Tacita Dean at Norton Museum of Art
Dazzled, then puzzled. An absolutely captivating, visually and cerebrally stimulating, frequently quite hilarious few hours at the Tacita Dean show at the Norton–including a good hour chatting with the artist–and
Jenny Saville at the Norton
By Steven Scorpio As if drowning, the history of Western art flashes across the canvasses of Jenny Saville: the pale musculatures of Michelangelo, the agonies of Goya, De Kooning’s bravado,
Altered States at the Norton
“Altered States,” the Norton’s new show, messes with your head the minute you step into the museum. On the far wall of the building’s lobby a gargantuan, site-specific installation, Vibrating
Not Just a Side Show at the Norton
The location of a show of photography in a set of rooms subsidiary to Now WHAT? could foster the impression that it is of secondary value. It is most emphatically
Now WHAT? at the Norton
Charles Stainback, curator of photography at the Norton Museum of Art, told the opening night crowd for Now WHAT? that he’d wondered what the museum’s new director, Hope Alswang, would
Raymond Pettibon at Schmidt Center Gallery
For a show centered on the early, punk-inspired work of graphic artist Raymond Pettibon, the Schmidt Center Gallery at Florida Atlantic University has been tricked out in a style that
Vik Muniz at Whitebox
There is a gem-like little show of work by Vik Muniz, the Brazilian-born artist famous for large-scale photographs of images composed out of non-traditional materials—chocolate, glitter, dust, trash—at Whitebox, the
Nick Cave: Moving Spirits
BY Steven Scorpio Size counts in the art of fabric and multimedia artist Nick Cave, whose “sound suits” stand some seven feet tall. Also color—a dazzling palette of candy-like hues—and