LA, explores the emergence of Los Angeles as an art center in light of the continuing dominance of New York as the global epicenter of art.

Jody Zellen at Deep River

Monique Prieto at ACME

Steve Criqui at Lemon Sky Projects

Marina Forstmann Day at Don O'Melveny

2002 Biennial Whitney

Cy Twombly at Gagosian

Kate Shepherd at Galerie Lelong

Kiki Seror at I-20

Wlodzimierz Ksiazek at Hartwick College

Enoc Perez at Dee Glasoe

Don Jean-Louis at Zypr

Lisa Klapstock at Peak

Starting Now at 64 Steps, West Wing, Gallery 1313 and Art Systems

The LA County Museum of Art has mounted four decades of art from the Eli and Edythe L. Broad collections, deemed one of the top ten private art collections in the world. George Melrod reports.

The Museum of Modern Art's presentation of Alberto Giacometti was the first major New York City museum exhibition of the Swiss artist in almost three decades. dART presents a pictorial survey of some the major pieces from this spectacular exhibition.

The Australian installation artist Bronia Iwanczak presented Exit/Salida at Highways Performance Space and Gallery in Santa Monica as part of LA International last summer. Bruce Bauman delves into Iwanczak's probes of national identity and individual psychic borders.

Clayton Campbell at Patricia Correia

Axiomatic Arcade at Track 16

Bill Barminski at Robert Berman

Todd Brainard at Roberts & Tilton

David Ireland at Christopher Grimes

David Remfry at Neuhoff Gallery

Leslie Lerner at Littlejohn Contemporary

Kevin Appel at Marianne Boesky

Angelo Filomeno at Audiello Fine Art

Ellen Cantor at Marcus Ritter

Düsseldorf

Stefanie Mayer Simon Spiekermann

Paris

Suzanne Lafont at Anne de Villepoix

Angela Grauerholz at Olga Korper

Vice Squad at YYZ

Claude Cabri at MEG

The Brooklyn Museum hosts a survey of Leon Golub's painting, often a gritty depiction of the world of mercenaries and terrorists. Jeanne Wilkinson infiltrates.

In his first New York display since his participation in the now-infamous Sensation show, Ron Mueck keeps his focus on self and family with two works, a large mask and a small figure. Robert Mahoney explores.

LA County Museum hosts Cuban photography after the revolution. Clayton Campbell views the work of three generations of Cuban photographers since Castro's ascent to power.

Clayton Campbell surveys Public Offerings, breakthrough works by young artists who achieved prominence in the '80s and early '90s.

Michal Rovner at Shoshana Wayne by Bruce Bauman

Jacob Hashimoto at Patricia Faure by Jody Zellen

Suzan Woodruff at William Turner Shana Nys Dambrot

Ed and Nancy Kienholz at LA Louver by Clayton Campbell

Luke A. Murphy at Canada, NYC by Carl Skelton

Inka Essenhigh at Mary Boone by Robert Mahoney

Judith Lahares at Edward Thorpe by Christopher Chambers

Greg Curnoe at the Art Gallery of Ontario by Corinna Ghaznavi

Sue Lloyd and Kelly McCray at TPW by Corinna Ghaznavi

Ric Evans at Sable-Castelli by Steve Rockwell

Sharon Switzer at Koffler by Gary Michael Dault

Daniela Steinfeld at Vous Etes Ici by Anne Rodler

Clint Roenisch peruses a hundred More Famous Drawings by Winnipeg artist Marcel Dzama at Olga Korper Gallery in Toronto.

A visit by Robert Curcio to Robert Longo's studio finds the artist continuing his fascination with drawing, a departure from his '80s work.

Christopher Miles offers the work of the late Los Angeles painter Patrick Hogan for consideration and evaluation.

Canada's Cold War Museum, formerly a fall-out shelter, becomes the site for an international exhibition of 13 artists. Maureen Korp goes underground to report.

Clayton Campbell surveys Superflat, an exhibition of 19 manga-influenced artists and designers at MOCA/PDC in Los Angeles.

