Kim Levin
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Education | Vassar College, Columbia University, New York University |
Occupation | Art critic, Curator |
Kim Levin is an American art critic and writer. Levin was a regular contributor to The Village Voice from 1982 to 2006. Since 2007 she has been contributing regularly to ArtNews.
Levin worked as a correspondent to Opus International from 1973-1977. From 1980-1994, she was a correspondent at Flash Art. She also worked as a contributing editor for Arts Magazine from 1973-1992. Levin has also contributed to the publications; Parkett, Artstudio, Sculpture and VOIR, among others. Her essays are also in books and exhibition catalogues. Kim Levin received a B.A. from Vassar College and an M.A. in Egyptian Archaeology from Columbia University, Department of Art History and Architecture. She continued PhD course work at the New York University Institute of Fine Arts.
Levin has lectured in the U.S. and internationally at: the Guggenheim Museum, The New School for Social Research, Barnard College, Brown University, the São Paulo Art Biennial, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, the California Institute of the Arts, the Cincinnati Center of Contemporary Art, and other institutions.[1] Levin was Treasurer of AICA-USA (Association international des critiques d’art) from 1982-1984, Vice President from 1984-1990, and President from 1990-1992. She became Vice President of AICA International in 1991 and was elected President in 1996 for two terms, ending in 2002.[2][3]
In 2002, an installation of Levin’s preliminary notes written on press releases and gallery announcements, appeared in the solo exhibition “Notes and Itineraries,†at Delta Axis, Memphis, curated and installed by the artist John Salvest. The show was re-conceived at Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York (2006), and then traveled internationally to Haas & Meyer, Zurich (2006), The Ludwig Museum, Budapest (2007), KIASMA, Helsinki (2008) and was included in the group show “Retracing Exhibitions†curated by Kari Conte and Florence Ostendat at the Royal College of Art, London (2009).[4][5]
Exhibitions Curated
- “Arnold Mesches: A Life’s Work,†retrospective including 88 paintings, collages, and drawings from 1945 to 2013. Miami-Dade Museum of Art and Design, February–May 2013.[6]
- Printed Project, Issue 7, Summer 2007, “Unconditional Love†an exhibition in the form of a magazine.[7]
- Commissioner, first Busan Biennale 2003 (co-curated).[8]
- “Waterworksâ€, Nordiska Akvarellmuseet, Skahamn, Sweden. 2001.[9]
- “John Salvest: Time on his Handsâ€, Phoenix Art Museum, October 12, 1999 – January 23, 2000.[10]
- “Max 98â€, Art Museum of the University of Memphis. 1998.
- “Dui Seid: Artist’s Estate†Karl Ernst Osthaus-Museum, Hagen, 1997. (Co-curated by Michael Fehr)
- “Borealis 8: The Screamâ€, ARKEN Museum of Modern Art Copenhagen, November 16, 1996- January 17, 1997. The Nordic Biennial and The Main Exhibition of the Nordic Fine Arts Year, Copenhagen, 1996.[11]
- Gwangju Biennale (1st), Gwangju, Korea, September- November 1995. (Advisor)
- “Configura 2; Dialogue of Cultures†at Fischmarkt Galerie, Haus dem Kronbacken, and other historic sites, Erfurt, Germany, June 10 – September 10, 1995. (co-curator)
- “Drucksache: Prints and Issues,†Kunstwerke, Berlin, April 26-June 27, 1993.
- “Tema: AIDSâ€, Henie-Onstad Kunstsenter, Hovikodden, Norway, May 7 – June 20, 1993 (chief curator, co-curators Per Hovdenakk, Herloff Hatlebrekker, Sven Christiansen).
- “Translation,†Center for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, Poland, June 26 – August 2, 1992.
- “Warhol & Basquiat: Samo & Andyâ€, Sonje Museum of Contemporary Art, Kyongju, Korea, September 14- October 20, 1991. And National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea, November 1–30, 1991.
- “Contemporary American Artâ€, Museum of Modern Art, Seibu Takanawa, Japan. September 10 – November 3, 1988.
- “Contemporary Art from New York,†Ho-Am Gallery, Seoul, Korea, July 15-August 23, 1988.
