ArtsBeat

The buzz surrounding the forthcoming Albright-Knox exhibition "Action/Abstraction" is only intensifying as the show makes its way to Buffalo for a Feb. 13 opening. The gallery announced today that the exhibition, which was previously on view at The Jewish Museum in New York City and the St. Louis Art Museum, has won the AICA/USA International Art Critics Association award for the best thematic museum show in New York City.

This particular plaudit is hardly surprising, given that the show is as much an examination of Abstract Expressionism as a paean to two of the 20th century's most influential art critics. By doling out this award, today's significantly less influential art critics have essentially handed themselves a big pat on the back. Not that there's anything wrong with that -- it's all the more fuel for what looks to be a very worthy exhibition, which has already wound up on its share of Top Ten lists.

Look for more on the show in The News as it approaches.

--Colin Dabkowski

Photo from Julien Jourdes / New York Times