by Ann Landi | Jan 29, 2016 | Under the Radar
Barbara Rachko Barbara Rachko’s first career was about as far from the world of art as you can get. The daughter of working-class parents in suburban New Jersey, she earned her private pilot’s license at the age of 25 and then spent seven years in the...
by Ann Landi | Jan 22, 2016 | Under the Radar
Mark Sheinkman When I first met Mark Sheinkman nearly 20 years ago, he was making drawings with limited means—graphite, charcoal, erasers, and paper—and that choice of the most basic of tools has not changed much in two decades. His works are still predominantly black...
by Ann Landi | Jan 21, 2016 | Features
Afterthoughts on the 2015 Venice Biennale By Kim Levin Most reviews of the 2015 Venice Biennale came down hard on the curator’s “didactic,” “glum,” “joyless,” and un-spectacular show of conceptual, socially oriented works. It also disappointed those addicted to...
by Ann Landi | Jan 21, 2016 | Vasari21 Radio
Peter PlagensA provocative critic and painter reflects on 50 years in the art world SoundCloud Facebook Self-described curmudgeon and esteemed critic Peter Plagens talks to us about his 50-year career as both an artist and writer. Early on he befriended renegade...
by Ann Landi | Jan 21, 2016 | Features
Scams and Shams in the Art World: Part 2 The Bogus Biennial About a decade ago, in the wake of yet another failed romance, I decided to visit the Florence Biennale, an art extravaganza that has been in the works since 1997. A fellow art journalist was going, meeting...
