The busy calendar of fairs and auctions in May makes New York City an attractive hub of activity for the art crowd. But if a breather is needed or desired, a day trip may be in order. Here are a few art destinations worth considering. Zimmerli Art Museum, New Brunswick, …
Fred Eversley, a sculptor who used a technique dating back to Isaac Newton to make otherworldly discs of tinted resin, died on March 14 in Manhattan. He was 83. His death, in a hospital, was confirmed by his wife, Maria Larsson, who said that he died after a brief illness. …
The European Fine Art Fair in Maastricht describes itself as a fair that spans 7,000 years of art history. For a long time, those 7,000 years mainly encompassed pre-20th-century objects: Egyptian figurines, Roman busts, African masks and Rococo clocks. In the last decade, responding to a major shift in collecting …
In the art world, getting younger people to look at very old paintings and sculptures has proved challenging. How can a delicate Renaissance sculpture compete with the immediacy of artists posting on Instagram about work they’re doing right now? The art fair put on by the European Fine Art Foundation …
This week in Newly Reviewed, Travis Diehl covers Glenn Ligon and Julius Eastman’s music, Flint Jamison’s robotics and Marc Kokopeli’s unnerving TVs. Tribeca Julius Eastman and Glenn Ligon Through March 22. 52 Walker, 52 Walker Street, Manhattan; 212-727-1961, 52walker.com. The invective of Glenn Ligon’s tart neon signs — like the …
This week in Newly Reviewed, Walker Mimms covers Forrest Bess’s Jungian visions, Carroll Cloar’s mystical pointillism and Alex Hutton’s acrobatics. Upper East Side Forrest Bess Through Jan. 31. Franklin Parrasch Gallery, 19 East 66th Street, Manhattan; 212-246-5360, franklinparrasch.com. Two abstract painters flirted extra closely with Carl Jung’s belief that we …