Writing
In Conversation with Y.Z. KAMI
FEB 2023 • Brooklyn Rail • Portrait of Y.Z. Kami, pencil on paper by Phong H. Bui
Robert Motherwell Drawing: As Fast as the Mind Itself
DEC/JAN 2022/23 • Brooklyn Rail • Robert Motherwell, Kafka’s Big Room, 1944. Watercolor on paper, sheet: 22 1/2 × 28 1/4 inches. Frame: 30 1/4 × 36 3/8 inches. Private Collection
Phong Bui in conversation with Pepe Karmel
November, 2022
Graham Nickson with Jack Flam and Phong Bui
SEPT 2022 • Brooklyn Rail • Portrait of Graham Nickson, pencil on paper by Phong H. Bui
DEC/JAN 2021/22 • Brooklyn Rail • Larry Day, Changes, 1982. Oil on canvas, 54 x 66 in. Courtesy Pamela and Joseph Yohlin.
Julian Schnabel: Self Portraits of Others
NOV 2021 • Brooklyn Rail • Julian Schnabel, Number 5 (Van Gogh Self-Portrait Musée d'Orsay, Vincent), 2019. Oil, plates, and bondo on wood, 72 x 60 inches. Courtesy the Brant Foundation, Greenwich, CT.
The Beauty of Friends Being Together
SEPT 2021 • Brooklyn Rail • John Currin, Climber, 2021. Oil on linen, 76 x 48 inches. Work in progress. Courtesy the artist.
In Conversation with JOHN CURRIN
SEPT 2021 • Brooklyn Rail • Portrait of John Currin, pencil on paper by Phong H. Bui.
In Conversation with JULIE MEHRETU
JUN 2021 • Brooklyn Rail • Portrait of Julie Mehretu, pencil on paper by Phong H. Bui.
In Conversation with EJ HAUSER
MAY 2021 • Brooklyn Rail • Portrait of EJ Hauser, pencil on paper by Phong H. Bui.
In Conversation with THEASTER GATES
DEC/JAN 2020/21 • Brooklyn Rail • Portrait of Theaster Gates, pencil on paper by Phong H. Bui.
In Conversation with JEFF ELROD
NOV 2020 • Brooklyn Rail • Portrait of Jeff Elrod, pencil on paper by Phong H. Bui.
In Conversation with MAX HOLLEIN
SEPT 2020 • Brooklyn Rail • Portrait of Max Hollein, pencil on paper by Phong H. Bui.
In Conversation with LAUREN BON
JUN 2020 • Brooklyn Rail • Portrait of Lauren Bon, pencil on paper by Phong H. Bui.
In Conversation with SUSAN BEE
APR 2020 • Brooklyn Rail • Portrait of Susan Bee, pencil on paper by Phong Bui.
In Conversation with CANDIDA ALVAREZ
MAR 2020 • Brooklyn Rail • Portrait of Candida Alvarez, pencil on paper by Phong Bui.
In Conversation with DAVID LYNCH
Dec/Jan 2019/20 • Brooklyn Rail • Portrait of David Lynch, pencil on paper by Phong Bui
Dec/Jan 2019/20 • Brooklyn Rail • Vija Celmins, Envelope , 1964, Oil on canvas, 16.5 x 18 in. Collection of Helen and Charles Schwab. © Vija Celmins / Courtesy Matthew Marks Gallery
In Conversation with RACHEL FEINSTEIN
NOV 2019 • Brooklyn Rail • Portrait of Rachel Feinstein, pencil on paper by Phong Bui.
APR 2020 • Brooklyn Rail • Installation view: Sarah Sze, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York, 2019. Courtesy the artist and Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York / Los Angeles. Photo: Genevieve Hanson.
River Rail Colby • Courtesy the Lunder Institute for American Art. Photo: Ben Wheeler.
SEPT 2019 • Brooklyn Rail • Portrait of Tomas Vu, pencil on paper by Phong Bui.
