Andrew Russeth
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Art critic in New York, editor at Artnet News.
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It sneaks up on me: a quiet longing that grows more intense by the minute, gnawing at me. It can be satisfied in only one way. Yes. No doubt about it. It's time to watch 'Gerhard Richter Painting' (2011) for the 20th-odd time.
December 3, 2025 at 10:38 PM
It sneaks up on me: a quiet longing that grows more intense by the minute, gnawing at me. It can be satisfied in only one way. Yes. No doubt about it. It's time to watch 'Gerhard Richter Painting' (2011) for the 20th-odd time.
Man Ray, 'Self-Portrait in Beret,' 1946
December 3, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Man Ray, 'Self-Portrait in Beret,' 1946
Really love this book of photos that Benjamin Katz took of Gerhard Richter at work in the 1980s and early ‘90s.
— Richter rips cigarettes and laughs quite often
— His cat and then-wife Isa Genzken appear frequently
— The squeegee only makes one (I think?) appearance
— The candles look awful in b&w
— Richter rips cigarettes and laughs quite often
— His cat and then-wife Isa Genzken appear frequently
— The squeegee only makes one (I think?) appearance
— The candles look awful in b&w
November 26, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Really love this book of photos that Benjamin Katz took of Gerhard Richter at work in the 1980s and early ‘90s.
— Richter rips cigarettes and laughs quite often
— His cat and then-wife Isa Genzken appear frequently
— The squeegee only makes one (I think?) appearance
— The candles look awful in b&w
— Richter rips cigarettes and laughs quite often
— His cat and then-wife Isa Genzken appear frequently
— The squeegee only makes one (I think?) appearance
— The candles look awful in b&w
As I peruse my photo archives, memories come flooding back of D&D's incredible final years: a sauce collab with Pharoah Williams (father of Pharrell), a confusing "summer" marketing campaign, generous samples of proprietary offerings, more.
November 26, 2025 at 3:15 AM
As I peruse my photo archives, memories come flooding back of D&D's incredible final years: a sauce collab with Pharoah Williams (father of Pharrell), a confusing "summer" marketing campaign, generous samples of proprietary offerings, more.
Thank you to the great critic Martha Schwendener for suggesting that New York Times readers follow my Instagram, where I have wasted countless years of my life. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/a...
November 20, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Thank you to the great critic Martha Schwendener for suggesting that New York Times readers follow my Instagram, where I have wasted countless years of my life. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/a...
Tonight, B. Wurtz, the inimitable sculptor and freethinking polymath, opened his 58th solo show, at the Garth Greenan Gallery in Chelsea. I profiled him for 'T: The New York Times Magazine of Style.' Here's a foundational work: 'Three Important Things (1973/2022) www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/t...
October 31, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Tonight, B. Wurtz, the inimitable sculptor and freethinking polymath, opened his 58th solo show, at the Garth Greenan Gallery in Chelsea. I profiled him for 'T: The New York Times Magazine of Style.' Here's a foundational work: 'Three Important Things (1973/2022) www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/t...
RIP Alison Knowles, the free-spirited and generous conceptual artist, a legend among legends in the Fluxus gang. 1933–2025. Tonight, we eat salad.
October 30, 2025 at 10:07 PM
RIP Alison Knowles, the free-spirited and generous conceptual artist, a legend among legends in the Fluxus gang. 1933–2025. Tonight, we eat salad.
Sam Pulitzer, 'occasion and material (I),' 2018
October 7, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Sam Pulitzer, 'occasion and material (I),' 2018
The feeling when you forget to include the word 'Duchamp' when you search for 'Large Glass'
October 2, 2025 at 1:53 PM
The feeling when you forget to include the word 'Duchamp' when you search for 'Large Glass'
The feeling when you need to call your friend Ansel Adams, and you are Georgia O’Keeffe.
September 27, 2025 at 3:36 AM
The feeling when you need to call your friend Ansel Adams, and you are Georgia O’Keeffe.
