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If you’ve wondered why I’ve been posting only on Mondays for the past several weeks, it’s because during that period I’ve been consumed with the annual encaustic painting conference I founded and run, now happily in co-production with Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill on Cape Cod. Conference 5, held in its new home at the Provincetown Inn, was a huge, honking success. (Pause to smile and exhale.) Some 250 conferees came from 38 states and five countries; there were 28 talks and demos, several panel discussions, a hotel fair at theInn by and for the conferees, five gallery shows in town, half a dozen articles in local and regional publicatons, and five days of post-conference workshops at Castle Hill. (The tip of the Cape has pretty much become the Vatican of Wax. I'll have some links soon.)
If you’ve wondered why I’ve been posting only on Mondays for the past several weeks, it’s because during that period I’ve been consumed with the annual encaustic painting conference I founded and run, now happily in co-production with Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill on Cape Cod. Conference 5, held in its new home at the Provincetown Inn, was a huge, honking success. (Pause to smile and exhale.) Some 250 conferees came from 38 states and five countries; there were 28 talks and demos, several panel discussions, a hotel fair at the
Now I get back to my regularly scheduled life. Which brings me to the point of this post: While I am late with everything, I do have a lot to show you. Here’s a peek at what’s on the roster for the next few weeks, not necessarily in this order:
Louise Bourgeois, The Fabric Works, at Cheim & Read, Chelsea, through June 25
Lynda Benglis at the New Museum, Lower East Side, over today
Four Sculptors at Lesley Heller Workspace: Benglis, Castoro, Rydingsvard, Winsor, through June 25
Jasper Johns at Matthew Marks, Chelsea, through July 1
Don Voisine at McKenzie Fine Art, Chelsea, has ended
Stephen Westfall at Lennon Weinberg, Chelsea, has ended--but the wall painting, visible above, remains up for Ghost in the Machine, curated by Westfall, which opens June 23 and runs through August 19
Frank Badur, Mostly Red, at Thatcher Projects, Chelsea, through June 25
Structured Color at D. Wigmore Fire Art, Fifth near 57th Street, has ended--but Pioneers of American Abstraction is up now
Susan Still Scott at Heskin Gallery, upper Chelsea, has ended
Wall Paintings at The Painting Center, curated by Stephen Maine, has ended
Lisa Hoke at Elizabeth Harris Gallery, Chelsea, has ended
What else is on my summer platter? I will get back to
