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David Gibson
@davidmgibson.bsky.social
Art and Books critic, New York City born and raised. Substack writer since 2021. AICA Member 2025
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New post in THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DESK’s web-only section “New York Diary” on my very first visit to Ridgefield, Queens, taking in the sights and strangely feeling right at home. Go to my Substack page and read it there and please press Like if you do!
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April 12, 2025 at 5:52 PM
@dgibsonwriting.bsky.social New post today on my Substack, THE ABSTRACT AFFINITY, on the paintings of Becky Yazdan. Another post on Friday, on the photograph book "A Setting Sun" by Gregg Evans.
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March 18, 2025 at 2:32 PM
December 15, 2024 at 2:11 PM
The first in a series of reviews of mostly Upper East Side exhibitions posted once every week: Karl Gerstner at Meredith Rosen Gallery. Visit The Other Side of the Desk and read the review there. Subscribe for free to read all future reviews
#exhibitions #artinreview #newperspectives
May 16, 2024 at 10:59 PM
Well, I’m 57 today. No longer a spring chicken. But I feel like I’m in my prime. Here’s my attempt at a decent selfie. #gettingolderandwiser #primeyearsofmylife #todayismybirthday
April 29, 2024 at 1:17 PM
New Desk Dispatch with recommended exhibitions all over town and beyond. Also new sections in The Other Side of the Desk. Links to all current posts and promises of much more to come. #recommendations #links #tribeca #noho #bayard #studiojournal #retrospection #monograph #shelflife
April 5, 2024 at 2:48 AM
Recently launched Monograph” which will present consecutive monthly chapters on the life and art of a specific artist. Series One: Nolan Preece, an experimental photographer with diverse life experiences who lives in Reno, Nevada
#monograph #photography #artlife
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March 5, 2024 at 4:34 PM
New article on my Substack: “The Seduction of Selection”—on the art historical genre of Appropriation art, from its roots in Cubism and Dada, through the Postwar and Eighties generations to now. #appropriation #mixedmedia #collage #sculpture #neo-geo #Graffiti
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January 14, 2024 at 10:56 PM
Third edition of The Desk Dispatch announcing new sections of my substack, featured subjects, and recommended exhibitions in the New York area.
January 5, 2024 at 2:10 AM
Second Art Memory posted on my Substack. Nicole Wilson’s conceptual project Ötzi with Praise Shadows Gallery seen at Photofairs. Link on my bio.
December 23, 2023 at 9:25 PM
New post on my Substack, the first In a series of artful recollections called Art Moments. Going back to 2002 to look at the painting/sculpture works of Scott Richter
#paintingprocess #sculpture #artist
December 10, 2023 at 5:28 AM
My first new article of the season is a book review of Rebecca Hackemann’s “3-D Experimental VR and Art Practices: Untangling Another Dimension” which has me exploring new ground aesthetically. #virtualreality # immsersiveart #digitalart
November 25, 2023 at 1:20 PM
New essay on The Other Side of the Desk: “The Cloud Connection” on the communal interaction video installations of Jeanne Wilkinson #videoartist #performance #installationart
September 14, 2023 at 4:13 AM
New review ESCAPE VELOCITY on the paintings of Dellamarie Parrilli in "A Life in Technicolor” at KTC Affiliated Artists
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September 3, 2023 at 5:59 AM