It's the peak of the drop art season and at times it can feel like new exhibits are opening virtually every day. whether you're wondering approximately what to go and see,WNYC's art critic Deborah Solomon recommends two shows.
First, an extensive show at the Museum of contemporary Art featuring the work of artist Walid Raad."Part of it is performance, or he is actually there and he walks us through the atrium of the museum giving us lectures approximately the various failings of the contemporary world," said Solomon. "He's a charming performer and for me that was the tall point of the show."Solomon's second pick is an exhibit at the Frick Collection that is the first major U.
S. show of the Italian painter Andrea del Sarto."It consists mostly of drawings and mostly of red chalk drawings," said Solomon. "He was able to capture skin and cloth and the surface of things very convincingly."Listen to more of Solomon's reviews of the two shows by clicking on the audio link.
Study for the Head of Julius Caesar by Andrea del Sarto from around 1520.
(The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Art Resource, or NY)
Andrea del Sarto's "Portrait of a Young Man" from around 1517.
(The National Gallery,London/The National Gallery, London)
Source: wnyc.org