Malcolm Morley, Richard Artschwager, and Made in Vermont
SEPT 2019 • Brooklyn Rail • Malcolm Morley, Theory of Catastrophe, 2004. Oil on linen, 76 x 81 inches. Hall Collection. Courtesy Hall Art Foundation © Malcolm Morley
July/August 2019 • Brooklyn Rail • Nicolas Carone, What Matters, 2008. Courtesy Loretta Howard Gallery, New York.
Painters Reply: Experimental Painting in the 1970s and Now
July/August 2019 • Brooklyn Rail • Installation view: Painters Reply: Experimental Painting in the 1970s and now Lisson Gallery, New York, 2019.© Lisson Gallery.
In Conversation with JOSH SMITH
May 2019 • Brooklyn Rail • Portrait of Josh Smith, pencil on paper by Phong Bui.
In Conversation with JUSTIN BRICE GUARIGLIA
APR 2019 • Brooklyn Rail • Portrait of Justin Brice Guariglia. Pencil on Paper by Phong Bui.
In Conversation with ELLEN ALTFEST
March 2019 • Brooklyn Rail • Portrait of Ellen Altfest, pencil on paper by Phong Bui.
In Conversation with Liliane Tomasko
APRIL 2023 • Brooklyn Rail • Portrait of Liliane Tomasko, pencil on paper by Phong H. Bui
In Conversation with Edmund de Waal
OCT 2023 • Brooklyn Rail • Portrait of Edmund de Waal, pencil on paper by Phong H. Bui
In Conversation with Tony Bechara
DEC 2023–JAN 2024 • Brooklyn Rail • Portrait of Tony Bechara, pencil on paper by Phong H. Bui
In Conversation with Christopher Rothko
FEB 2024 • Brooklyn Rail • Portrait of Christopher Rothko, pencil on paper by Phong H. Bui
In Conversation with ALI BANISADR
OCT 2018 • Brooklyn Rail • Portrait of Ali Banisadr, pencil on paper by Phong Bui.
In Conversation with JOHN ELDERFIELD
June 2018 • Brooklyn Rail • Portrait of John Elderfield, pencil on paper by Phong Bui.
In Conversation with WOLFGANG LAIB
May 2018 • Brooklyn Rail • Portrait of Wolfgang Laib, pencil on paper by Phong Bui.
In Conversation with TINA BARNEY
FEB 2018 • Brooklyn Rail • Tina Barney, Diane, Mark and Tim, 1982. Chromogenic color print. 48 x 60 inches. Edition of 10. © Tina Barney. Courtesy Paul Kasmin Gallery.
In Conversation with RONA PONDICK & ROBERT FEINTUCH
DEC 2017-JAN 2018 • Brooklyn Rail • Robert Feintuch, Feet Up, 2013. Polymer emulsion on honeycomb panel, 23 3/4 x 19 inches. Museum purchase with the Leander W. Smith Fund. Courtesy Sonnabend Gallery, New York; Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston; Zevitas/Marcus Gallery, Los Angeles; and the artist.
In Conversation with SUSAN LARSEN
NOV 2017 • Brooklyn Rail • Portrait of Susan Larsen, pencil on paper by Phong Bui.
In Conversation with JULIAN SCHNABEL
SEPT 2017 • Brooklyn Rail • Portrait of Julian Schnabel, pencil on paper by Phong Bui.
