Susan Paul Firestone Are we looking at history? Are we open to images and stories in art that are unfamiliar and foreign? Can we learn from history that is outside of the Western art history narrative? Those are question posed by the Polish Artistic Director of documenta 14, Adam Szymwzyk. If you are an art enthusiast, you are by now …
Documenta 14: The Greek Show
George Waterman What a surprise it was to find the contemporary Athens Museum installed in the Fridericianum in Kassel, the central museum location of Documenta for 71 years. But there it is, a rousing and delightful look at contemporary Greek art. ANTIDORON. The EMST Collection “Antidoron” (αντίδωρον, literally the return of a gift). The small part of the Athens collection …
Abstract Sculpture by Women 1947-2016
Abstract Sculpture by Women 1947-2016 Talk about landing on your feet. When Paul Schimmel (1954-) was fired two years ago by our friend Jeffrey Deitch and the Board of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles after 22 years as Chief Curator he joined the British gallery Hauser & Wirth, and, last month the new Los Angeles gallery, now …