Category Archives: Don’t Miss

Judith Linhares: Riptide, Catalogue Essay for 2011 Exhibition at Ed Thorp Gallery

Posted on February 5, 2019 by Deven Golden

Here is another addition in my ongoing project to post writings previously not online. This month I’ve selected a catalogue essay written in 2011 in honor of Judith Linhares’ solo exhibition Hearts on Fire at P.P.O.W., which aptly opens on Valentines … Continue reading →

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Tower of Power

Posted on January 2, 2019 by Deven Golden

Hilma af Klint: Painting for the Future at the Guggenheim October 12, 2018 – April 23, 2019 Weeks after viewing the revelatory Hilma af Klint exhibition at the Guggenheim, three thoughts continue to circle around in my mind. First, naturally, … Continue reading →

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Wirsum 1984

Posted on September 12, 2017 by Deven Golden

I’ve been thinking a lot about Karl Wirsum lately. As luck would have it, a selection of his work titled Mr. Whatzit: Selections from the 1980s is currently showing at Derek Eller Gallery through October 8, 2017. What follows is … Continue reading →

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Unquiet Americans

Posted on April 22, 2015 by Deven Golden

From Pop to Punk: Peter Saul February 25th – April 25th, 2015 Venus Over Manhattan 980 Madison Avenue, FL 3 New York, New York 10075 Peter Saul, who will be 81 this year, has been happily making trouble for over … Continue reading →

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Brave the cold!

Posted on January 7, 2015 by Deven Golden

January in New York,  but with the temperature below twenty degrees, it feels more like Chicago. Fortunately, there are any number of exhibitions opening this month that are worth seeing. With that in mind, I wanted to do a quick … Continue reading →

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Modern Love

Posted on November 15, 2014 by Deven Golden

Henri Matisse: The Cut-Outs Museum of Modern Art October 12, 2014–February 8, 2015 Perhaps you are wondering if this show of late Matisse cut outs is worth it? Rather than writing a lengthy explanation of why, YES!, it most certainly … Continue reading →

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Dead Enders

Posted on August 30, 2014 by Deven Golden

“Italian Futurism, 1909 – 1944: Reconstructing the Universe” at the Guggenheim Museum, February 21 – September 1, 2014 “Degenerate Art: The Attack on Modern Art in Nazi Germany, 1937” at the Neue Galerie, March 13 – September 1, 2014 Will … Continue reading →

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Joan Mitchell x 2

Posted on June 28, 2014 by Deven Golden

Joan Mitchell: Trees May 15 – August 29, 2014 at Cheim & Read and Joan Mitchell: The Black Drawings and Related Works 1964 – 1967 May 8 – June 28 at Lennon, Weinberg, Inc.. Joan Mitchell (1925 – 1992) is … Continue reading →

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Fred W. McDarrah: Save the Village at Steven Kasher through March 8, 2014

Posted on February 22, 2014 by Deven Golden

I first happened on Fred W. McDarrah’s work in Steven Kasher’s booth at AIPAD in 2001, before Kasher even had a public gallery space.  Amongst that ocean of photographs, McDarrah’s straight ahead, black and white images immediately jumped out at … Continue reading →

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