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29-892: Kleeblatt has published in Art in America , Artforum , ARTnews , Art Journal , and The Brooklyn Rail . He has received fellowships and research grants from the Getty Research Institute , the Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies , the National Endowment for the Arts , the National Endowment for the Humanities , and the Rockefeller Foundation . Kleeblatt serves as Secretary of

58-562: A $ 3,051.16 fabricator's bill from Donald Judd . He collected the copies in four black binders and displayed them on four pedestals. The show was remade at the Drawing Center , New York, in 1998. Bochner began making paintings in the late 1970s, and his paintings range from extremely colorful works containing words to works more clearly connected to the conceptual art he pioneered. For a 1998 work titled Event Horizon, for example, he arranged prestretched canvases of various sizes along

87-670: A New York City Museum from the International Association of Art Critics (AICA) and the catalogue was a finalist for the Alfred H. Barr, Jr. Award, College Art Association of America. "John Singer Sargent: Portraits of the Wertheimer Family" (2000) reunited for the first time in more than sixty years the twelve formal portraits of the Wertheimer family painted by John Singer Sargent . This exhibition told

116-534: A double length Gallery Guide. Select reviews and features are uploaded to the website. Timeline: 100 Years of Art in America Art in America is widely read by art dealers, collectors, historians, art professionals, and others. It contains news and art criticism of painting, sculpture, photography, installation art , performance art , digital art , video and architecture in exhibition reviews, artist profiles, and feature articles. Chelsea Art Guide

145-635: A guard at The Jewish Museum . In 1966, he was recruited by the influential art critic Dore Ashton to teach art history at the School of Visual Arts in New York. Bochner is Jewish, and his work sometimes explores Jewish themes. Starting in the 1960s, he evolved several of the exhibition strategies now taken for granted, including using the walls of the gallery as the subject of the work and using photo documentation of ephemeral and performance works. As Richard Kalina wrote in Art in America in 1996, Bochner

174-603: A major New York artist. Apollo Magazine called it “...a brilliantly curated show [in which] Bochner reminds us that painting is not yet dead...” Yale University Press published the corresponding catalogue with essays by Kleeblatt and Bochner. In 2015, Kleeblatt co-curated “From the Margins: Lee Krasner | Norman Lewis, 1945-1952” with Stephen Brown. This exhibition offered a parallel view of Lee Krasner and Norman Lewis, two key Abstract Expressionists who were often overlooked by critics in their time. Karen Rosenberg of

203-570: A teacher's assistant in 1979 as senior critic in painting/printmaking and in 2001 as adjunct professor. In 1985, the Carnegie Mellon Art Gallery organized a major survey titled Mel Bochner:1973-1985 . Elaine A. King was the curator of this exhibition and it was accompanied by the publication of a catalog of the same title. This catalogue was given an award by the American Association of Museums . King wrote

232-552: A text from Wittgenstein . In her review of the show for Art in America , Eleanor Heartney wrote: In Bochner's work, perception constantly trumps idea, reaffirming the artist's belief that the sensuous is an essential element in even the most conceptual art. In 2004, Bochner's work was exhibited in the Whitney Biennial and was part of OpenSystems: Rethinking Art c. 1970 at London's Tate Modern in 2005. His pieces are held in several major museum collections, including

261-433: A wall, each marked with a horizontal line and a number denoting its width in inches. Together, the lines appear to form a horizon, creating what Jeffrey Weiss in his catalog essay for Bochner's 2007 exhibit Event Horizon called a representation of "the world as a fantasy of quantifiable truth." Bochner made his first prints at Crown Point Press in the early 1970s, published by Parasol Press. He taught at Yale University as

290-493: Is a bi-monthly, free publication produced by Art in America . Chelsea Art is a current guide to New York's vast contemporary art district. With exhibition listings and an annotated map, Chelsea Art is a guide to the constantly changing geography of Chelsea. ArtinAmericaMagazine.com is Art in America ' s website . Its offerings include a calendar of art world events, videos, live coverage of art fairs, and information on auctions. Mel Bochner Mel Bochner (born 1940)