Publications
Kim Levin has contributed to the following publications:
Selected Books
- 2004. 500 års verdenskunst, “Par i rødt†(Louise Bourgeois: The Red Room) / Gylendal Nordisk Forlag, Copenhagen, (co-edited by Holger Reenberg, Torben Weirup).[12]
- 2001. Modern Art in The USA: Issues and Controversies of the 20th Century, “Farewall to Modernismâ€, edited by Patricia Hills, Prentice Hall. OCLC 44173077[13]
- 2000. TransPlant: Living Vegetation in Contemporary Art. (Co-Author, Thomas von Taschitzki), Edited by Barbara Nemitz). Hatje Cantz, Germany 2000.[14]
- 1999. Art Planet: A Global View of Art Criticism (The Journal of AICA). Initiated and Co-edited, Vol. 1., No. 0. OCLC 44762852
- 1996. Regina Silveira: Cartografias de Sombra. “Art in Absentiaâ€, EdUSP Universidad de Sap Paulo. OCLC 36190171
- 1995. Strategies for Survival-Now! “Identity Crisis Update:The End of Modernism and the Issue of Cultural Identity, edited by Christian Chambert, The Swedish Art Critics Associated Press, Sweden. OCLC 36130555
- 1994. Sol LeWitt Testi Critici. “Il Contratto del Disegnatoreâ€, Incontri Internazionali d'Arte Rome.OCLC 38890320
- 1990. Beyond Walls and Wars: Art, Politics, and Multiculturalism. Edited and with an introduction by Kim Levin. Midmarch Press, New York.OCLC 27552543
- 1992. Energy Plan for the Western Man: Joseph Beuys in America. Introduction by Kim Levin, edited by Karin Cuoni, Four Walls Eight Windows, New York.OCLC 21559811
- 1989. Collage: Critical Views. Forward by Kim Levin, edited by Katherine Hoffman, U.M.I. Research Press, Ann Arbor & London.OCLC 18950056
- 1988. Beyond Modernism: Essays on Art From the 70s and 80s. Harper and Row, New York.OCLC 16900351
- 1986. An American Renaissance: Painting and Sculpture since 1940, “Appropriating the Past, Neo Expressionsim, Neo Primitivism and the Revival of Abstractionâ€, Abbeville Press, New York. OCLC 13003997
- 1976. New Artists Video, “Video Art in the TV Landscapeâ€, edited by Gregory Battock, Dutton, New York.
- 1975. Super Realism, “Malcom Morley: Post Illusionism†and “The Ersatz Objectâ€, edited by Gregory Battock, Dutton, New York. OCLC 1734086
- 1975. Lucas Samaras, (monograph) Harry N. Abrams Art Books, New York. OCLC 1091783
Selected Museum Catalogue Essays
- Brandon Ballengee: Augures d’innocence, “Brandon Ballengee: On the Devolution of Species.†Chateau du Chamarande, Les Editions Domaine du Chamarande, MMXIV, 2013.
- Kim Jones: “The Averno Drawings,†Pierogi, Brooklyn, 2012.
- Mamma Andersson: “Under the Influence,†Moderna Museet Stockholm, Steidl. 2007.
- Leon Taracewicz, “Absolute Landscape,†Edited by Milada Slizinska, Center for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, 2003.
- Bettina Rheims: Retrospective, “Bettina Rheims: The Vulnerable Image†Schirmer/Mosel München. Helsinki, 2003. .
- Nedko Solakov, “Nedko Solakov: The Potential of Peripheriesâ€, Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, September 2000.
- Organizing Freedom: Nordic Art of the '90s, “Nothing Left to Loseâ€, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, 2000.
- Pierre et Gilles, “Pierre et Gilles; the Ecstatic Imageâ€, a conversation between Berndt Arell and Kim Levin, Turku Art Museum, Finland, 1999-2000.
- Time Migration: Techno-Art for the New Millenium, “Future Obsoleteâ€, Taipei Cultural Center, New York, Dec 3rd 1999.
- Irish Art Now: From the Poetic to the Political, “Poetics, Politics, and Irish Art: Thirteen Questionsâ€, Independent Curators International in association with the Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, 1999.
- Luca Buvoli, “Not-a-Superhero, I presume?,†Temporanea, Caffe’ Florian, Venice, Italy catalog text for Venice Biennale, 1997.
- Jon Kessler's Asia, “Empire of Images, Cabinet of Signsâ€, Kestner Gessellschaft Hanover, 1995.
- Peinture. Emblemes et References, “la Volaille de Rauschenbergâ€, capcMusee d'art contemporain de Bordeaux. 1993-1994.
- Allan Wexler, “Allan Wexler: Structures for Reflectionâ€, Karl Ernst Osthaus Museum, Hagen. 1993.
- Tema AIDS: Crisis of the Body: Art in the Age of AIDS, Henie-Onstad Kunstsenter, Hovikodden, 1993
- Dark Décor, “Beyond Horror Vacuii: The Politics of Patternâ€, ICI (Independent Curators Incorporated), a traveling exhibition. 1992-93.
