1. Henry Taylor, “B Side,” Whitney Museum of American Art
With a sweeping grasp of history, art history, and everyday life in this country, Taylor provided a Whitney retrospective that channeled rage, pain, love, and suffering—the long American night done in vivid color and bold strokes.
2. Tracey Emin, “Lovers Grave,” White Cube
Powerful, scrawled, half-mad, brilliantly rendered images of Emin in bed, opening herself up, being blown apart by unseen forces, reconstituting herself, and making love in rooms filled with ghosts and coffins. Emin is our Edvard Munch with a profound seer’s soul.
3. Dana Schutz, “Jupiter’s Lottery,” David Zwirner Gallery
It was amazing to see Schutz reach visionary heights in this eye-burning exhibition. There were gigantic narratives of struggle between cosmic social forces, lurid spirits, ghouls, twisted beings,…