Sandow Birk at Koplin by Jeremy Rosenberg

Mary Milelzcik at Highways by Clayton Campbell

Off the Hook at S.K. Gallery by Bruce Bauman

Innerspace 4 by Shana Nys Drambot

Gary Stephan at Baumgartner by Christopher Chambers

Luca Buvoli/Jeffrey Lependorf at Queens Museum by Dominique Nahas

Christian Marclay at Paula Cooper by Robert Mahoney

Altoids Collection at newmuseum by Christoher Chambers

Michael Snow at White Box by Carl Skelton

Martin Mull at David Beitzel by Jeanne C. Wilkinson

Marcel Dzama at Olga Korper by Clint Roenisch

Sarindar Dhaliwalat Edward Day by Corinna Ghaznavi

Alex Cameron at Moore Gallery by Gary Michael Dault

Persona Volare by Corinna Ghaznavi

Clayton Campbell considers Damien Hirst's recent work at New York's Gagosian Gallery in Chelsea and its impact on contemporary art .

The maven of Op, Bridget Riley, and her linear legacy are examined by Jeanne C. Wilkinson, who covers Riley's shows at the DIA Center for the Arts and Pace/Wildenstein.

Dominique Nahas considers the impact of recent advances in genetic sciences on the art world through Exit Art's Paradise Now exhibition in Soho.

The Walker Art Center in Minneapolis and the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris collaborate on a web portal. Carl Skelton surfs.

Paul McCarthy at Patrick Painter by Jody Zellen

Don Giffin at Christopher Grimes by Bruce Bauman

Inventional at Angles by Shana Nys Dambrot

James Welling at Regen Projects by Jody Zellen

Damien Hirst at Gagosian by Clayton Campbell

Bridget Riley at DIA Center for the Arts by Jeanne C. Wilkinson

Paradise Now at Exit Art by Dominique Nahas

Jenny Gage at Luhring Augustine by Robert Mahoney

Richard Klein at Caren Golden by Dominique Nahas

Cornford & Cross at Nikolai Fine Art by Steve Rockwell

Bruce Nauman/Rodney Graham at DIA Center for the Arts by Jeanne C. Wilkinson

Lucinda Devlin at Paul Rodgers/9W by Dominique Nahas

Pastoral Pop1 at the Whitney Museum at Philip Morris by Christoher Chambers

Charles Yuen at Harris by Christopher Chambers

Joanne Tod at Sable-Castelli by Steve Rockwell

Shary Boyle at Paul Petro by Corinna Ghaznavi

Thick Skinned at Gallery 44 by Corinna Ghaznavi

The Collective Unconscious York Quay by Corinna Ghaznavi

Rick Prol reflects on the tumultuous flowering of New York's East Village art scene, and his connection to some its luminaries.

Dominique Nahas surveys the work of Nam June Paik, one of the seminal figures of media-based installation art, at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York.

The work of two LA-based artists, Robert Heinecken and Robert Therrien, is considered by Clayton Campbell at their recent exhibition at the LA County Museum of Art.

Robert Curcio "discovers" the work and person of London-based artist Angela de la Cruz.

Donald Moffett & Sister Corita at UCLA Hammer by Bruce Bauman

Charles LaBelle at Roberts & Tilton by Jody Zellen

Barry McGee at UCLA Hammer by Jeremy Rosenberg

J.S.G. Boggs at Frumkin/Duval by Bruce Bauman

Dennis Hopper at Craig Crull by Shana Nys Drambot

Nam June Paik at the Guggenheim by Dominique Nahas

Michal Rovner at the Whitney Biennial by Dominique Nahas

David Humphrey at McKee by Christopher Chambers

Ugo Rondinone at Matthew Marks by Robert Mahoney

Afrika at I-20 by Dominique Nahas

Sandrine Guérin at Karen McCready by Dominique Nahas

H.C. Westermann at Lennon Weinberg by Jeanne C. Wilkinson

Maja Lisa Engelhardt at DCA by Jeanne C. Wilkinson

Tracey Moffatt at Robert Birch by Corinna Ghaznavi

David Bolduc and Napoleon Brousseau at Angell Gallery by Corinna Ghaznavi

Celia Neubaur at Leo Kamen by Corinna Ghaznavi

Redrospective at Red Head by Corinna Ghaznavi

Allan Switzer at Monte Clark by Ross MacDonald

The work of Laura Owens is examined in light of its "purposiveness" by Los Angeles writer Jan Tümlir.

