Artcritical's 2015 Venice Dispatches Highlight Global Exhibitions and Drawing Analysis

Artcritical published its second 2015 dispatch from Venice, covering multiple exhibitions across different galleries. Alison Knowles showed work at James Fuentes LLC, while Jaq Chartier exhibited at Morgan Lehman. Iván Navarro presented at Paul Kasmin, and Rirkrit Tiravanija was featured at Gavin Brown's enterprise. The dispatch included analysis of drawing styles, noting a limited range that appeared competent yet often stilted, illustrative, and somewhat nerdy. It questioned whether differences in treatment stemmed from individual artists' hands or from varying speeds of movement depicted in scenes—contrasting orderly drudgery through dreary East European streets with violent clashes against riot police in steamy tropical towns. Moscow premiered a stunning museum for contemporary art during this period.