Alchemy in Matter and Paint

Upon entering Angelina Gualdoni’s recent solo show, “The Physic Garden,” at the Asya Geisberg Gallery in Chelsea, I was immediately transported through the paintings on view into, what felt like, an esoteric alchemical cellar in medieval Europe.

Whirling Form and Presentness at Five Myles Gallery

At Five Myles Gallery – a solo exhibition by Etty Yaniv in the front Plus/Space: “Into the Maelstrom”. In the main gallery, a four-person exhibition co-curated by Charlotta Kotik and Hanne Tierney. It matches up two sculptors, Gerard McCarthy and Gunnar Theeland with two painters, Kathleen Maximin and Michael Filan.

Thank You, Jennifer Guidi: An Indirect Spiritual Pursuit

Jennifer Guidi’s exhibition “Gemini” opened February 28th, 2020 at the Gagosian gallery in New York City. The exhibition was scheduled to close April 4th but was extended to May 30th due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Gemini is an ambitious large-scale exhibition, composed of paintings and a solitary architectural intervention.

Forming My Foundations: Coming of Age in the Art World, part 2

This is the second part of a three-part series featuring Elizabeth Murray, that traces Katherine Keltner’s experience in the art world through her work for key artists and an art historian and critic, all of whom have had significant impacts both on contemporary art in New York and beyond.

Seeing the World Anew: POVarts in the Studio with Diana Cooper

POVarts was fortunate to meet with New York artist Diana Cooper on the heels of her fantastic recent solo show, Sightings, at Postmasters Gallery. Sitting in Cooper’s studio, in The Old American Can Factory in the Gowanus neighborhood of Brooklyn, POVarts got to ask the artist questions about her recent work, studio practice, and upcoming projects.

Transforming Foregrounds, Figures and Forms

POVarts was lucky to interview Melissa Capasso in her studio and see her show Transformer, a solo exhibition of expressive and formally robust paintings and drawings at Sweet Lorraine Gallery by Melissa Capasso.

Cautionary Tales of Caprice

In his current exhibition, CAPRICE, on view at The Red Head Gallery, artist Ian Mackay, has his finger on the electrical pulse of our current socio-political ethos.