Clayton Campbell surveys Ireland's contemporary cultural scene and the emergence of a new generation of visual artists.

Robert Curcio looks at the appropriation art of New York artist Mike Bidlo and his recent St. Duchamp series.

Dominique Nahas discusses the visceral art of Viennese Actionists Gunter Brus and Hermann Nitsch and their recent exhibition at White Box in Chelsea.

Sadie Benning, Mark Bradford, Sean Landers, Julie Becker, Jack Pierson, and others are featured in an installation curated by Sima Familant at Greene Naftali in Chelsea. Carl Skelton reports.

Rev. Ethan Acres at Patricia Faure by Bruce Bauman

Anita Dubeat Patricia Correia by Bruce Bauman

Shirin Neshat at Patrick Painter by Bruce Bauman

Guy Limoneat Kohn Turner by Jody Zellen

Annica Karlsson Rixonat Angles by Jody Zellen

William Leavitt at Margo Leavin by Jody Zellen

Maix Mayer at half a dozen rose by Shana Nys Dambrot

Abject Edge at Ruth Bachofner by Shana Nys Dambrot

Maurizio Pellegrin at the Esso Gallery by Dominique Nahas

Gunter Brus and Hermann Nitsch at White Box by Dominique Nahas

Carl Skelton at Gaga by Dominique Nahas

A Place Called Lovely at Greene Naftali by Carl Skelton

Cecily Kahn at The Painting Center by Jeanne C. Wilkinson

Jenny Saville at Gagosian by Christopher Chambers

Krzysztof Zarebski at Pardo Sheehan by Christopher Chambers

Rudi Molacek at Klemens, Gasser & Tanja Grunert by Christopher Chambers

Stan Douglas at The Power Plant by Corinna Ghaznavi

Sign Languageat Olga Korper by Corinna Ghaznavi

Harold Klunder at Sable-Castelli by Steve Rockwell

Sandra Meigs at Susan Hobbs by Corinna Ghaznavi

For a host of reasons LA has vaulted into a position as the new megalopolis, a megacity of the 21st century characterized by decentralization and the lack of a clear ethnic majority.

by Clayton Campbell

The LA International Invitational

How does the recent flowering of the Color Field hold up against the movement's roots? Michael Duncan peruses the field to suggest a widening in the spectrum of current contributors.

Carl Skelton tracks Diana Thater's camera movements through the Project Room at the Museum of Modern Art of her installations, The best animals are the flat animals and The best outside is the inside.

Dominique Nahas weighs the impact of Jackson Pollock's contribution to modern art against its blockbuster presentation at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

April Kingsley has found perfection to be a persistently recurring theme of contemporary art and explores its manifestation through eight recent New York exhibitions.

