Rona Pondick: Civilizing the Self in Sculpture Magazine
October 18, 2019
Sinéad Breslin in Brooklyn Rail
October 10, 2019
By Louis Block Seeing and remembering are at odds. Memories—if they are to be shared with others—are packaged in a specific way: flat, rectilinear, still. This fact is not contingent on photography; we have a natural tendency to break narratives up into stills. Just...
Read MoreRona Pondick on view
September 26, 2019
Rona Pondick’s work is currently on view in shows from the permanent collections at three distinguished museums this season: The Nasher Sculpture Center, The Philadelphia Museum of Art, and The Portland Museum of Art. Head in Tree, AP, 2006-08, Stainless steel at the Nasher...
Read MoreMARC STRAUS Announces Representation of Carlos Quintana
August 20, 2019
We are pleased to announce our representation of Carlos Quintana. Carlos (b.1966 Cuba), who lives and works in Havana and Miami, makes feverish paintings, narratives, some with ghostly figures, others with a rabbit or horses, or a woman in an old-world gown and parasol....
Read MoreMarc Straus in Time Out New York
July 26, 2019
This summer group is based on the premise that the worlds of boxing and art are somewhat similar—at least in terms of just how quickly professional fortunes can turn for artist and pugilist alike. One day you could be a champ and the next...
Read MoreSinead Breslin Joins the Gallery
July 8, 2019
Distinctively post-Katzian, the works of Sinead Breslin go beyond the flatness of pictorial space through complexities of form and subject; and are at once intensely multivalent, layered and interior. Breslin studied Fine Art at the University of the West of England, Bristol (B.A., M.A.)....
Read MoreMasterpiece London 2019
June 28, 2019
We’re pleased to be a part of Masterpiece London 2019, featuring works by Chris Jones, Sandro Chia, Antonio Santin, Clive Smith and Michael Brown.
Read MoreEntang Wiharso Awarded 2019 Guggenheim Fellowship
April 11, 2019
Entang Wiharso, whose artwork is exhibited in galleries and museums throughout the world, has received a 2019 Guggenheim Fellowship. The announcement was made Wednesday by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in The New York Times. In a statement, the foundation writes, “This year,...
Read MoreHermann Nitsch, Spaces of Color Solo Exhibition at Albertina Museum
April 3, 2019
Hermann Nitsch will have his solo exhibition “Spaces of Color” at The Albertina Museum in Vienna on view from 17 May to 11 August 2019. Painting is one of the disciplines encompassed by the Theatre of Orgies and Mysteries of Hermann Nitsch. His approach...
Read MorePaul Pretzer is Top Six Must-See Figurative Painting Shows in New York
March 1, 2019
Paul Laster reviews on Galerie Magazine: “Referencing well-known Renaissance paintings, Paul Pretzer’s works depict classical characters in surreal situations. Fruits and vegetables levitate over the headless bodies of friars and shirtless men caress porcupines and rabbits, while a bearded man in a cape and white...
Read MoreMichael Brown Joins MARC STRAUS
March 1, 2019
There is a saying in Yiddish – Bashert – it was meant to be… My wife Livia brought me to Michael’s studio in Saugerties, NY when Michael Brown was just completing his undergraduate studies at SUNY New Paltz. She had nominated him for an...
Read MoreJeanne Silverthorne Reviewed on Brookyln Rail
February 13, 2019
William Corwin reviews Jeanne Silverthorne’s exhibition “From Darkness” on The Brooklyn Rail: “Silverthorne soberly acknowledges Frankenstein’s revulsion of his creation but seems sympathetic and morbidly fascinated by the malformed progeny of her own creativity.” Read the full article here.
Read MoreGlenn Adamson’s Essay on Jeanne Silverthorne
January 25, 2019
The Sound of On and Off by Glenn Adamson Click. The lights turn on. You are in the newly renovated loft of Marc Straus Gallery, in downtown Manhattan, for an exhibition of work by Jeanne Silverthorne. At one end of the space is a...
Read MoreHermann Nitsch and Jong Oh Events in Singapore
January 18, 2019
Like many other galleries, we were affected by the sudden cancellation of the 2019 Art Stage fair in Singapore. The local community came forward to support and quickly we found hosts for our shows. JONG OH: LIGHT AND ROCK January 23—27, 2019 Opening Reception:...
Read MoreRona Pondick Talks
January 17, 2019
Please join Rona Pondick for a lecture in Claremont at the Graduate Program and a conversation with the director Jonathan Neil from Sotheby’s in LA. January 30th 4:30 – 6:30 pm Albrecht Auditorium Claremont (Claremont Graduate Program) January 31st 6:00- 8:00 pm The Reef/LA...
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