- Counterbalance, “Art that Makes Itself: An Essay on Sol Le Witt and Jean Tinguelyâ€, The Hans and Walter Bechtler Gallery, Charlotte, North Carolina, 1991.
- Warhol & Basquiat, “Samo & Andyâ€, Sonje Museum of Contemporary Art, Kyungu, Korea, 1991.
- Glass: Material in the Service of Meaning,â€Transparent Contradictionsâ€, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, Washington, 1991.
- Lucas Samaras 1961-1991, Yokohama Museum of Art, October – November, 1991.
- Europe Unknown, Palac Sztuki TPSP, WKS Wawel, Cracow, Poland, 1991. (Volume 2)
- Dialogue Prague/Los Angeles, Santa Monica Museum, California, 1990.
- IRWIN, “Slovene PostModern†Cleveland State University Art Gallery, 1990.
- Art/Artifact, “Bring Em Back Alive.†The Center for African Art, New York, 1989. (2nd Edition).
- Wegman’s World, “William Wegman's Videos: Funny Instead of Formalâ€, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, 1982–83.
- Dui Seid: Artist’s Estate, “Blood Relations,†Karl Ernst Osthaus-Museum, Hagen, Neuer Folkwang Verlag, Hagen, 1987.
- Rafael Ferrer, “In the Torrid Zoneâ€, Laguna Gloria Museum, Austin, Texas, 1982.
- Pablo Picasso; Das Spatwerk 1964–1972, Kunstmuseum, Basel, 1981.
- Mac Adams Mysteries, Welsh Arts Council, Cardiff and London, 1979.
- The Angel of Mercy, La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, California, 1977. (Eleanor Antin)
Selected Articles
- “How PoMo Can You Go?â€, Art News, October, 2012.
- “Talking Trashâ€, Art News, June, 2011.
- “Where are the Great Women Pop Artists?â€, Art News, November, 2010.
- “Yves Klein’s Leap Yearâ€, Art News, March, 2010.
- “Nordiskt curatorsfiaskoâ€, Paletten. #270/271 Nr 4 2007 - 1 2008 (Sveriges Äldsta Konsttidskrift) (Nordic Pavilion 2007 Venice Biennale)
- “Death in Veniceâ€, Brooklyn Rail, July, 2007
- “Documenta on the Ropes", Brooklyn Rail, September 2007.
- ““He Found it at the Moviesâ€, The Village Voice, 07/07/04 (Ed Ruscha)
- Jon Kesslerâ€, The Village Voice, 5/19/04
- “Lost and Foundâ€, The Village Voice, 1/21/04 (Marc Quinn)
- “Agent Provocateurâ€, The Village Voice, 11/26/03. (John Currin)
- “A Foreign Affairâ€, The Village Voice, 7/29/03. ("The American Effect")
- “Power Vacuum,†(50th Venice Biennale) The Village Voice, 7/9/03
- “Springtime for Hitlerâ€, The Village Voice, 3/12/02 ("Mirroring Evil: Nazi Imagery/Recent Art")
- “The CNN Documentaâ€, (Dokumenta 11) The Village Voice, 7/9/02.
- “More is Moreâ€, Hirschhorn and Sachsâ€, The Village Voice, 11/27/02.
- “View from the Bridge: A New York Perspective on Brit Artâ€, CVA (Contemporary Visual Art), Issue 32, London, January 2001.
- “Panic Attack,†(48th Venice Biennale) The Village Voice, 7/3/01.
- “Square Oneâ€, (Malevich) The Village Voice, 1/19/01.
- “Cuba Libre: Art and Contradiction at the Havana Bienalâ€,The Village Voice, 12/19/00. (7th Havana Bienal)
- “Fuzzy Logic: Bridget Riley, The Second Time Aroundâ€, The Village Voice, 10/17/00.
- “Border Crossings: Ljubljana, Lyon and Neo-Exoticism in the New Europeâ€, The Village Voice, July 25, 2000.[15]
- “Rebirth in Venice: 48th Venice Biennaleâ€, The Village Voice, June 22, 1999.[16]
- “School of Paris,†The Village Voice, 12/8/98 ("Premises").
- “Venetian Bindâ€, The Village Voice, 7/18/97 (47th Venice Biennale).
- “Not the UNâ€, The Village Voice, 7/22/97 (Dokumenta 10).
- “Controlâ€, The Village Voice, 12/10/96 (Lars von Trier’s Psykomobile #!: Verdensuret (World Clock).