Alison Van Pelt at Robert Berman by Jeremy Rosenberg

Steve DeGroodt at Remba by Christopher Miles

Amy Adler at MOCA by Jody Zellen

Tony Tasset at Christopher Grimes by Jody Zellen

E Chen at Richard Telles by Jody Zellen

Salomon Huerta at Patricia Faure by Jody Zellen

Anders A at Highways Performance Space by Bruce Bauman

Victor Ekpuk at 18th Street Arts Complex by Bruce Bauman

Graciela Sacco at World House Gallery by Dominique Nahas

Lisa Bartolozzi and Heather McGill at Knoedler & Company by April Kingsley

Ann Appleby and Jacquelyn McBain at Littlejohn Contemporary by April Kingsley

Jason Young at Cristinerose by April Kingsley

Oliver Marsden at Spencer Brownstone by April Kingsley

Malene Bach at DCA Gallery by April Kingsley

Lisa Bradley at Donahue/Sosinski by April Kingsley

Carol Ross and Janos Gat at A.I.R. Gallery by April Kingsley

Clay Realists at Nancy Margolis by April Kingsley

Victoria Civera at Elga Wimmer by Jeanne C. Wilkinson

Helen O'Leary at Michael Gold by Jeanne C. Wilkinson

Ann Craven at Curt Marcus by Christopher Chambers

Augustus Goertz at Rentschler/Law by Christopher Chambers

Mike Hansen at Lonsdale by Earl Miller

Becky Singleton at Christopher Cutts by Corinna Ghaznavi

Gunilla Josephson and the Canadian Shield by Corinna Ghaznavi

Rebecca Diederichs at Tableau Vivant by Corinna Ghaznavi

Tom Burrows at Bau-Xi by Steve Rockwell

Corinna Ghaznavi examines Artists' Projects from the Fabric Workshop and Museum in Philadelphia. Chris Burden, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Renee Green, Mona Hatoum, Jim Hodges, Glenn Ligon and Yukinori Yanagi signal a politicization of fabric and texile work.

Steve Rockwell views the 1994 Rwanda massacre through Alfredo Jaar's presentation of The Eyes of Gutete Emerita.

Jan Tümlir takes in Martin Kippenberger's The Last Stop West at MAK Center in Los Angeles and probes some of the myths behind the prodigious Kippenberger personality.

Carl Skelton takes the pulse of painting at Matthew Marks and Pat Hearn Galleries in New York at Painting Now and Forever Part I.

Stephen Berens at ACME by Christopher Miles

Andrea Bowers at the Santa Monica Museum of Art by Jody Zellen

Maxwell Hendler at Patricia Faure by Steve Rockwell

6 Emerging Artists at Dan Bernier by Steve Rockwell

Takashi Murakami at Blum & Poe by Michael Darling

Kenny Scharf at Kantor Gallery by Steve Rockwell

Liz Larner at Regen Projects by Steve Rockwell

Liesbeth Bik and Jos van der Pol at Greene-Naftali by Carl Skelton

Naked & Famous at Jessica Frederiks by Steve Rockwell

Robert Colescott at Phyllis Kind by Steve Rockwell

Fred Franzen at M-13 Gallery by Corinna Ghaznavi

Larry Johnson at I-20 by Steve Rockwell

Charles Long at Bonakdar Jancou Gallery by Steve Rockwell

Paullinacupana at Bill Maynes by Steve Rockwell

Jillian McDonald at A-Space by Corinna Ghaznavi

Made to Measure at Lonsdale Gallery by Corinna Ghaznavi

Yaleh Paxton-Harding and Eric Aurandt at Meg Gallery by Steve Rockwell

Peter Beard at Gallery One by Steve Rockwell

Layers at Wynick/Tuck by Earl Miller

Proof5 at Gallery 44 by Steve Rockwell

The January 1997 opening at the Dan Bernier Gallery in Santa Monica.

The NY Whitney Show travels to the Art Gallery of Ontario.

The January 1997 exhibition at Track 16 and Robert Berman Galleries at Bergamot Station in Santa Monica.

Lon Duva at Meg Gallery

Ed Zelenak at Christopher Cutts Gallery

Michelle Gay at Wave

Betty Goodwin at Sable-Castelli Gallery

Robert Mapplethorpe at Gallery One

Jules Olitski at Drabinsky & Freidland Gallery

Barbara Bloom at S.L. Simpson Gallery

Sandra Rechico at Cold City Gallery

René Pierre Allain at Lonsdale Gallery

Roland Brener at Olga Korper Gallery

Carl Skelton at U. of T. Scarborough

Milton Walker Jewell at Painted City Gallery

Paul Fournier at Mira Godard

Yam Lau & Gordon Labredt at Cold City

Clive D'Oliviera at Leo Kamen

Irene Fay at Stephen Bulger

Brain Multiples at Art Metropole

Alex Cameron at Moore Gallery

Michael Warren-Darley at James Allen Fine Art