Daybook is an ongoing visual diary made entirely of notable photographs, a cascade of images seen here and there and deserving of further attention.
October 4, 2024
A year’s worth of daily self portraits. Marie Tomanova at C24 Gallery.
October 3, 2024
The trappings of landed luxury, as seen in cut glass crystal and a fox centerpiece. Karen Knorr (from 1983-1985) at Sundaram Tagore Gallery.
October 2, 2024
A smart stacked video collage of subtitle snippets from hundreds of films, filled with word play, color themes, and narrative echoes. Christian Marclay (from 2019) at Paula Cooper Gallery.
October 1, 2024
Physically adding a doll house (with grass, swimming pool, and a picket fence) to an aerial town view. Laurie Simmons at 56 Henry.
September 27, 2024
The formal arrangements found in a laundry room interior. Joanne Leonard (from 1976-1985) in a paired show with Brittany Nelson at Luhring Augustine.
September 27, 2024
Seeing overexposed brightness in a SETI telescope. Brittany Nelson (from 2024) in a paired show with Joanne Leonard at Luhring Augustine.
September 26, 2024
An industrial landscape, torn and reconnected. Thomas Barrow (from 1983), in a group show celebrating the gallery’s new Tribeca location, at Derek Eller Gallery.
September 25, 2024
Erasing a female nude into fortune cookie folds. Amie Dicke at Anat Ebgi.
September 24, 2024
Scattered tulip petals, in red, yellow, and blue. Spencer Finch (from 2012) in The Superfluity of Things at James Cohan Gallery.
September 20, 2024
Shifting, fractured bodies and the arrival of a train. Romare Bearden (from 1964) in the Friends of Friends group show at DC Moore Gallery.
September 20, 2024
A confident actor in an elaborate robe and spurs. James Van Der Zee (from 1922) in the Friends of Friends group show at DC Moore Gallery.
September 19, 2024
Vibrant patterns amid the wildflowers. Peter Knapp (from 1970) at NowHere.
September 18, 2024
Continuing the artist’s exploration of her Ursula character, via nested layers of silhouetted figures. Hannah Whitaker at Marinaro Gallery.
September 17, 2024
A delicate picotage fence laid atop colorful swirling movement. Paul Anthony Smith at Jack Shainman Gallery.
September 13, 2024
Earnestly playing the role of a 1960s era pipe cleaner artist. Rodney Graham (from 2013) at 303 Gallery.
September 12, 2024
Replacing a turntable cartridge with a textural moth. Gabriel Lester at Ryan Lee Gallery.
September 11, 2024
The collective energy of a New Orleans funeral celebration. Romare Bearden (in a paired collage show with Nancy Grossman) at Michael Rosenfeld Gallery.
September 10, 2024
Playing with the visual tropes of fashion photography. Elad Lassry at 303 Gallery.
September 6, 2024
Clacking metronomes winding down in the sculpted hills of New Mexico. Mark Armijo McKnight at the Whitney Museum of American Art.
September 5, 2024
Bringing a contemporary interpretation to Indigenous heritage. Martine Gutierrez (from 2018) in the escalator foyer at MoMA.