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Christian Marclay, The Clock, 2010. Single-channel video, 24 hours, still. Courtesy of Paula Cooper Gallery

Onward Christian Marclay: “The Clock” at MoMA, New Year’s Eve


Our 2011 review of this masterpiece, now showing with special 24 hour screenings through January 21


Christopher Kurtz, Litany, 2012. Bent and hand-carved maple, oak, cedar, and paint, 64 x 156 x 60 inches. Courtesy of Tomlinson Kong Contemporary

Carpentry at the Service of Art: Christopher Kurtz at Tomlinson Kong


Four-piece sculpture show runs on Bowery through September 8


Frank Stella, k.359, 2012. Mixed media, 124 x 111 x 77 inches. Courtesy of Freedman Art. © 2012 Frank Stella/ Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Frank Stella Evolves: The Scarlatti Series at Freedman Art


on view on the Upper East Side  through September 27.


Natalia Zourabova, Bakery, 2010. Acrylic on canvas, 230 x 130 cm. Courtesy of Niva Navon Public Relations and Productions

The Greenhouse Affect: Tel Aviv’s Fresh Paint Fair Showcases Young Talent


In its fifth year, the Israeli event is still shaking things up


Hugo McCloud, Judith, 2012. Patina, mixed media on copper sheet, 77 x 93 inches. Courtesy of Meulensteen Gallery.

A Curation of Curators: Young Curators, New Ideas at Meulensteen


A  multifarious show equates curatorial choice with artistic production


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Spatialism in Action: Lucio Fontana at Gagosian Gallery


His Ambiente Spaziale were on view in May and June


Ivor Abrahams, Privacy Plots III, 1972. Screen print. Image courtesy of Artnet

Pre-History: Artnet Articles from the 1990s on Bruce Pearson, Ivor Abrahams and Damien Hirst


In tribute to the magazine which closed this week


Jean Hélion, Equilibre, 1936. Oil on canvas, 44-7/8 x 57-7/8 inches. Courtesy of Schroeder Romero & Shredder

Permanent Transformation: Jean Hélion at Schroeder Romero & Shredder


Gem of an exhibition by this enigmatic French modernist is up through June 30


André Masson, Corrida au soleil, 1936. Oil on canvas, 29-3/8 x 50-3/4 inches. © 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris. Courtesy Blain Di Donna

“Desire Causes the Current to Flow”: André Masson’s Innovations in Taste


A twenty year survey of the Surrealist master at Blain/Di Donna through June 15


Installation shot of work by David Humphrey in the exhibition under review

Meth Lab of the Modern Psyche: Dr. Freud’s Consulting Room


In this Long Island University exhibition, artists run amok with the idea of Bergstrasse 19