by Barry Schwabsky I’ve known June Leaf’s work for 40 years, but that makes me a bit of a Johnny-come-lately to an artist who had already been at work for three decades. So for me, getting my first-ever in-person view of many pieces from the 1950s through the ’70s was one of the great pleasures […]
by Abigael Sidi As you walk into the June Leaf: Shooting From the Heart exhibit at NYU’s Grey Art Museum, currently on view through Saturday, December 13th, 2025, you are confronted with works of art made from paint, charcoal, pencil, wire, photographs, and just about every other art medium imaginable. Yet, at the center of all of these […]
by Faye Hirsch “Nobody knew what was in my mind anyway, least of all myself,” late artist June Leaf said in a 2010 interview about her creative awakening as a child in Chicago. “So little did [my mother] realize that what was being developed in her house was a volcano.” No wonder that, in many […]
This modest-size, thoughtful, insightful, and shapely show, celebrating the grant program, Anonymous Was A Woman, established in 1996 by philanthropist and artist Susan Unterberg, is testimony to the Grey Art Museum’s long-time director Lynn Gumpert on the occasion of her well-earned retirement. The gathering was organized by curator, writer, and editor Nancy Princenthal and curator Vesela […]
by Alex Greenberger At New York University’s Grey Art Museum, the head of artist Rona Pondick—a cast of it, anyway—can be seen emerging from a pedestal in the center of one gallery. Her skin is pink, her ear is translucent, her head is bald, and her eyes are closed. It is hard to look away from her […]
An exhibition at the Grey Art Museum explores the fervid postwar scene in Paris, where Ellsworth Kelly, Joan Mitchell and others learned lessons America couldn’t teach them. By Karen Rosenberg Most people looking to make it as artists today are advised to follow a hyper-professionalized path, beginning with enrollment at one of a select group […]
Americans in Paris at the Grey Art Museum highlights the vibrancy and openness of the Paris scene for Americans. By John Yau What does it mean to be an American artist or poet? In recent years, I have seen two group shows focusing on artist communities that addressed this question, both at the Grey Art Gallery […]
The Grey Art Museum located in NoHo is a freshly renovated and spacious museum that is worth a visit. Its current exhibit examines the expats in Paris in the 1950s and 60s. by Tehsin Pala During the COVID-19 pandemic, many museums in the city suffered financially. The galleries remained empty, with pieces on display but […]
New York’s Grey Art Museum show adds nuance to the story of how modern art evolved, with works from Joan Mitchell and lesser-known names By Ariella Budick The classic story of modern art goes like this: there once was a city called Paris, where the world’s most brilliant artists converged, jostling and mingling into an […]