
War of Independence
Why this critic might be done with the Independent Art Fair

Podcast: The Review Panel, March 5th, with Jennifer Coates, Karen E. Jones and Thomas Micchelli
shows reviewed included Maryam Jafri, left, at Kai Matsumiya

“The Impetus for Collage”: A conversation with Mickalene Thomas and Racquel Chevremont
The couple are co-curators of “The Aesthetics of Matter” at the 2018 Volta Art Fair
The Art Show at the Park Avenue Armory
Don’t wait until next week to get into fair mood: This year, for venue scheduling reasons, The Art Show, the ADAA’s annual outing at the Park Avenue Armory, precedes the onslaught on the piers—the other Armory. And, like years past, it’s proving to be the place for aesthetic delectation. For this reviewer it would be…

Drill Hall Delectations: The Art Show at the Armory
Don’t wait until next week to get into fair mood. The Art Show, through Sunday

Michael Landy’s Break Down, 2001, revisited for Sperone Westwater’s installation of Break Down Inventory
The installation is on view on the Lower East Side through March 10

Muscle Memory: Kim Dingle talks about her Blindfold paintings with Lucia Love Mooney-Martin
Her show at Sperone Westwater runs through March 3

Beyond Soot and Spit: Rethinking James Castle
An important show of his work at the New York Studio School on view through March 4

Sex and Play and Painting: Sarah Faux in conversation with Elena Sisto
“Painting is an Emotional Act” says Sarah Faux, whose show at Cuevas Tilleard runs through Saturday

The Review Panel is on Monday: See Moyer and Nakadate today, Jafri and Otero today or tomorrow
reviewing shows of Maryam Jafri, Carrie Moyer, Laurel Nakadate and Angel Otero