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Secret Behavior:
Secret Behavior is a new publication, centered on contemporary art and the human condition. The magazine is a creation of Brooklyn-based artist and curator James Gallagher, and the first issue – concerning themes of anonymity – includes writing and editing by me (and also my brother, Keith Newton). Secret Behavior is carried by Distributed Art Publishers, and will soon be available in specialty/curated bookstores; you can also purchase copies online.
Exhibition reviews from The Indypendent (Note: These reviews are generally edited by the newspaper staff, who also provide the headlines/titles. Longer versions of some of these articles may eventually appear on this blog.):
(forthcoming: a review of “Witness: Art and Civil Rights in the Sixties” @ Brooklyn Museum; April, 2014)
“In Pursuit of Freedom” @ Brooklyn Historical Society; February, 2014
“Peter Schumann: The Shatterer” @ Queens Museum; December, 2013
“Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here” @ Center for Book Arts, other venues; August, 2013
“A Different Kind of Order” @ International Center of Photography; July, 2013
Trevor Paglen @ Metro Pictures; February, 2013
Siyaka Taylor-Lewis @ Brecht Forum; December, 2012
Yayoi Kusama @ The Whitney Museum; September, 2012
Sharon Hayes @ The Whitney Museum; September, 2012
“Activist New York” @ The Museum of the City of New York; June, 2012
Diego Rivera @ The Museum of Modern Art; March, 2012
Sanja Iveković @ The Museum of Modern Art; March, 2012
“The Radical Camera: New York’s Photo League, 1936–1951” @ The Jewish Museum; March, 2012
“HIDE/SEEK: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture” @ The Brooklyn Museum; January, 2012
Harun Farocki @ The Museum of Modern Art & Maurizio Cattelan @ The Guggenheim; January, 2012
“107 Stories Through Restaurant Workers Eyes” @ The Nathan Cummings Foundation; December, 2011
“No Comment” (Occupy Wall Street art exhibit); November, 2011
“The Struggle for Free Speech at CCNY, 1931-42” @ CUNY Graduate Center; October, 2011
“The Making of the Chinese New Working Class” @ Ludlow 38; August, 2011
“Ladies First: Beyond 28 Days” @ The Brecht Forum; February, 2011
“FRACKING: Art and Activism Against the Drill” @ Exit Art; January, 2011
“Cuba in Revolution” @ The International Center of Photography; December, 2010
“Abstract Expressionist New York” @ The Museum of Modern Art; November, 2010
“Shifting the Gaze: Painting and Feminism” @ The Jewish Museum; September, 2010
The Indypendent is a progressive newspaper based in New York City.
Gallery reviews from Harp & Altar:
Harp & Altar was a literary journal based in Brooklyn, New York.
Elsewhere:
Jonas Mekas @ James Fuentes LLC; November, 2010 (in The Brooklyn Rail)