by Ann Landi | Apr 8, 2019 | Under the Radar
When Susan English was three or four years old, she lived in Belgium with her family for a couple of years. Years later she still remembers a babysitter named Hele placing a candle inside a child’s play igloo. “It made a big impression on me,” English says. “The light...
by Ann Landi | Mar 31, 2019 | Features
For nearly two weeks now I’ve been staring on and off at a photo of comedian Amy Schumer on the front page of the New York Times Sunday “Arts & Leisure” section. She is hugely, triumphantly pregnant, cradling her baby bump in one meaty hand. Her wavy hair streams...
by Ann Landi | Mar 24, 2019 | Under the Radar
Judy Signunick It’s a rare contemporary artist who dares grapple with literary masters. Cy Twombly summoned the ancient classics through a series of paintings that pay homage to the gods and heroes of Greek mythology. Frank Stella has been inspired by the 18th-century...
by Ann Landi | Mar 17, 2019 | Features
Deep in the heart of Bushwick, Michael David’s residencies offer an intense experience that may take your art to new levels. “A cross between Black Mountain and Project Runway” is the way Michael David sums up the residencies he’s been sponsoring about four...
by Ann Landi | Mar 4, 2019 | Features
In the third iteration of this series, I noted that the possibilities for drawing have expanded hugely in the last century or so. Picasso made drawings with a small electric light in a darkened room. Calder’s Circus can be seen as an assemblage of three-dimensional...