Interviews and Reviews
by Phong Bui
2024
“Christopher Rothko with Phong Bui,” February, Brooklyn Rail
“Tony Bechara with Phong Bui,” December/January, Brooklyn Rail
2023
“Marcus Jahmal: Interiors,” November, Brooklyn Rail
“Edmund de Waal with Phong Bui,” October, Brooklyn Rail
“Robert Motherwell: Pure Painting,” September, Brooklyn Rail
“Philip Guston Now—A Personal Meditation,” July/August, Brooklyn Rail
“Picasso Sculptor. Matter and Body,” June, Brooklyn Rail
“Liliane Tomasko with Phong Bui,” April, Brooklyn Rail
“Y.Z. Kami with Phong Bui,” February, Brooklyn Rail
“Robert Motherwell Drawing: As Fast as the Mind Itself,” December/January, Brooklyn Rail
2022
“Graham Nickson with Jack Flam and Phong Bui,” September, Brooklyn Rail
2021
“John Currin with Phong Bui,” September, Brooklyn Rail
“Julie Mehretu with Phong Bui,” June, Brooklyn Rail
“EJ Hauser with Phong Bui,” May, Brooklyn Rail
“Theaster Gates with Phong Bui,” December/January, Brooklyn Rail
2020
“Lauren Bon with Phong Bui,” June, Brooklyn Rail
“Susan Bee with Phong Bui,” April, Brooklyn Rail
“Candida Alvarez with Phong Bui,” March, Brooklyn Rail
2019
“David Lynch with Phong Bui,” December/January, Brooklyn Rail
“To Fix the Image in Memory,” December/January, Brooklyn Rail
“Rachel Feinstein with Phong Bui,” November, Brooklyn Rail
“Sarah Sze,” October, Brooklyn Rail
“Occupy Colby: Symposium,” Special Issue, Brooklyn Rail
“Tomas Vu with Phong Bui,” September, Brooklyn Rail
“Malcolm Morley, Richard Artschwager, and Made in Vermont,” September, Brooklyn Rail
“Nicholas Carone: What Matters,” July/August, Brooklyn Rail
“Painters Reply: Experimental Painting in the 1970s and Now,” July/August, Brooklyn Rail
“Josh Smith with Phong Bui,” May, Brooklyn Rail
“Justin Brice Guariglia with Phong Bui,” April, Brooklyn Rail
“Ellen Altfest with Phong Bui” March, Brooklyn Rail
2018
“The Sudden Vision of Andrew Sendor,” September, catalog essay for "Andrew Sendor: Saturday's Ascent" at Beijing Art Now Gallery
“Incidental Relays of Memory,” December/January, Brooklyn Rail
“Ali Banisadr with Phong Bui,” October, Brooklyn Rail
“Brand New & Terrific: Alex Katz in the 1950s” September, Brooklyn Rail
“John Elderfield with Phong Bui,” June, Brooklyn Rail
“An External/Eternal Affair: On the Recent Paintings of Carroll Dunham,” June, Brooklyn Rail
“Wolfgang Laib with Phong Bui,” June, Brooklyn Rail
“Arlene Shechet: Some Truths,” June, Brooklyn Rail
“Stanley Whitney with Phong Bui: Remembering Jack Whitten,” February, Brooklyn Rail
“Editor's Note: Remembering Jack Whitten,” February, Brooklyn Rail
“Tina Barney with Phong Bui,” February, Brooklyn Rail
2017
“Aleksander Duravcevic: The Necessary Reverie," June, Essay in the exhibition publication for "Memory Keeper: Aleksander Duravcevic"
"The Poem Dreams in Three Dimensions," May, on Benjamin Keating's exhibition at Tripoli Gallery
Blurb for "The Contemporary Art Gallery: Display, Power and Privilege," by David Carrier with Darren Jones
“Rona Pondick and Robert Feintuch with Phong Bui,” December/January, Brooklyn Rail
“The Enignma of Arrival: On Carlos Fonseca's Timeless Vista,” December/January, Brooklyn Rail
“Susan Larsen with Phong Bui,” September, Brooklyn Rail
“Julian Schnabel with Phong Bui,” September, Brooklyn Rail
“Guy Goodwin with Phong Bui,” July/August, Brooklyn Rail
“Jo Nigoghossian: Exotica,” July/August, Brooklyn Rail
"Publisher's Acknowledgments," June, I Love John Giorno special issue Brooklyn Rail
"Joan Davidson with Phong Bui," June, Brooklyn Rail
"A Fable of A Time Traveler," June, Brooklyn Rail
"Yuji Agematsu with Phong Bui," May, Brooklyn Rail
"Allan McCollum with Phong Bui," April, Brooklyn Rail
"The Garden of Eden," April, Brooklyn Rail
“Katharina Grosse with Phong Bui,” March, Brooklyn Rail
"EJ Hauser Me + You," March, Brooklyn Rail
"Eugene Lemay with Phong Bui," February, Brooklyn Rail
“Popped from Life (for EM),” February, Brooklyn Rail
“Colonization of Space,” February, Brooklyn Rail
“Eugene Lemay with Phong Bui,” February, Brooklyn Rail
2016
“Cold Earth Sleeps Below,” catalogue essay, Shoja Azari and Shahram Karimi, Leila Heller Gallery
“Nicolas Carone: Contradiction as Synthesis,” catalogue essay, Loretta Howard Gallery
“Artists in Their Studios,” catalogue essay, Artists to Artists, Vol. 2, Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program
"AA Bronson in Conversation with Bui Phong," King Kong 2 (Autumn/Winter 2016) pp. 143-152.
