Lauren O'Neill-Butler
@laurenoneillbutler.bsky.social
Writer, editor, educator, and Florida ex-pat. Author of The War of Art: A History of Artists’ Protest in America.
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From the exquisite Diane Simpson show at Arts & Letters
November 26, 2025 at 1:56 AM
From the exquisite Diane Simpson show at Arts & Letters
Elated that my book was named a book of the year by NPR, and thank you to Chloe Veltman for this sweet write up. (Also love that the book is labeled as “all geek to me”!)
November 24, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Elated that my book was named a book of the year by NPR, and thank you to Chloe Veltman for this sweet write up. (Also love that the book is labeled as “all geek to me”!)
Olney Marie Ryland, Bronx Museum, 2016, cabinet-grade plywood, acrylic, acrylic paint, stucco, and mixed-media artworks.
From Ryland’s show at the St. John’s/Yeh Gallery. Perhaps one of my faves of the year?
From Ryland’s show at the St. John’s/Yeh Gallery. Perhaps one of my faves of the year?
November 17, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Olney Marie Ryland, Bronx Museum, 2016, cabinet-grade plywood, acrylic, acrylic paint, stucco, and mixed-media artworks.
From Ryland’s show at the St. John’s/Yeh Gallery. Perhaps one of my faves of the year?
From Ryland’s show at the St. John’s/Yeh Gallery. Perhaps one of my faves of the year?
“Press & Pull,” one of the best shows of the season, closes tomorrow at The James Gallery, CUNY. Go!!
November 15, 2025 at 2:40 AM
“Press & Pull,” one of the best shows of the season, closes tomorrow at The James Gallery, CUNY. Go!!
Thanks, Cyan!! @powells.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Thanks, Cyan!! @powells.bsky.social
She should be alive today.
November 8, 2025 at 3:10 PM
She should be alive today.
Tonight! My last book event (to date), where I'll be bringing it all back home with the great Carrie Moyer:
huntercollegeartgalleries.org/events/2025/...
huntercollegeartgalleries.org/events/2025/...
November 6, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Tonight! My last book event (to date), where I'll be bringing it all back home with the great Carrie Moyer:
huntercollegeartgalleries.org/events/2025/...
huntercollegeartgalleries.org/events/2025/...
Election Day jitters? Join me tonight at ISCP in Brooklyn for a lively chat with artist Marianne Villiere.
November 4, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Election Day jitters? Join me tonight at ISCP in Brooklyn for a lively chat with artist Marianne Villiere.
Happy Día De Muertos to all who celebrate💀
November 1, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Happy Día De Muertos to all who celebrate💀
I am so lucky to have a birthday this time of year in NY.
October 27, 2025 at 12:28 AM
I am so lucky to have a birthday this time of year in NY.
This roundup reminded me to pick up Hew Locke’s new catalogue from his touring survey that just opened at Yale. Here’s a highlight from my visit today.
Koh-i-noor, 2005, mixed media.
Koh-i-noor, 2005, mixed media.
October 22, 2025 at 8:00 PM
This roundup reminded me to pick up Hew Locke’s new catalogue from his touring survey that just opened at Yale. Here’s a highlight from my visit today.
Koh-i-noor, 2005, mixed media.
Koh-i-noor, 2005, mixed media.
Take your daughter(s) to the WHM show @ Amant.
October 11, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Take your daughter(s) to the WHM show @ Amant.
And then this one this morning at Rockaway, which we rescued from the waves!
September 28, 2025 at 4:22 PM
And then this one this morning at Rockaway, which we rescued from the waves!
I’m having a monarch weekend. There was this one yesterday in my community garden plot.
September 28, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I’m having a monarch weekend. There was this one yesterday in my community garden plot.
Rockaway has been my happy place for over 20 years. Maybe because it reminds me so much of the places I grew up. The water is super clean rn to boot.
September 2, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Rockaway has been my happy place for over 20 years. Maybe because it reminds me so much of the places I grew up. The water is super clean rn to boot.
Andrea Carlson, Portage, 2008, on view at the Hudson River Museum in the stunning “Smoke in Our Hair: Native Memory and Unsettled Time.” The show closes Sunday! Go! Hard to believe I saw this work back in 2008 in Andrea’s studio while writing about her work for the McKnight Foundation.
August 28, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Andrea Carlson, Portage, 2008, on view at the Hudson River Museum in the stunning “Smoke in Our Hair: Native Memory and Unsettled Time.” The show closes Sunday! Go! Hard to believe I saw this work back in 2008 in Andrea’s studio while writing about her work for the McKnight Foundation.
A view of “Last Art School,” a project by Lindsey White, hosted by the 205 Hudson Gallery at Hunter College.
August 28, 2025 at 9:31 PM
A view of “Last Art School,” a project by Lindsey White, hosted by the 205 Hudson Gallery at Hunter College.
Toronto! Tomorrow.
August 28, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Toronto! Tomorrow.
Among the gems at the Jewish Museum’s Ben Shahn show: a 1964 study for Gandhi’s hand and the resulting screenprint and illustration for Look Magazine.
August 24, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Among the gems at the Jewish Museum’s Ben Shahn show: a 1964 study for Gandhi’s hand and the resulting screenprint and illustration for Look Magazine.
And then of course there’s Yuji Agematsu at the Judd Foundation nearby. 🥀
August 23, 2025 at 7:47 PM
And then of course there’s Yuji Agematsu at the Judd Foundation nearby. 🥀
One more week for this mesmerizing show. Left: Adam Putnam right: Ben Morgan Cleveland. Go! There’s more good stuff that I didn’t take photos of.
www.gandtmedia.org
www.gandtmedia.org
August 23, 2025 at 7:35 PM
One more week for this mesmerizing show. Left: Adam Putnam right: Ben Morgan Cleveland. Go! There’s more good stuff that I didn’t take photos of.
www.gandtmedia.org
www.gandtmedia.org
Today’s walk
August 17, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Today’s walk
