at the sign of The Pink Pig

Amateur Boxing And Bare Knuckle Art

[New York Peasant by Wilfrid: February 1, 2010]

I've been neglectful recently about reporting on my comings and goings and general immersion in the city's social whirl.  But I might mention that I've been up to broad-shouldered and manly things over the last week or so: watching boxing, attending a new Tony Fitzpatrick show, and so on.

Bauhaus Bonanza At MoMA

[New York Peasant by Wilfrid: December 21, 2009]

Maybe you've already attended the comprehensive Bauhaus blast at MoMA.  Half the city seemed to be there the evening I went.  And if you have, you saw some substantial works of art.

Holy Profanity! - From El Greco To Paul McCarthy

[New York Peasant by Wilfrid:  December 7, 2009]

There could hardly be two more contrasting exhibits to visit in one day than the ravishing lesson in Cretan religious iconography at the Onassis Cultural Center and Paul McCarthy's vigorous debasing of the Snow White legend at Hauser and Wirth.

Tim Burton: MOMA Follows The Money

[New York Peasant by Wilfrid:  November 23, 2009]

I left the crushed reception for the Tim Burton show at MOMA with a greater appreciation of him as an artist, and impressed by the volume as well as the inventiveness of his work.  So what's the problem?

Sweet Delight: Blake At The Morgan

[New York Peasant by Wilfrid: October 26, 2009]

The Morgan is not especially devoted to blockbuster shows, and the meticulous, detailed engravings and works on paper of William Blake do not lend themselves to Guggenheimish grandstanding.  Nevertheless, a good stream of citizens was flowing through the gallery when I visited.

Allan Kaprow's Pungent Rubber, Twombly's Ruins

[New York Peasant by Wilfrid:  October 19, 2009]

A few days are still left in which you may penetrate the doors of Hauser & Wirth on East 69th and plunge into the world of Allan Kaprow's "Yard."

From David Novros To Mr/Mrs P. Orridge

[New York Peasant by Wilfrid:  October 5, 2009]

It's a long way from post-Abstract Expressionism to pre-punk neo-Actionism, or from Chelsea to the Chinatown rump of Orchard Street.

Poet's House, Would I Were Steadfast As Thou Art...

[New York Peasant by Wilfrid: September 28, 2009]

Poet's House did it.  They really did open again, right on time - bigger than before in a sparkling new space near Rockefeller Park, overlooking the Hudson.

O.K., Tworkov, No Wave And Monet: Around The Galleries

[New York Peasant by Wilfrid:  September 21, 2009]

After the lousiest summer I can remember in this town, it's something of a relief to climb back into a jacket and tie and embark on the fall circuit of galleries, openings, receptions and beanfeasts.  Here's a quick look at some current art shows.

Summer Reading And The Re-Opened Merc

[New York Peasant by Wilfrid:  July 27, 2009]

As long ago as October 2007, I gushed about the Mercantile Library on 47th Street opening its stacks to readers for the first time in its 187 year history.  I spoke too soon.