“Ai Weiwei with Phong Bui,” December/January, Brooklyn Rail
“Dan Simon with Phong Bui,” December/January, Brooklyn Rail
“The Democracy of Touches: A New Reading of Richard Pousette-Dart,” December/January, Brooklyn Rail
“Julia Rommel: Man Alive,” December/January, Brooklyn Rail
“The Sun Chaser,” November, Brooklyn Rail
“Occupy Peace,” October, Brooklyn Rail
“Donald Moffett: Any Fallow Field,” October, Brooklyn Rail
“Voices of a Waking Dream,” September, Brooklyn Rail
“Jonathan Lasker with Phong Bui,” July/August, Brooklyn Rail
“N. Dash,” July/August, Brooklyn Rail
“Al Held: Brushstrokes,” July/August, Brooklyn Rail
“Joanne Greenbaum with Phong Bui,” June, Brooklyn Rail
“Jean Dubuffet: Anticultural Positions,” June, Brooklyn Rail
“Richard Serra: Grace Under Pressure,” June, Brooklyn Rail
“Marcia Hafif with Phong Bui,” May, Brooklyn Rail
“Joe Bradley: Krasdale,” May, Brooklyn Rail
“Mark Greenwold: Hermeneutics of Everything,” April, Brooklyn Rail
“Betty Woodman with Phong Bui,” April, Brooklyn Rail
“Hiroshi Sugimoto with Phong Bui,” March, Brooklyn Rail
“Carrie Moyer: Sirens,” March, Brooklyn Rail
"Katherine Bradford: Fear of Waves,” February, Brooklyn Rail
“Martha Tuttle: Metaxu,” February, Brooklyn Rail
“The Beauty of Independent Publishing,” February, Brooklyn Rail
2015
“Rondinone's Rotational Stripes,” monographic essay, Ugo Rondinone (forthcoming)
“The Either/Or Objecthood of the Waves,” catalogue essay, Clifford Ross, Mass MoCA
“Donald Judd,” December/January, Brooklyn Rail
“Eduardo Chillida,” December/January, Brooklyn Rail
“Giorgio Morandi,” December/January, Brooklyn Rail
“Zeng Fanzhi with Phong Bui,” December/January, Brooklyn Rail
“Alfred Leslie with Phong Bui,” October, Brooklyn Rail
“Arlene Shechet with Phong Bui,” September, Brooklyn Rail
“Clifford Ross: Landscape Seen and Imagined,” September, Brooklyn Rail
“Richard Tuttle: Both/And Richard Tuttle Print and Cloth,” July/August, Brooklyn Rail
“Clifford Ross with Phong Bui,” July/August, Brooklyn Rail
“Richard Serra: Equal,” June, Brooklyn Rail
“Lisa Yuskavage” June, Brooklyn Rail
“Alexandar Duravcevic with Phong Bui,” June, Brooklyn Rail
“Abby Leigh: Pause,” May, Brooklyn Rail
“Jean Pagliuso: Poultry and Raptor Suites,” May, Brooklyn Rail
“Chris Larson with Phong Bui,” May, Brooklyn Rail
“Glenn Goldberg with Phong Bui,” April, Brooklyn Rail
“Cordy Ryman: Chimera 45,” April, Brooklyn Rail
“Emily Mason: Recent Paintings,” April, Brooklyn Rail
“John Elderfield and Peter Galassi with Phong Bui,” March, Brooklyn Rail
“agnes b with Phong Bui,” March, Brooklyn Rail
“Merlin James: Genre Paintings,” March, Brooklyn Rail
“Sarah Lewis with Phong Bui,” February, Brooklyn Rail
“Tal R with Phong Bui,” February, Brooklyn Rail
2014
