Jonathan Griffin

LA-based British art critic. Contributing editor for Frieze, writes for the NYT, the FT, Art Review, Apollo, and others.

[Untapped @untappedjournal]

Los Angeles designers @petershire and Ryan Preciado, who once worked together, reflect on the past and future of their practices in a conversation with Jonathan Griffin (@griffinjonathan). https://t.co/Qxn6kUSvAj

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This artist blew my mind. So happy I got to write about him.

[Apollo Magazine @Apollo_magazine]

With his fantastic light machines, the mid-century artist Thomas Wilfred created a whole new genre of art that left its mark on countless major artists, writes Jonathan Griffin

[The Yale Review @yalereview]

Our fall issue is here! Read new work from this year's @WindhamCampbell prizewinners, including @hystericalblkns, @NifMuhammad, @K_Scanlan_, & many others. Plus: Hilton Als on Richard Pryor, Chris Ware on Richard Scarry, @griffinjonathan on Mike Kelley, & more. https://t.co/1VgyufSq66

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Go see 'Life on Earth,’ a show of Eco-feminist art at The Brick, in LA, curated by Catherine Taft https://t.co/HYQftUdJdf

[The Yale Review @yalereview]

Since his death twelve years ago, Mike Kelley’s artistic influence has only grown. The man himself, however, remains largely a mystery. In our fall issue, @griffinjonathan goes in search of the enigmatic artist. https://t.co/YRJJJKYvUe

[New York Times Arts @nytimesarts]

At the impressive new home of the Los Angeles Clippers, new artworks foster a community spirit. But there are no outright slam dunks here, our critic writes. https://t.co/4rBXnK6F7f

[Ocula @OculaArt]

Michael Werner launches its Beverly Hills L.A. space with a show by Markus Lüpertz and Pierre Puvis de Chavannes that's in a league of its own. @griffinjonathan reviews: https://t.co/EVZKBRGpGf

[Apollo Magazine @Apollo_magazine]

Bill Viola died on Friday at the of 73. For our March 2014 issue, @griffinjonathan interviewed the video artist and his wife and collaborator Kira Perov about how their elemental, often eerie work grappled with some of life’s biggest questions

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@weistwiley Last two words 😂

[New York Times Arts @nytimesarts]

Disability artwork makes history: After 50 years, Creative Growth in Oakland, Calif., celebrates as its artists enter the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art’s collection. https://t.co/THgfMlLtE3

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My review of Martha Diamond’s outstanding show at @david_kordansky

[New York Times Arts @nytimesarts]

What Frank Auerbach did for Camden Town, Monet did for Paris and De Chirico did for piazzas all over Italy, Martha Diamond did for New York’s masonry. Her show at the David Kordansky Gallery in Los Angeles is a Critic’s Pick. https://t.co/cAni7xhQdp

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My review of the Jean-Michel Basquiat exhibition up now at @Gagosian Beverly Hills:

[New York Times Arts @nytimesarts]

At Gagosian Beverly Hills, a new exhibition by Jean-Michel Basquiat harks back to the time the artist spent in Los Angeles in the ’80s. The show is both impressive and discomforting, our critic says. https://t.co/nLHAgUqWPH

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Keep up with her here: https://t.co/EaYTB2fhuk

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It’s a dark day for journalism, for Los Angeles, for art writing and for tinned fish connoisseurship. We’ve lost @cmonstah and she will not be replaced. 🫡

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@cmonstah !!!

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Urs Fischer curating John Chamberlain in Aspen seemed like a total bro-out, but I was pleasantly surprised.

[FT for Schools @ft4s]

John Chamberlain’s car-crush sculptures deserve a second look https://t.co/mtVMc7oY91

[New York Times Arts @nytimesarts]

At 84, the self-taught painter Jessie Homer French faces the future with a new show at Various Small Fires, her Los Angeles gallery. At home in the high desert she fishes for trout and finds beauty in devastation. https://t.co/gaJeyNFYKQ

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@jilnotjill None are good. I say best and hate it.

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Ron Nagle is an artist who changed my ideas about what art could do and be. To quote Benjamin Weissman quoting Jane Goodall, when I see his work “I slap the ground in banana excitement.”

And, as I found out when I met him, he’s a wonderful person too. https://t.co/hOuKWDT5c6

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Betye Saar still working her magic. My report on her latest installation ⁦@TheHuntington⁩

Take a spin with the FT’s paywall: https://t.co/roPczlrJ8v