- “The Bald Sopranosâ€, The Village Voice, Sept. 9/17/96 (Eva and Adele).[17]
- “Bark and Biteâ€, The Village Voice†7/9/96 (Manifesta 1, Rotterdam)
- “Die Maske der Universalitatâ€, Neue Bildende Kunst (special issue; The Marco Polo Syndrome) 4/5, 1995.
- “Artificial Respirationâ€, (Tim Hawkinson), The Village Voice, 10/31/95
- “Honest Fictions: Nedko Solakovâ€, BE #3, Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Oct., 1995.
- “Artificial Respirationâ€, The Village Voice, Sept. 10/31/95. (Tim Hawkinson).[18]
- “Venetian Ballsâ€, The Village Voice, 7/4/95 (46th Venice Biennale).
- “Lettre de New Yorkâ€, VOIR, Feb. 1995.
- “Krise Identity Dnes: Konec Moderismu a Problem Kulturni Identityâ€, Vytvarne Umeni, Prague, Jan/Feb 1995.
- “Trans-Europe Expressâ€, The Village Voice, 11/27/94.
- “Achilles’ Heelâ€, World Art, November, 1993. (45th Venice Biennale).
- “Laurie Parsons/Rirkrit Tiravanijaâ€, Kunstforum, Jan/Feb, 1994.
- “Seoul Searchingâ€, The Village Voice, 11/02/93.
- “Horn's Dilemmaâ€, The Village Voice, 08/10/93.
- “The Masterpiece Mentalityâ€, The Village Voice, 06/01/93. (American Art in the 20th Century, Martin-Gropius Bau).
- “Billet d'humeur: Grungeâ€, VOIR, May, 1993.
- “Dossier: Warsawâ€, Sculpture, March/April, 1993.
- “Sewing and Cooking,†The Village Voice, 02/09/93 (Charles LeDray and Paul McCarthy).
- “Typography is Not Destinyâ€, The Village Voice, 2/23/93 (Lothar Baumgarten)
- “Heal Thyself,†(Damien Hirst/Salon du Fleurus) The Village Voice, 1/19/93.
- “Dossier: Seoulâ€, Sculpture, December, 1992.
- “Significant Others in Istanbulâ€, The Village Voice, 12/01/92.
- “Jan Who? Docu What?†The Village Voice, 07/14/92.
- “Editorial: Crise d'Identiteâ€, VOIR, May, 1992.
- “The Negligent Aestheticâ€, Artscribe, September, 1991.
- “Slouching Toward the Millenniumâ€, The Village Voice, 3/19/91.
- “Intolerance, or The Power of Images†New Art International, February, 1991.
- “Eastern Exposureâ€, The Village Voice, 10/09/90.
- “Letter from New York: Life, Death, and Gesamtkitschwerkeâ€, VOIR, Nov-Dec., 1990.
- “Haim Steinbach: signes de progress/ object contradictoriesâ€, Artstudio 19, Winter, 1990.
- “Cumulus From America (New Art in the Second World)â€, Parkett, No. 25, September, 1990.
- “Belief is Dangerousâ€, The Village Voice, 04/08/90 (Richter’s Baader Meinhoff series).
- “Studio Visits: Robert Longoâ€, Mirabella, October, 1989.
- “Ono: In Permanent Fluxâ€, Connoissuer, March 1989.
- “Blank Czech: Our Critic in Prague,†The Village Voice, 9/19/89
- “Avant-Slavâ€, The Village Voice, 06/26/89
- “The Man Who Flew into Spaceâ€, The Village Voice, 5/31/88 (Ilya Kabakov)
- “The Agony and the Anomieâ€, Arts Magazine, April, 1986.
- “Chuck Close, Eric Fischl, Leon Golubâ€, Art of Our Time: Saatchi Collection, Vol. IV, 1984.
- “The Robert Smithson No One Ever Noticedâ€, Art News. Sept. 1982.
- “Arshile Gorky at The Guggenheim Museum.†Flash Art. Oct/Nov. 1981.
- “The Monumental Showâ€, Arts Magazine, Sept. 1981.
- “The State of the Art; 1980â€, Art Journal, Fall/Winter 1980.
- “The Times Square Showâ€, Arts Magazine, Sept. 1980.
- “Marcel Broodthaers and the Insincere Objectâ€, Arts Magazine, April 1980.
- “Joseph Beuys: The New Orderâ€, Arts Magazine, April 1980.
- “Andy Warhol at The Whitney Museum, Flash Art, April 1980.
- “Sofa-sized Paintingsâ€, The Village Voice, 12/10/79.
- “Farewell to Modernismâ€, Arts Magazine, Oct. 1979.
- “Dennis Oppenheim: Post Performance Worksâ€, Arts Magazine, Sept. 1979.
