Catherine Kaelin

Catherine Opie Etches Sex and Gender Onto the Canvas of her Skin

Tattoos are pretty badass in general, but as Catherine Opie demonstrates in her current exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum, “Catherine Opie: American Photographer,” designing your own with a scalp

By Catherine Kaelin | Nov 14 03:21 am ET

Man Collides With Nature, Yielding Artistic Results

What did curator Massimiliano Gioni mean when he titled the New Museum’s current exhibition “After Nature”?

By Catherine Kaelin | Sep 16 12:49 am ET

Broadway’s Macbeth Hits the Damned Spot

Rupert Goold’s Macbeth is nothing short of terrifying.

By Catherine Kaelin | Apr 29 10:19 pm ET

Falling Into a Deep Trance With Foreman's Latest

Playwright and director Richard Foreman is celebrating two birthdays this year—his own 70th, and the 40th of his brainchild, the Ontological-Hysteric Theater.

By Catherine Kaelin | Apr 2 08:49 pm ET

Stitches Are Not Just for Bitches Anymore, But Also for Feminists and a Few Men

If Project Runway has taught us anything, it’s that a needle and thread can produce fierce works of art.

By Catherine Kaelin | Mar 26 11:06 pm ET

Oroonoko Resonates With Startling Physicality

At the Duke on 42nd Street, Oroonoko sets the stage for a collision of continents, ethics, and ideologies through its exploration of race relations and slavery in the 17th century.

By Catherine Kaelin | Mar 2 11:52 pm ET

MoMA Bends the Limits of Art with 'Elastic Mind' Aesthetic

The Museum of Modern Art fully reasserted its modernity with this weekend’s opening of “Design and the Elastic Mind.” The show, which fills an exhibition gallery occupied just a few weeks ago by th

By Catherine Kaelin | Feb 27 11:17 pm ET

This 2.5 Minute Ride Feels a Little Long

2.5 Minute Ride is a rather deceptive title for what is actually a 70-minute ride that begins in Sandusky, Ohio, passes through Auschwitz, and ends at the Canarsie Jewish Center of Brooklyn.

By Catherine Kaelin | Feb 6 09:05 pm ET

One Man’s Art Is Another Man’s Living Room In This Show

The LeRoy Neiman Gallery’s current exhibition “The Leisure Suite” may remind you a bit of your dorm room.

By Catherine Kaelin | Feb 5 10:58 pm ET

The New New Museum Shows New Art And Not-Art

Under most circumstances, 30 would seem much too young for a face-lift—but not in the case of the New Museum, which opted for more than plastic surgery to celebrate its birthday.

By Catherine Kaelin | Dec 4 12:49 am ET

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