Recent art writing by Dana Gordon:


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/blogs/dispatch/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