- “Chuck Close: Decoding the Imageâ€, Arts Magazine, June 1978.
- “Reflections on Robert Smithson's Spiral Jettyâ€, Arts Magazine, May 1978.
- “Mac Adams: Circumstantial Evidenceâ€, Arts Magazine, April 1978.
- “New Grounds for Art: Helen and Newton Harrisonâ€, Arts Magazine, Feb. 1978.
- “Narrative Landscape on the Continental Shelf: Notes on Southern Californiaâ€, Arts Magazine, Oct. 1976.
- “Fifties Fallout: The Hydrogen Jukeboxâ€, Arts Magazine, April 1974.
- “Duchamp in New Yorkâ€, Opus International, June 1973.
- “Bruce Nauman: Stretching the Truthâ€, Opus International, Sept. 1973.
- “Open Season on Styleâ€, Opus International, June 1973.
- “The Newest Realism: A Synthetic Slice of Lifeâ€, Opus International, June 1973.
- “Eva Hesse: Notes on New Beginningsâ€, Arts Magazine, Feb. 1973.
- “Eros, Samaras and Recent Artâ€, Arts Magazine, Dec/Jan. 1973.
- “Rafael Ferrer: A Different Drummerâ€, Art News, Dec. 1971
Awards and Honors
- Fellow, USC Annenberg-Getty Journalism Program, November 2011.
- Fellow, USC Annenberg-Getty Arts Fellowship Program, 2004.
- Juror, UNESCO Prize for the Advancement of Art in Cooperation with AICA, Cairo Biennale, 1998.
- Chair of Jury, UNESCO Prize for the Advancement of Art, Paris, 1995.
- SECA Fellowship, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1993.
- First Place, Contemporary Art, Fifth Annual Manufacturers Hanover Art/World Award for Distinguished Newspaper Art Criticism, 1986.
- Visual Arts Panelist for Critic Grants, National Endowment for the Arts, 1981.
Exhibitions
- Ronald Feldman Fine Arts]. January 7-February 4, 2006.[19][20][21]
- The New York Times, January 18, 2006
- Kim Levin. The New Yorker. February 6, 2006.
- “Remembering Exhibitions†Royal College of Art, London, March 2009.[22]
External links
- Biography, Brooklyn Rail.
- Engine 29 Biography
- USC Annenberg/Getty Arts Journalism Program 2011. Fellow Biographies.
- “Re:Art Criticism Todayâ€, The Brooklyn Rail. December 20, 2012.
- University of Florida College of the Arts. Tuesday February 28, 2012.
References
- ↑ “April, 2006: Garwood, Levin, and Sorokina.†Artcritical April 7th, 2006.
- ↑ “AICA in Europe†The Brooklyn Rail. May 16, 2014.
- ↑ “Art Critics Face Up to a New World.†Los Angeles Times. October 14, 1991.
- ↑ March/April 2004 Art Papers. p. 43
- ↑ "Remembering Exhibitions." Tate Papers.
- ↑ "Arnold Mesches in Miami A 60 Year Retrospective."
- ↑ Printed Project, Issue 7, Summer 2007, “Unconditional Love
- ↑ Biennial Foundation
- ↑ “Waterworksâ€, Nordiska Akvarellmuseet, Skahamn, Sweden. 2001
- ↑ John Salvest: Time on his Handsâ€, Phoenix Art Museum, October 12, 1999 – January 23, 2000.
- ↑ Hans Hamid Rasmussen. Artnet.
- ↑ Louise Bourgeois. The Red Room-Child.
- ↑ Modern Art in The USA: Issues and Controversies of the 20th Century, “Farewall to Modernismâ€, edited by Patricia Hills, Prentice Hall, 2001.
- ↑ TransPlant: Living Vegetation in Contemporary Art.
- ↑ Border Crossings: Ljubljana, Lyon and Neo-Exoticism in the New Europeâ€, The Village Voice]
- ↑ Rebirth in Venice: 48th Venice Biennaleâ€, The Village Voice, June 22, 1999.
- ↑ “The Bald Sopranosâ€, The Village Voice, Sept. 9/17/96
- ↑ “Artificial Respirationâ€, The Village Voice, Sept. 10/31/95.
- ↑ Ronald Feldman Fine Arts. Exhibition documentation. 2006.
- ↑ Kim Levin. Ronald Feldman Fine Arts. Artforum, March 2006.
- ↑ Art in America, Critics Beat, March 2006.
- ↑ “Remembering Exhibitions’: From Point to Line to Web.†Tate Papers Issue 12. October 1, 2009].