Though its obituary was written a generation ago, abstraction is back with a vengeance in contemporary art. This week, I’ll look at a set of four solos and a small group effort at Robischon Gallery, ...

In the Curator’s Words is an occasional series that takes a critical look at current exhibitions through the eyes of curators. Anita Feldman, the deputy director for curatorial affairs at The San ...

Only yesterday, it seems, one could safely consider Minimalism to be art. Once the initial shock and irritation had passed, the insolent muteness of Donald Judd’s boxes, Frank Stella’s pinstripe ...

Miami’s evolution as a modern art hub has been meteoric and complicated. As the city that gave the world Miami Vice and UM football swag, it has gone from a display of international artistry that took ...

Beverly Pepper, Selected Works 1968–2015, installation view at Kayne Griffin Corcoran (image courtesy of the artist and Kayne Griffin Corcoran, Los Angeles; photo by Lee Thompson) Escape Attempts, ...

In the 1960s, while minimalism was draining the last bits of romanticism from American art, the home of the Renaissance experienced a kindred movement: “Arte Povera” (“poor art”). The three artists in ...

Could it be that the slick surfaces and lustrous finish fetish of high minimalism isn’t exactly suitable for the current atmosphere of economic austerity measures? Along with the painful recession ...

While our society is conditioned to believe that having things equates to happiness, materialism can actually do the exact opposite. And if you find yourself feeling like your home, and maybe even ...

Two pieces here act as touchstones. Downstairs a moonlike acrylic disc is lit by four spots. Robert Irwin’s installation hovers about a foot from the wall and the dancing shadows encourage us to move ...