Wifredo Lam Dreaming
Wifredo Lam (1902–1982) produced a unique and varied oeuvre that reflects his mixed African, Chinese and Cuban heritage. Over the…
David Ebony
David Ebony is the editor of snapSHOT of the Art World and a longtime Art in America staff member. He has written numerous features, reviews, and news items on artists including Per Kirkeby, Piero Gilardi, Antoni Tàpies, and Katharina Grosse. Ebony is also a columnist for the website Yale ARTbooks, Yale University Press. Ebony also contributes to Lacanian Ink, a journal of psychoanalysis and art, and Artnet. He is the author of monographs on a number of artists, including Emily Mason (Braziller, 2006); Botero: Abu Ghraib (Prestel, 2006); Craigie Horsfield: Relation (Jeu de Paume, 2006); and Carlo Maria Mariani (Edition Volker Huber, 2002). A former musician and songwriter, Ebony's 1983 composition "Gun Shaft City" was recorded by Roxy Music's Bryan Ferry and released in 2014.
Performa Biennial 2025: Three Live Gems
Performance art has come a long way since the anarchic actions of artists and poets of the Cabaret Voltaire in…
David Ebony’s Top 10: Autumn 2025
1.) Robert Longo, at Pace, Sept. 11–Oct. 25. Throughout his career, Robert Longo always seems to capture the Zeitgeist of…
Ben Shahn and the Art of Protest
The 1930s was a time of political crisis, when the specter of totalitarianism engulfed Europe and fueled fears of all…
Paloma’s Picassos
It seems fitting that Picasso Tête-à-tête—the first collaboration with the youngest of the artist’s four children, Paloma Picasso—would be the…
The Tropical Upper West Side: Adriana Varejão at the Hispanic Society Museum and Library
Climbing the stairs toward the grand terrace of the Hispanic Society Museum and Library, on Broadway between 155 and 156…
Nick Cave at Jack Shainman Gallery
To inaugurate its spectacular new downtown New York flagship space at 46 Lafayette Street, near City Hall, Jack Shainman Gallery…
Top 10 New York Gallery Exhibitions of 2024
1.) Bruce Nauman at Sperone Westwater. An exhibition of new works by Bruce Nauman always offered a unique and exhilarating experience if…
Stranger Things: The 2024 Venice Biennale
The Venice Biennale offers a more pleasant and far more potent experience after the feverish Vernissage. During those frenzied preview…
Malcolm Morley at Petzel Gallery
Those who knew him, even on a professional level, as I did, recognized that his eccentric, dynamic personality—full of wit…
Amei Wallach’s “Taking Venice”
Little-seen still photos and film footage of Rauschenberg at work make Taking Venice requisite viewing for anyone interested in American…
Czech-born, New York artist Pavel Kraus (1946-2024)
Known for abstract paintings, sculptures, and installations in encaustic, glass, marble, and experimental materials such as natural resins, Pavel Kraus…
Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing: The Whitney Biennial Top 10
One of the best reasons to visit this year's Whitney Biennial is Isaac Julien's immersive multiscreen video installation.
Wim Wenders’s “ANSELM”
Ostensibly a documentary about the formidable and influential German artist, the film is unapologetically engaged in the business of mythmaking.
David Ebony’s Top 10: Winter 2024
A prominent motif in the paintings are nocturnal snowfalls—allover compositions on canvas with slick surfaces made of countless layers of…
David Ebony’s Top 10: Spring 2022
Below is a selection of some of the most memorable New York City art exhibitions of the season. The list…
David Ebony’s Top 10: Summer 2021
This spring and summer, New York City’s art scene clearly began to recover its energy—and audiences—after a full year of…
David Ebony’s Top 10: Fall 2020
As New York City galleries and museums begin to reopen this fall, masks and social distancing are mandatory. Some proprietors…
Top 10 New York Gallery Exhibitions Caught In The Covid-19 Shutdown
Highlights of New York Contemporary Art Galleries at the Shutdown As Covid-19 spread, with social distancing restrictions in place and…
10 Highlights of the 2020 Armory Show
1. Tracey Emin at Galeria Lorcan O’Neill In this particular moment of apprehension and anxiety in the midst of the…
David Ebony’s 10 Highlights of The Art Show 2020
1. Pablo Picasso at Jeffrey H. Loria & Co. Each year The Art Show, hosted by the Art Dealers Association…