Maureen O’Leary at Dallas Art Fair
5 April 2024 • Vittoria Benzine
The 16th edition of the Dallas Art Fair just opened to characteristically enthusiastic and fashionable crowds, inaugurating Dallas Art Month… Read More
Author: Vittoria Benzine
Vittoria Benzine is a Brooklyn-based art writer and personal essayist covering contemporary art with a focus on storytelling, counterculture, and chaos magic. She is a regular contributor at Maxim, Artnet News, and more. Follow her adventures on Instagram @vittoriabenzine.
Lesley Bodzy hugs a three year chapter goodbye
30 November 2023 • Vittoria Benzine
Lesley Bodzy’s debut New York solo show “The Soft Embrace” concludes a three-year chapter in the Houston and New York-based sculptor’s practice.
5 LA Gallery Shows to Welcome Winter
28 November 2023 • Vittoria Benzine
Brooklyn-based art writer Vittoria Benzine had never been to Los Angeles in the heart of autumn. She’d also never been to Montana
3 NYC exhibitions — under one disco ball
7 November 2023 • Vittoria Benzine
One exhibition about partying is a statement. Two is a coincidence. Three makes a trend. There’s at least that many… Read More
5 Must-See Shows in Santa Fe, New Mexico
25 October 2023 • Vittoria Benzine
Brooklyn-based art writer Vittoria Benzine made her second trip to Santa Fe last week. The first one went by in a flash. This time she got to pounding pavement. Read on to see what she saw.
5 NYC Gallery Shows to Heal Any Ailment
10 October 2023 • Vittoria Benzine
The commercial fine art world, a reflection of the wider world, has thrown a lot at Vittoria Benzine in three… Read More
Independent 20th Century Made Modern Art Contemporary Again
12 September 2023 • Vittoria Benzine
Independent 20th Century celebrated the fair’s second edition this past Armory Week in New York. This spin-off, invite only event… Read More
5 L.A. Gallery Shows to Close Out This Summer
29 August 2023 • Vittoria Benzine
Numerous gorgeous shows by Suchitra Mattai, Hank Willis Thomas and more closed last week. We still have neighborhoods to see. Still these beauties remain on view
Meet the five artist representing American contemporary art in Copenhagen this summer
15 August 2023 • Vittoria Benzine
“Floating Bodies,” a group exhibition around the body and painting at Copenhagen’s Galerie Mikael Andersen, closes this week.
A diary from the largest Upstate Art Weekend yet
29 July 2023 • Vittoria Benzine
Last Saturday through Monday marked the fourth, largest, most illustrious edition of Upstate Art Weekend throughout New York’s Hudson Valley… Read More
5 Must-See Summer Group Shows in NYC
10 July 2023 • Vittoria Benzine
Brooklyn-based art writer Vittoria Benzine approaches life like a fourth grade science project, with a particular affinity for control variables…. Read More
The latest exhibition at experimental Below Grand trades in art across phrases
5 July 2023 • Vittoria Benzine
If it weren’t for the art-filled storefront marking Below Grand, anyone not immediately in the know would likely miss the experimental, artist-run gallery
Mapping constellations across “Body Full of Stars”
28 June 2023 • Vittoria Benzine
“Body Full of Stars,” curated at Upper East Side art gallery Ceysson & Bénétière by Brooklyn-based artist Kimia Kline Fedowsi, reminds viewers of the truth:
5 NYC gallery shows to see, rain or shine
19 June 2023 • Vittoria Benzine
By the time Benzine concluded on the Upper East Side later that day, the sun was out and shining. Of course, she didn’t miss the rain — because she’d made a point to savor it. Here’s the weekly highlights from her many stops.
5 Gallery Shows Heating Up NYC
12 June 2023 • Vittoria Benzine
Whoever said summer is an art world deadzone needs to see what’s on view in New York right now. Maybe… Read More
5 Artists to explore from Frieze New York
22 May 2023 • Vittoria Benzine
Frieze New York returned for the fair’s third edition at The Shed in Hudson Yards with a robust lineup of 69 local and international exhibitors, both seasoned and new.
5 Must-See Booths at TEFAF New York
12 May 2023 • Vittoria Benzine
The eighth edition of TEFAF New York, that renowned art and antiquities fair with a decided design slant, opened uptown… Read More
Our 5 favorite booths at Future Fair
11 May 2023 • Vittoria Benzine
Well, well, well, New York — the games have begun. Not to go full Gossip Girl on you all, but the vibes are definitely right for it.
5 Shows to Catch in NYC Before They Close
5 May 2023 • Vittoria Benzine
Two weeks and five art fairs are about to overtake New York City completely. Never satisfied to settle for chaos as it is, Brooklyn-based art writer Vittoria Benzine has dolloped extra activity on top — a music then mural festival in California smack in between. Before the whole world gets spun up sweeter than cotton candy, let’s take a moment to recap the must-see shows on view across the city just through this week.
5 Must-See Shows On View in NYC Right Now
28 April 2023 • Vittoria Benzine
Read on to find out what you glean from her latest must-see roundup of shows on view now. Each comes with a concise review to decide if it’s for you.
Derrick Adams inaugurates 5th season at ART on THE MART
18 April 2023 • Vittoria Benzine
ART on THE MART inaugurated its 5th season last Friday night by unveiling a short and bright animated feature from Derrick Adams amongst the balmy weather welcoming EXPO CHICAGO.
5 Must-See Booths at EXPO CHICAGO
14 April 2023 • Vittoria Benzine
The 10th edition of EXPO Chicago opened yesterday on the scenic Navy Pier to impeccable summer weather. 170 galleries from 36 cities in 90 countries
5 exhibitions with texture to see in NYC this week
7 April 2023 • Vittoria Benzine
Get out in the garden to see these five shows on view this April.
5 NYC Exhibitions for Celebrating Spring
31 March 2023 • Vittoria Benzine
Most New York galleries close at 6 p.m. Brooklyn-based art writer Vittoria Benzine has dutifully applied that control variable the past few months, recording photons and watching the days get longer by the week. Daylight savings only amplifies what naturally happens this time of year — and after a two week grace period for Benzine’s annual energetic thrashing at the hands of the vernal equinox, she emerged again to see what the sky looked like at 6 p.m. Pretty amazing.
