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Art

Charles Seliger with Phong Bui and John Yau

by Phong Bui and John Yau

Art

Rail publisher Phong Bui and art editor John Yau talk with painter Charles Seliger about his life and work in conjunction with the current exhibit of his new paintings at Michael Rosenfeld Gallery.

Whitney Biennial 2006: Day for Night

by Robert C. Morgan, Hrag Vartanian, Stephanie Buhmann, William Powhida, and Ellen Pearlman

Art

The 2006 Whitney Biennial had the potential to harness a subversive undercurrent with only a slight (if radical) reinterpretation of its curatorial premise, Day for Night.

David Smith: a Centennial

by Karen Wilkin

Art

In 1943, reviewing a group show of sculpture at Buchholz and Willard Galleries for The Nation, Clement Greenberg wrote that David Smith’s work “puts in the shade almost everything else.”

Robert Rauschenberg Combines

by Paul Mattick

Art

In 1962 Andy Warhol made a portrait of Robert Rauschenberg, titled Let Us Now Praise Famous Men.

Stephen Westfall with John Yau

by John Yau

Art

On the occasion of his new exhibit at Lennon Weinberg, Inc., which will be on view until April 22, Rail art editor John Yau visited Stephen Westfall’s loft/studio last week to discuss his life and work.

Tribute to Paul Gulielmetti (1947–2005)

by Harriet Shorr, George Negroponte, and Bob Holman

Art

Paul Gulielmetti was an extraordinary lawyer who not only knew the law, he understood what was right. He loved downtown New York.

Amy Sillman with Phong Bui

by Phong Bui

Art

In the midst of her preparation for the upcoming solo exhibit at Sikkema Jenkins & Co. from April 8 to May 6, and the late April publication of her first book, Amy Sillman—Works on Paper (which includes drawings from the past ten years and is being published by Gregory R.

Chris Kraus in conversation with Denise Frimer

by Denise Frimer

Art

Denise Frimer sites down with Chris Kraus, the author of the novels I Love Dick, Aliens & Anorexia, and a collection of essays about the Los Angeles art world, Video Green.