Martin Puryear’s ‘Ladder for Booker T. Washington’ (1996). Collection Modern Art Museum Fort Worth, Texas
September 27, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Martin Puryear’s ‘Ladder for Booker T. Washington’ (1996). Collection Modern Art Museum Fort Worth, Texas
O’Keeffe’s ‘Ladder to the Moon’ (1958), in the collection of the Whitney Museum
September 27, 2025 at 3:19 AM
O’Keeffe’s ‘Ladder to the Moon’ (1958), in the collection of the Whitney Museum
Georgia O’Keeffe’s home on Ghost Ranch in New Mexico
September 27, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Georgia O’Keeffe’s home on Ghost Ranch in New Mexico
A Mary Boone poster for a 1981 group. Via Gallery 98
September 25, 2025 at 9:33 AM
A Mary Boone poster for a 1981 group. Via Gallery 98
Had the high pleasure of writing about Korea’s stalwart architecture magazine, ‘Space.’ Print only, I believe. aperture.org/magazine/
September 12, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Had the high pleasure of writing about Korea’s stalwart architecture magazine, ‘Space.’ Print only, I believe. aperture.org/magazine/
There are no bad Hong Sang-soo films, but his newish 'By the Stream' is one of his best. Playing at Lincoln Center in New York right now. See it.
August 10, 2025 at 12:20 PM
There are no bad Hong Sang-soo films, but his newish 'By the Stream' is one of his best. Playing at Lincoln Center in New York right now. See it.
The Hiroshima Museum of Art owns a very strange, very moving painting by Henri Rousseau, 'View of the Fortifications' (1909). Night is falling, but it's not dark yet.
August 4, 2025 at 11:47 PM
The Hiroshima Museum of Art owns a very strange, very moving painting by Henri Rousseau, 'View of the Fortifications' (1909). Night is falling, but it's not dark yet.
Extremely cool that our local fire station, FDNY Engine 5, has a poster of Charles Demuth's 'I Saw the Figure 5 in Gold' (1928) on the wall. Amazing, still-underrated painting.
July 30, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Extremely cool that our local fire station, FDNY Engine 5, has a poster of Charles Demuth's 'I Saw the Figure 5 in Gold' (1928) on the wall. Amazing, still-underrated painting.
For Artnet's 'Best Art Books of All Time' list, I contributed Margot Wittkower and Rudolf Wittkower's 'Born Under Saturn: The Character and Conduct of Artists' (1963) news.artnet.com/art-world/th...
July 14, 2025 at 2:34 PM
For Artnet's 'Best Art Books of All Time' list, I contributed Margot Wittkower and Rudolf Wittkower's 'Born Under Saturn: The Character and Conduct of Artists' (1963) news.artnet.com/art-world/th...
Louise Lawler, 'Edits and Projections,' 2018, at 80 Washington Square East, New York, open only from 5 to 9 p.m. One of the best shows of this century.
July 14, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Louise Lawler, 'Edits and Projections,' 2018, at 80 Washington Square East, New York, open only from 5 to 9 p.m. One of the best shows of this century.
Yesterday was the 50th anniversary of artist Bas Jan Ader setting sail from Cape Cod aboard the pocket cruiser 'Ocean Wave.' Lost at sea, aged 33.
July 10, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Yesterday was the 50th anniversary of artist Bas Jan Ader setting sail from Cape Cod aboard the pocket cruiser 'Ocean Wave.' Lost at sea, aged 33.
Good advice for artists from Dunkin’
July 7, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Good advice for artists from Dunkin’
In 2013, the late-lamented Blum gallery (Blum & Poe) showed one of our century's greatest sculptures, Darren Bader's 'rug and/with tripod and/with sous chef'
July 1, 2025 at 11:30 PM
In 2013, the late-lamented Blum gallery (Blum & Poe) showed one of our century's greatest sculptures, Darren Bader's 'rug and/with tripod and/with sous chef'
Cy Twombly's poster for his 'Three Notes from Salalah' show at Gagosian in Rome in 2008
July 1, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Cy Twombly's poster for his 'Three Notes from Salalah' show at Gagosian in Rome in 2008