Recent art writing by Dana Gordon:
August 8, 2024
https://newcriterion.com/2024/08/new-abstraction-or-old-genre/
New abstraction or old genre
On “Jill Nathanson: Chord Field” at Berry Campbell Gallery, New York
June 28, 2024
https://newcriterion.com/2024/
Phalanxes & temples
On “Kim Uchiyama: Loggia,” paintings at Helm Contemporary, New York
February 8, 2024
https://www.ideelart.com/magazine/notes-and-reflections-on-rothko-in-paris-by-dana-gordon
Notes and Reflections on Rothko in Paris
December 7, 2023
https://newcriterion.com/2023/12/another-bronze-age/
Another Bronze Age
On “Personage: Bronze Sculptures by Mark LaRiviere,” at the New York Artists Equity Gallery.
November 18, 2022
https://newcriterion.com/blogs/dispatch/ab-ex-lives
Ab Ex Lives
On “Life in Action,” recent paintings by Francine Tint at the National Arts Club.
September 24, 2022
https://newcriterion.com/blogs/dispatch/old-master-of-new-abstraction
Old Master of new abstraction
On “Ronnie Landfield: Recent Works” at Findlay Galleries in New York.
May 4, 2022
https://newcriterion.com/blogs/dispatch/slabs-brushstrokes
Slabs & brushstrokes
On Hans Hofmann and Nicolas de Staël.
How Hans Hofmann stole from Nicolas de Staël.
May 2, 2022
https://www.nysun.com/article/scott-kahns-intensely-unique-voice-haunts-manhattan
Scott Kahn’s Intensely ‘Unique Voice’ Haunts Manhattan
Although there is a great variety of subject, his work changes little in its basic vibe or its look. It does not lose for this steadiness, always containing simmering drama.
April 18, 2022
https://www.nysun.com/article/the-single-best-work-in-the-whitney-biennial
The Single Best Work in the Whitney Biennial
In the show of 63 artists, about 10 are working in this old-fashioned sense of painting. The one who addresses the art of painting in the purest and most complete way possible is James Little.
April 10, 2022
https://www.nysun.com/article/thornton-willis-illuminating-the-future-of-abstract-art
Thornton Willis, Illuminating the Future of Abstract Art
These shows confirm Willis’s preeminence even while his work already resides at the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum, and the Guggenheim Museum.
Earlier art writing by Dana Gordon:
https://danagordon.net/Dana_Gordon_art_writings.html