319-707: Is an American conceptual artist . Bochner received his BFA in 1962 and honorary Doctor of Fine Arts in 2005 from the School of Art at Carnegie Mellon University . He lives in New York City. Bochner was born in Pittsburgh in 1940. In high school, he won early recognition for his talent from The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards and studied with Joseph Fitzpatrick. He studied art at Carnegie Mellon University and graduated in 1962. After leaving Pittsburgh, he studied philosophy at Northwestern University near Chicago. He moved to New York in 1964 and worked as

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348-685: The Museum of Modern Art in New York. In 2011, a retrospective of his work was held at the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. A survey of Mel Bochner's work - entitled Mel Bochner: If the Colour Changes , was held at Whitechapel Gallery , London, Haus der Kunst, Munich, and Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Serralves, Porto during 2012. Tracing nearly 50 years of work, this exhibition commences with "Blah, Blah, Blah" (2011)

377-694: The New York Times called it “...a nuanced, sensitive and profound exhibition” and Robert Pincus-Witten stated in Artforum, “This richly suggestive exhibition... What a delight!” The exhibit has been awarded “Best Thematic Museum Show in New York of 2014” by the US section of the International Association of Art Critics (AICA). Kleeblatt curated "John Singer Sargent’s Mrs. Carl Meyer and Her Children" with curatorial assistant Lucy Partman in 2016. Focused on Sargent’s 1896 painting Mrs. Carl Meyer and her Children ,

406-495: The contemporary art world in the United States , including profiles of artists and genres, updates about art movements, show reviews and event schedules. It is designed for collectors, artists, art dealers , art professionals and other readers interested in the art world . It has an active website, ArtinAmericaMagazine.com. Art in America is influential in the way it promotes exploration of important art movements. Over

435-931: The Board of the Vera List Center for Art and Politics of the New School and is President of the U.S. chapter of the International Association of Art Critics (AICA-USA). Norman Kleeblatt received his A.B. in Art History from Rutgers University in 1971, and was awarded an M.A. and Diploma in Conservation in 1975 from the New York University Institute of Fine Arts . In 1987, Kleeblatt curated "The Dreyfus Affair: Art, Truth and Justice" (1987), which explored

464-566: The College of Fine Arts, a short walk away. In the catalogue, Miss King and Charles Stuckey do a fine job of elucidation. Their time was well spent. New York Times, November 17, 1985 In 1995, Yale University Art Gallery organized a retrospective, Mel Bochner: Thought Made Visible 1966–1973 . The exhibit traveled to Brussels and Munich and was accompanied by the publication of a catalog. For his solo show at Sonnabend Gallery in New York in 2000, Bochner layered German and English versions of

493-699: The Outstanding Exhibition award from the Association of Art Museum Curators. The catalogue received a Banister Fletcher Award honorable mention and a National Jewish Book Award in the Visual Arts category. “Mel Bochner: Strong Language” (2014) explored Mel Bochner 's career-long fascination with the cerebral and visual associations of words. This exhibition was praised by the New York Times as an “elegantly produced exhibition” of

522-514: The atrocities of genocide and mass destruction, and their attendant moral devastation. "Action/Abstraction: Pollock, De Kooning, and American Art, 1940-1976" (2008–2009) reinterpreted Abstract Expressionism from the perspectives of influential, rival art critics Clement Greenberg and Harold Rosenberg . Kleeblatt won the Best Thematic Museum Show in New York City in 2008 from The International Art Critics Association, and

551-795: The choice faced by first generation Jewish-American artists to assimilate into the American cultural mainstream or to preserve their Jewish identities. The corresponding catalogue won the Henry Allen Moe Prize (second place) for catalogues of distinction in the arts and as co-recipient also won the National Jewish Book Award in the Visual Arts Category. Kleeblatt’s 1996 exhibition "Too Jewish? Challenging Traditional Identities” confronted issues surrounding stereotypes, questions of assimilation , and

