Quick Hits

(be sure to check the other posts for shows that are still ongoing)

Julie Heffernan Heaven and Hell (Feb. 16 thru March 18) at P.P.O.W.

Shirazeh Houshiary (thru March 25) at Lehmann Maupin

Alfredo Jaar: Muxima (February 3 - March 18) at Galerie Lelong.

Dave MullerI WANT IT LOUDER (Feb. 24 - March 25) at Gladstone Gallery.

Tony Oursler: Thought Forms (February 25 - March 25) at Metro Pictures. Also at Nyehaus , TONY OURSLER: SOUND DIGRESSIONS IN SEVEN COLORS.

Michal Rovner: Fields of Fire (February 16 — March 18) at PaceWildenstein.

Joëlle Tuerlinckx: Drawing Inventory (February 25 – April 22) at the Drawing Center.

Beyond Green:Toward a Sustainable Art (February 2 – May 7) at the Museum of Arts and Design.

Without Boundary: Seventeen Ways of Looking (February 26–May 22, 2006) at the MoMA.

Wolfgang Tillmans: Freedom From The Known (Feb. 26 - May 29) at P.S.1

Louise Fishman (February 15 - March 25) at Cheim and Read.

Tomory Dodge: New Paintings (Feb. 17 - April 1) at CRG.

The Biennial Question

New York Magazine has a number of articles about the upcoming 2006 Whitney Biennial (March 2nd thru May 28th).

The Biennial Question by Mark Stevens

Ready to Watch ten artists likely to be around when the dust settles.

Greatest Snits: Biennial Stars (and Detractors)
By Emma Rosenblum

Who Are These People? by Karen Rosenberg
The art world’s JT LeRoys and odd collaborators say they’re subverting the system and examining identity issues. Is it just a coincidence that they get fabulous publicity too?

New York Times Reviews

The New York Times reviews Anne-Marie Schneider, Mika Rottenberg and Hiding in the Light. (all through February 25th)

Ricky Swallow and Jessica Stockholder at P.S.1

Read Contrasts in Sculpture, in Theme and in Medium by Ken Johnson of the New York Times.
Johnson reviews the Ricky Swallow and Jessica Stockholder shows at P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center.

You can see more of Swallow's work here.
More info on Stockholder here.

Moral Minority-William Kentridge

From New York Magazine
Why is the art world so drawn to William Kentridge? Because he’s the rarest of political artists: a subtle, funny one. By Mark Stevens.

Fifty working drawings and fragments used in Kentridge's creation of scenic design and animation for The Magic Flute can be seen at the Marian Goodman Gallery thru Feb 25th.

Quick Hits

"Molly Davies: Retrospective of Video Installation Works" thru 2/18 at ZONE: Chelsea, Center for the Arts .

"Alexander Calder: From Model to Monument" at PaceWildenstein thru March 4, 2006

Natalie Frank at Briggs Robinson thru 3/11.

Walid Raad / The Atlas Group "The Dead Weight of a Quarrel Hangs:Documents from The Atlas Group Archive" at The Kitchen thru 3/11.

Mika ROTTENBERG at Nicole Klagsbrun thru 2/25.

"emotional landscape" at the Rotunda thru 3/11.

"Threads of Memory" at the Dorsky Gallery thru 4/17.

Tim Davis "Illilluminations" at Greenburg Van Doren thru 3/18.

The Imagery of Chess Revisited

The Imagery of Chess Revisited and Chess Set Design Competition Prototypes are now on view at The Noguchi Museum thru April 16, 2006.

More info at artnet.

Four Exhibitions at ICA

There are four exhibitions currently on display at the Institute of Contemporary Art at the University of Pennsylvania thru March 26.


Ingrid Calame. You can see more of her work here.



Holiday Home, Ben van Berkel and Caroline Bos
, founders of the UN Studio. Interview here.



Gone Formalism includes the work of Liz Larner, Gitte Schafer, Mark Grotjahn and others.



Brian Tolle. A 2001 interview & pictures of his work can be found here.

Quick Hits

Be sure to check out the previous quick hits post for shows that may still be going on

OBSESSIVE DRAWING at the American Folk Art Museum (thru 3/19).

Beyond Green: Toward a Sustainable Art at the Museum of Arts and Design (thru/7).

Skin is a Language at the Whitney Museum of American Art (thru 5/21)

Francis Picabia at Michael Werner (thru 4/15)

Leon Golub at Ronald Feldman (thru 3/18)

Space Boomerang at the Swiss institute (thru 3/9)

David Smith

Holland Cotter reviews "David Smith: A Centennial", on view through May 14 at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. Mark Stevens reviews it here.

New Yorker Listings

The Art listings from the New Yorker Magazine for 2/13 and 2/20 are now available.

New York Times Art in Review

Reviews include:
Mike Cloud at Max Protetch (thru 2/11)
and Roxy Paine at James Cohan (thru 2/25)
The Roxy Paine show is also reviewed by David Cohen here.