From the Curb in Milwaukee: Usable Space

From the Curb in Milwaukee: Usable Space

It was a schizo week of art viewing for me that started with a trip to New York last Friday. I had been excited to hit the Lower East Side with the taste still in my mouth of Jerry Saltz’s assault in New York Mag on the Neo-Mannerist painting that has taken over the...
Art Criticism Today and Hopefully Also Tomorrow

Art Criticism Today and Hopefully Also Tomorrow

by Chicago Artist Writers Chicago Artist Writers hosted a workshop with Lori Waxman at Gallery 400 on March 14, 2013. The following is an attempt to collect some of the many illuminating moments of her two-hour lecture and Q&A session. “Today I’m going to talk...

If you want to comment on yesterday’s post….

I was wondering why I was getting some strange Facebook and Twitter friend/follower requests from the NYC-area….I’m sort of (okay a lot) embarrassed, but Jerry Saltz put a note responding to yesterday’s “Superstar” post on his Facebook...
Jerry Saltz: Superstar

Jerry Saltz: Superstar

(This one’s for Dmitry). Okay, yeah, I know — to describe Jerry Saltz as a “superstar” as I just did is to engage in more than a bit of hyperbole. But when it comes to Jerry (since everyone seems to feel like they’re on a first-name basis...