Matthew Barney

Drawing Restraint 9 is the new film from Matthew Barney, and a collaboration with Bjork.
It is currently playing at the IFC Center. An extensive New York Times article can be found here.

You can see a preview here. More info here, here and here. A preview for Matthew Barney: No Restraint (a documentary about the making of Drawing Restraint) can be seen here.

Barney also has a show called “The Occidental Guest” at the Gladstone Gallery thru May 13th.
It contains new sculptures and drawings related to Drawing Restraint 9, plus the site-specific performance Drawing Restraint 13.

Barney talks about his influences here.

Art in Review

From the New York Times April 7th Art in Review, Roberta Smith looks at Nan Goldin's Chasing a Ghost (at Matthew Marks Gallery thru 4/22) and the group show "Women's Work" (at Greenberg Van Doren thru April 15th).

Energy/Experimentation

Holland Cotter reviews Energy/Experimentation at the Studio Museum in Harlem. Thru July 2nd

When Artists Say We

Ken Johnson reviews When Artists Say We at Artists Space thru April 29th.