Khomenko forcefully responds to her war-torn Ukrainian homeland with complex compositions, lavish and varied brushwork, and avidity for color.
Gregory Volk
Gregory Volk is a New York-based art critic, freelance curator, and former associate professor in the Department of Sculpture + Extended Media and the Department of Painting + Printmaking at Virginia Commonwealth University.
A Maypole Dance for Dogs in Queens
Night and day converge, fantasy and reality, humans and animals, rigor and play in this exhibition that feels like a transportive and unfettered elsewhere.
10 Art Shows to See in New York This January
This month: Kelly Sinnapah Mary, Cynthia Lahti, the Met Museum’s rehung galleries, and more.
A Poignant Meditation on the Dance Marathon
Grace and elegance abound in Kambui Olujimi’s paintings on the phenomenon of the dance marathon, but so too do rugged drama and discomfort.
Rowan Renee Unearths Green-Wood Cemetery’s Forgotten Lives
The lots at the cemetery’s perimeter are marginal sites for people who, very likely, were marginalized during their lives.
A Cabinet of Curiosities, Minus the Cabinet
Nina Katchadourian’s Uncommon Denominator is one of the most unusual and engrossing shows that I’ve encountered in years.
What Is Hospitality in an Era of Crises?
I don’t know you like that: The Bodywork of Hospitality goes well beyond the conventional meaning of “hospitality” as generosity and conviviality.
Pussy Riot Rocks Reykjavík
Coursing through Velvet Terrorism is graphic evidence of how these spirited women have been constantly attacked by the patriarchy.
Two Sparse Brooklyn Exhibitions Probe the Elemental Forces of Life
Things have their own power and agency in the artist’s installation and humans are part of a complex world of life forms and materials.
Ken Lum Holds Up a Mirror to the World
With their sophisticated interplay between image, text, materials, color and driving ideas, Lum’s works often have a pronounced emotional impact.
Ascending Into the Realm of Naudline Pierre’s Mystical Paintings
Encountering Pierre’s dynamic, intensely colorful oil paintings, sculptures, and works on paper is like entering a spiritually charged, alternate world.
Terry Adkins’s Objects of Wonder
An exhibition at Paula Cooper Gallery underscores not only how engaging and innovative, but also influential and visionary Adkins really was, and remains.