580-643: The essay "Building a Language," and Charles Stuckey contributed the piece "An Interview with Mel Bochner." The exhibition traveled to the Kuntzmuseum in Luzern, Switzerland and Center for Fine Arts, Miami. John Russell wrote in a New York Times article, "Art View; The Best and Biggest in Pittsburgh", The Bochner retrospective is divided between the university art gallery and the Hewlett Gallery in

609-540: The issue of Jewish identity in the multicultural art world. In 1998, Kleeblatt co-curated with Kenneth Silver "An Expressionist in Paris: The Paintings of Chaïm Soutine"—the first major presentation of Chaïm Soutine 's work in New York in nearly 50years. The exhibit focused on Soutine’s reception by his patrons, supporters, and critics. Kleeblatt received Second Place for the Best Exhibition at

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638-664: The magazine was re-designed, its international coverage expanded, and a website launched. Art market blogger and Bloomberg reporter Lindsay Pollock was named editor-in-chief in January 2011. Pollock announced that she was leaving in April 2017. Cynthia Zabel joined Art in America in 2005 as advertising director, and in 2008 was named publisher. Art in America was sold to ARTnews SA, parent of ARTnews in 2015. In 2016, Brant Publications acquired both Art in America and ARTnews from ARTnews SA. In 2018, Penske Media Corporation ,

667-549: The magazine. Edward Steichen did one for its 50th birthday; Alexander Calder , Robert Rauschenberg , Roy Lichtenstein and Robert Indiana also created covers. For its 100th birthday the magazine planned special covers by Richard Prince , Cindy Sherman , and Urs Fischer . Long-time editor Elizabeth C. Baker, who led the magazine for 34 years, resigned in June 2008 and was replaced by staff senior editor Marcia E. Vetrocq. She served as editor until January 2011. During her tenure,

696-422: The parent company of Variety magazine, acquired ARTnews and Art in America from Brant. The print magazine used to be published 11 times a year, but as of 2021 it is published bi-monthly 6 times a year. The publication schedule was changed in 2020: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May issues followed the old publication schedule, mid-year double-issues were adopted and 3 more 2020 issues were produced Sep/Oct, Nov/Dec and

725-707: The relationship between art and politics by examining visual responses to the Dreyfus Affair in France. For this exhibition, Kleeblatt received the Présidence d'honneur, Comité scientifique, Société internationale d'histoire. The accompanying catalogue received an Honorable Mention from Henry Allen Moe Prize for catalogues of distinction in the arts. "Painting a Place in America: Jewish Artists in New York, 1900–1945" (1991, co-curator) focused on

754-587: The show was called an “engrossing and intimate exhibition” by the New York Times . "Charlemagne Palestine’s Bear Mitzvah in Meshugahland" (2017) was a site-specific installation of hundreds of teddy bears and plush toys related to Charlemagne Palestine 's Jewish roots in Brooklyn . Art in America Art in America is an illustrated quarterly, international magazine concentrating on

783-519: The story of a friendship between artist and patron and offered a unique glimpse into the world of a privileged family of English Jews. In 2001 the exhibit "Mirroring Evil: Nazi Imagery/Recent Art" contextualized controversial works by contemporary artists who employed images of Nazi villains rather than Holocaust victims. In 2008 “Theaters of Memory: Art and the Holocaust” presented eight artists’ works that related history surrounding World War II ,

812-554: The years it has continued to reach a broad audience of individuals with interest pertaining to these cultural trends and movements. Founded in 1913, Art in America covers the visual art world, both in the United States and abroad, with a concentration on New York City and contemporary art fairs . Between 1921 and 1939 the magazine was published under the title Art in America and Elsewhere . A number of well-known artists have been commissioned to design special covers for

841-475: Was one of the earliest proponents, along with Joseph Kosuth and Bruce Nauman , of photo-documentation work in which the artist "created not so much a sculpture as a two-dimensional work about sculpture." His 1966 show at the School of Visual Arts , "Working Drawings And Other Visible Things On Paper Not Necessarily Meant To Be Viewed As Art", is regarded as a seminal show in the conceptual art movement. Bochner photocopied his friends' working drawings, including

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