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Select REVIEWS (reverse chronological)

Review - 2021, Artforum, Colby Chamberlain

Review - 2021, Hyperallergic, John Yau

Review - 2015, ArtPulse Magazine, Jason Hoelscher

Review - 2014, Hyperallergic, Patrick Neal

Review - 2014, artcritical, Matthew Farina

Review - 2014, Arte Fuse, Oscar Layulan

Review - 2014, Art New England, Robert Moeller

Review - 2014, Boston Globe, Cate McQuaid

Review - 2013, Artforum, Wendy Vogel

Review - 2013, Hyperallergic, Jillian Steinhauer

Review - 2013, Boston Globe, Cate McQuaid

Review - 2012, The New Yorker, Andrea Scott

Review - 2012, New York Magazine, Jerry Saltz

Review - 2012, Hyperallergic, Howard Hurst

Review - 2012, Modern Painters, Daniel Kunitz

Review - 2012, The Brooklyn Rail, Kara Rooney

Review - 2012, SVA: Art Writing MFA, Matthew Farina

Review - 2010, Art Agenda, Colby Chamberlain

Review - 2010, Art in America, Fay Hirsch

Review - 2010, The New York Times, Roberta Smith

Review - 2010, New York Magazine, Jerry Saltz

Review - 2009, The New York Times, Roberta Smith

Review - 2009, FlashArt, Amanda Church

Review - 2009, Art in America, Lyra Kilston

Review - 2007, The New Yorker

Review - 2005, The New York Times, Ken Johnson

Review - 2005, The New York Times, Ken Johnson

 

Compilation: CRITICAL ESSAYS

Brainspace: Recent Works by Franklin Evans, David Ebony, 2025; Mothers of Invention: Beyond the Tragic and Timeless, Sue Scott, 2024; Franklin Evans: The Studio as Episteme, Raphael Rubinstein, 2021; Franklin Evans: A Moment of Complexity, Leonie Bradbury, 2014; Minimalism, Maximalism, and Judd as Model, Patrick Neal, 2014; Spotlight: Franklin Evans - On time, space, Stella, and tape with the New York painter, Evan J. Garza, 2011; New Models, Strange Tools, Raphael Rubinstein, 2015

 

Compilation: MUSEUM AND INSTITUTIONAL TEXT

What a Wonderful World, MAXXI Museum, Rome, 2022; Franklin Evans: frankklinsfootpaths, Figge Art Museum, 2021; juddrules, Montserrat Gallery, 2014; Franklin Evans: timepaths, Nevada Museum of Art, 2013; houstontohouston, Diverseworks, 2012; Greater New York, MoMA PS1, 2010; Paint Things, deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, 2013; The Immigrants, Venice Collateral Exhibition, 2013; Collision, RISD Museum of Art, 2010; Bienal: The (s) Files 007, El Museo del Barrio, 2007; Metaphysics of Youth, Artenova - Fuoriuso, 2006; LineAge: Selections Fall, The Drawing Center, 2005;

 

Select INTERVIEWS

Interview - 2013, Brooklyn Rail, Greg Lindquist

Interview - 2010, BOMB, Richard J. Goldstein

 

Select Other CREATIVE PRESS

Visual Essay - 2017, Garage/Vice, Liana Finck

Conceptual Review - 2014, YELP, Brian Droitcour

Visual Collaboration - 2017, BOMB, with Paul David Young

 

OTHER PRESS

2021

Alexandra Goldman. Franklin Evans. Artifactoid, August 11. 

Alexandra Goldman. Podcast: Franklin Evans at Miles McEnery Gallery, New York. Whitehot Magazine, July 8. 

Francesca Aton. Artist Franklin Evans Amplifies Joy in His Immersive Paintings and Installations. ARTnews, June 4. 

Francesca Aton. Six Must-See Shows in Chelsea this Summer. Art in America, May 3. 

2018

Francesca Pasini. Un Chicco Vivente. alfabeta2, December 16. 

La protesta nella ritrattistica di Franklin Evans. Selfportraitas. ArtsLife, November 20. 

Pollock-Krasner Foundation Awards. Artforum, October 10. 

Farrah Bencheikh. Drawing Now 2018 interview Franklin Evans. Souvenirs from Earth, March 23. 

2017

Paddy Johnson and William Powhida. The Broken Toilet. Explain Me, October 2. 

Thavma Phillips. Visual Stories - Franklin Evans and Robert Cottingham at Ameringer McEnery Yohe Gallery. Arte Fuse, September 19. 

James Kalm. Marc Horowitz at JOHANNES VOGT and Franklin Evans at Ameringer McEnery Yohe. The James Kalm Report, September 9. 

2015

Franklin Evans: spreadsheetspace. KUNSTforum, September. 

Margrethe Aanestad. Interview: Franklin Evans. Contemporary Art Stavanger, January. 

2014

Raphael Rubinstein. Matisse Etc. (part 2). The Silo, December 1. 

James Kalm. Franklin Evans "paintingassupermodel" at Ameringer McEnery Yohe. The James Kalm Report, June 7. 

2013

Greg Lindquist. IN CONVERSATION. FRANKLIN EVANS with Greg Lindquist. The Brooklyn Rail, November. 

Greg Lindquist. NETWORK OF RELATIVE OBJECTS: Transgression+Painting. The Brooklyn Rail, June. 

Patrick Neal. Does Painting Still Matter? Salon, April 28. 

Itinerary: deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum. Sculpture, March.

2012

Molly Glentzer. Franklin Evans Lights Up DiverseWorks. Houston Chronicle, November. 

Tyler Rudick. Artist Uses Record of His Life. CultureMap Houston, November. 

Greg Lindquist. Is Newness Still New? The Brooklyn Rail, July. 

Steven Zevitas. Arts: 10 Must-See Painting Shows: April 2012. Huffington Post, April 11.

Ginevra Bria. Nastri ricorsivi. Torna Franklin Evans. Artribune, May 28.

Emanuele Beluffi. Franklin Evans a Milano. ArtsLife, May 15.

FRANKLIN EVANS A MILANO: L’INVERSO DEL COLLAGE. ArteContemporaneaTemporanea, April 26.

2008

Ken Johnson. Art: SoHo: Provocations, Reflections and Abstractions The New York Times, November 13.

 

 

VARIOUS OTHER CONTENT

2012 - Franklin Evans's Art-Making Process Has Taken Over Sue Scott Gallery. Arts Observer.

2012 - Quick study: Words, language and ideas. Two Coats of Paint.

2010 - Franklin Evans: Paint and Process. MoMA PS1 Inside/Out.

2010 - MoMA - PS1: Franklin Evans. Artists Speak.

2009 - Franklin Evans at Sue Scott Gallery. James Wagner.

2009 - Tripping on the LES: Evans, Williams, Almeida, Martinez, P-Orridge. Joanne Mattera Art Blog.

2009 - Franklin Evans at Marie Walsh Sharpe Open Studios. James Wagner.

2009 - Luminous Groove. Heart As Arena.

2009 - DUMBO: The Marie Walsh Sharpe Open Studios. KCLOG.