My favorite Art critic is at it again. John Yau recently visited a (posthumous) exhibit of Edward’s work.
(If you like below check out Susanna)
#edwardzutrau
Edward Zutrau
Tag: minimalistart
Susanna Tanger
Natasha Sweeten recounts her history with the artist, noting that her paintings (seemed) to grow from concentrated, layered planes of light, before diving into an interview. Below is titled “Listening to the Ocean.”
#susannatanger
Joy Drury Cox
(a few months ago) Jennifer Dudley at Burnaway had some words about Joy’s approach to (what I will call) the architecture of information. If you like the pieces you should also check out Travis and Stanley if you haven’t already. Below is not the work addressed in the article btw ( more here).
#joydrurycox
Shaikha Al Mazrou
Danielle at Artsy ranks the 10 best public art works installed in 2025 (international version in case you were wondering) and points at Shaikha’s Deliberate Pauses. Mazrou’s practice is anchored in history of art, borrowing formally from minimalism and intellectually from conceptual art. Influenced by artists from the Modernist and Bauhaus Movements – such as Paul Klee, Carle Andre and Wassily Kandinsky – Al Mazrou uses the formal aspects of minimalism to engage in a current fascination with materiality in art.
#shaikhaalmazrou
Justin Adian
Robert Ryman
I’m sure you’ve read about the Cloud Dancer controversy (maybe you’ve seen it framed as a dog whistle to our current, white nationalist administration). As usual I’ll note that two things can both be true- Pantone can be not-ill intentioned and tone deaf. All I see is editors and marketing folks (on all sides) who want clicks and likes but maybe that’s just me. And…
White and white-adjacent hues in the context of Art make me think of Robert. I initially blogged about him with the news that Ryman had passed, and took a little time to reflect on my reactions to his work over the years. This interview from 2007 is helpful. I also made a Pinterest gallery of some of his work.
Here’s an early work from right around the time he really found his voice (’62). Thanks for helping me learn to see Mr Ryman!
#robertryman
Timothy App
I first wrote about Timothy when BmoreArt noted the “systematic rigor” in States of Mind in 2021.
Updating the blog as he recently passed. If you have a moment and need some sad but uplifting prose read Cara Ober’s homage to this artist and teacher.
#timothyapp
Oli Sihvonen
is (posthumously) one half of After the Responsive Eye at Pie Projects Contemporary Art (along with Signe Stuart
#olisihvonen
Jodie Manasevit
Michael Brennan notes in Two Coats concurrent exhibitions up now – one at Mario Diacono Gallery in Boston, the other at Ghostmachine in New York – of Jodie Manasevit’s “fine, fierce paintings,” paying particular attention to the environments in which curator David Dixon sites them.
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#jodiemanasevit
Teresa Solar Aboud
Raquel Rabinovich
underlying fascination with the undefinable nature of existence has spurred a lifelong exploration of what they call the “dark source.”
#raquelrabinovich
Claudia Parducci
Doug Milford at Two Coats sez “good art can have multiple sources of meaning” that “may or may not be apparent or even deliberate, but they make up the work’s internal structure and shape its style.” Claudia’s work (below) is engaged with and by some diverse material which no doubt inspired such solid prose.
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#claudiaparducci
Yeonji Chung
is a recent Hopper Prize recipient. She extracts the shapes in her compositions from observational sketches of everyday, domestic moments.
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#yeonjichung
Angelo Savelli
ML Fine Art recently presented (posthumously) ‘Basically White‘ which was the first UK exhibition of works by Angelo Savelli. The exhibition focused on Savelli’s contribution to European and American modern art stretching a connection to other of his contemporaries. Eleven seminal paintings were shown alongside pieces by contemporaries such as Robert Ryman.
#angelosavelli
Salvatore Scarpitta
was also one of the artists (like Constantino) in Nivola, Savelli, Scarpitta: an international trio.
#salvatorescarpitta
Painting After Art is Dead 