What to see in New York art galleries this week
THE NEW YORK TIMES
By Roberta Smith
NEW YORK---Sam Fogg, the respected London dealer, has regularly staged exhibitions of medieval art in New York for around a decade, but never before in Chelsea. Unsurprisingly, this year’s show begins with the thrill of simply walking into it, forsaking the neighborhood’s contemporary-art babble for the otherworldly hush imposed by nearly 30 expressions of faith in painting, sculpture and whatnot from the Middle Ages. Among many other standouts, a triptych centering on an elaborately ensconced Virgin and Child (1490-1500) reflects the influence of van Eyck’s infinite realism and his banishment of the Gothic gold that is so gloriously evident elsewhere in the show, especially in “Saint Michael Vanquishing the Devil,” an altarpiece panel made in Aragon around 1470. [More]
Luhring Augustine: "Of Earth and Heaven: Art from the Middle Ages" (Through March 10, 2018). Sam Fogg Ltd. at Luhring Augustine, 531 West 24th Street, Manhattan; 212-206-9100, luhringaugustine.com.
By Roberta Smith
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| “The Virgin and Child,” by a German or Southern Netherlandish Master, circa 1480. Credit Luhring Augustine |
Luhring Augustine: "Of Earth and Heaven: Art from the Middle Ages" (Through March 10, 2018). Sam Fogg Ltd. at Luhring Augustine, 531 West 24th Street, Manhattan; 212-206-9100, luhringaugustine.com.