The New York Times
Best Art Books of 2021 – ‘Erna Rosenstein: Once Upon a Time’
‘Especially impressive is the museum-caliber show introducing the multifaceted Polish artist Erna Rosenstein (1913-2004), organized by the intrepid Alison M. Gingeras at Hauser & Wirth (through Dec. 23). More than 40 works range from 1946 to 2001, stretching Surrealism, realism, assemblage and even fairy tales into new shapes.’
The New York Times
Best Art Books of 2021 – ‘Marcel Duchamp’
‘He first declared a bicycle wheel to be a work of art in 1913, but it took nearly half a century — with the 1959 publication of Robert Lebel’s catalogue raisonné of his early painting, his ready-mades and his cryptic notes — for the New York art world to crown the discreet and debonair Duchamp as King Marcel. Long out of print, it’s now been re-editioned and bundled with a supplement that maps the influence of Lebel’s book over the decades, all housed in a handsome slipcase.’
The New York Times
Best Art Exhibitions of 2021
‘Especially impressive is the museum-caliber show introducing the multifaceted Polish artist Erna Rosenstein (1913-2004), organized by the intrepid Alison M. Gingeras at Hauser & Wirth (through Dec. 23). More than 40 works range from 1946 to 2001, stretching Surrealism, realism, assemblage and even fairy tales into new shapes.’
NZZ Bellevue
Die Rätsel des Künslters Marcel Duchamp
‘Die Publikation, die auch Duchamps erste Monografie war, ist in vielerlei Hinsicht eine Investition, die sich lohnt. Einerseits gibt sie einen sehr umfassenden und auch persönlich anmutenden Einblick in die Entwicklung und Arbeitsweise des Künstlers, der beileibe nicht nur ein Künstler des Readymade's war, wie seine Arbeiten vor 1913 und später zeigen. Andererseits wird man mit der Publikation in eine Zeit reisen, deren Dynamik im Hinblick auf die Weitung des Kunstbegriffes auch heute noch einmalig ist.’
Frieze
Erna Rosenstein’s Dreamlike Forms Resist Interpretation
‘Rosenstein’s work feels nourishing precisely because it is difficult to summarize. Engaging with these paintings takes time because she never settles into a uniform graphic strategy, and the shifting beauty of her restless imagination pushes against the reductive tendency and impatience that characterizes the attention economy.’
The Art Newspaper
Marcel Duchamp monograph released more than 60 years after it first appeared in print
‘Historic texts by critic Robert Lebel in facsimile edition explore how the conceptual art pioneer adopted his female alter ego and cemented his reputation in America.’
The New York Times
‘Art That was Hiding in Plain Sight’
‘…a gallery exhibition opening next month in Manhattan provides a seismic surprise for fans and scholars of the Armenian American artist Arshile Gorky (1904-48): An entirely new Gorky painting has been found hidden under a famous painting he did at the very end of his life, during an extraordinary period of artistic productivity.’
ArtReview
‘Letters by Nature Are Intimate’: Three Notes on Glenn Ligon
‘Indeed, there is probably no artist alive today employing text with such a simultaneous focus on both its formal and political value.’
