Category: Man About Town

October 2, 2012 Professor Tom Wolf School is back, and so is the art season in New York, in full swing.  On my way around some much talked about shows in Chelsea and uptown, I have found a couple of gems that aren’t getting so much buzz but that are well worth visiting.  They also…

MAN ABOUT TOWN: November 2011 The winter art season in New York is in full swing, with more interesting exhibitions than any one person can see.  One major blockbuster is the vast survey of the career of William DeKooning at MoMA (through January 9). Beginning with early realist works he made while a youth in…

Per Kirkeby, Paintings, Michael Werner Gallery, 4 East 77th St., through October 29. Andy Warhol, Paintings of the 1970s, Skarstedt Gallery, 20 East 79th St., through October 22. Andy Warhol, Elizabeth Taylor, Gagosian Gallery, 522 West 21st St., through October 22. Roy Lichtenstein Entablatures, Paula Cooper Gallery, 524 West 21st St., through October 22. Doug…

There are some interesting shows in the Uptown galleries in Manhattan this spring.  Although Gagosian’s Kazemir Malevich and the American Tradition is a flimsy premise for a show—anything geometric by an American artist seems to qualify as being inspired by the pioneering Russian Constructivist painter—it is a large show with some great works, as well…

As the winter holidays approach New York art institutions are cutting loose with scads of fascinating exhibitions to attract tourists, locals and potential shoppers. At Gagosian uptown you can see John Currin’s recent paintings.  All sold, they feature finely rendered, sexually suggestive women—and sexually explicit women (with other women).  These surround the center-piece of the…

Lots of great shows in NYC now, including a chance to get a great dose of one of the masters of Pop, Roy Lichtenstein, who currently is featured in three choice exhibitions.  If you only can only see one of them, pick The Black and White Drawings at the Morgan Library (225 Madison Ave. at…

After looking at Judy Pfaff’s exhibition in Chelsea, don’t miss Dan Flavin’s light pieces at Paula Cooper (534 W. 21), and Sue Williams’ mini-retrospective the at 303 Gallery (547 W. 21).  It omits some highlights from her career, but she is a fine painter.  As much as she tries to gross you out, she always…

“Christian Marclay:  Festival”:  sounds and art works by a pioneer of turntable music.  See and hear Marcel Duchamp talk! (on film).  Ends September 26, but if you’re there by September 19 definitely check out the sleeper show of the summer on the 2nd floor: “Off the Wall:  Thirty Performance Actions,” featuring documentation in various media…

Prof. Tom Wolf will recommend various  gallery and museum exhibitions in New York City, as well as other art events of interest in the Hudson River Valley and elsewhere.  This will be a regular feature of the blog.