“The Italicized Desire in Discourse,” catalog essay, John Newman, Tibor de Nagy, New York, NY
“The Anatomy of the Waves,” catalog essay, Huricane Waves Clifford Ross, Zhejiang Art Museum, Hangzhou, China
“LOUISE BOURGEOIS: Suspension,” December/January, Brooklyn Rail
“Richard Pousette-Dart,” December/January, Brooklyn Rail
“Aleksandar Duravcevic,” December/January, Brooklyn Rail
“Chris Martin,” November, Brooklyn Rail
“Experiments With Truth: Gandhi and Images of Nonviolence,” November, Brooklyn Rail
“Walter Robinson with Phong Bui,” November, Brooklyn Rail
“JÖRG IMMENDORFF: Café Deutschland,” November, Brooklyn Rail
“RICHARD TUTTLE: In Praise of Economic Determinism,” September, Brooklyn Rail
“MIKA ROTTENBERG: Bowls Balls Souls Holes,” July/August, Brooklyn Rail
“JOAN MITCHELL Trees,” July/August, Brooklyn Rail
“Robert Feintuch with Phong Bui,” June, Brooklyn Rail
“Impossible Dream Made Possible: For Mitch Leigh (1928 - 2014),” April, Brooklyn Rail
“Daniel Turner with Phong Bui,” April, Brooklyn Rail
“CHUCK CLOSE: Nudes 1967 - 2014,” April, Brooklyn Rail
“Pat Steir,” April, Brooklyn Rail
“Ross Bleckner,” April, Brooklyn Rail
“Fran Lebowitz with Phong Bui,” March, Brooklyn Rail
“Laurie Simmons with Phong Bui,” March, Brooklyn Rail
“Social Radiant: Alex Katz / Dara Freidman,” March, Brooklyn Rail
“Where Are We: Richard Tuttle Looking for the Map,” March, Brooklyn Rail
2013
“On the Recent Paintings of Nicky Nodjoumi,” catalog essay, Taymour Gallery, New York, NY
“Poems for Robert Motherwell,” by Phong Bui and Ben Keating, December, Brooklyn Rail,
“Every Force Evolves a Form,” December, Brooklyn Rail
“Constance Lewallen with Phong Bui,” July-August, Brooklyn Rail
“MARK GREENWOLD: Murdering the World, Paintings and Drawings 2007-2013,” June, Brooklyn Rail
“Joyce Pensato with Phong Bui,” June, Brooklyn Rail
“Vincent Katz with Phong Bui,” May, Brooklyn Rail
“Jock Reynolds with Phong Bui,” May, Brooklyn Rail
“Alice Aycock with Phong Bui,” April, Brooklyn Rail
“Joel Shapiro: Sculpture and Drawings 1969 – 1972,” April, Brooklyn Rail
“Mara Held,” April, Brooklyn Rail
“Life is a Killer: 39 Great Jones,” catalog essay, Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zürich
“In Conversation with Rona Pondick,” March, Brooklyn Rail
“In Conversation with Mitch Leigh,” February, Brooklyn Rail
“Thomas Cahill with Phong Bui,” February, Brooklyn Rail
2012
“Dear Irving,” December/January, Brooklyn Rail
“In Conversation with Patricia Cronin,” November, Brooklyn Rail
“In Conversation with David Humphrey,” November, Brooklyn Rail
“A Note to Readers,” November, Brooklyn Rail
“In Conversation with Stephan Andre,” September, Brooklyn Rail
“On Michael Berryhill's ‵Sensitive Parlour Ghost′ Incidental Western,” September, Brooklyn Rail
“Alex Katz Prints,” July-August, Brooklyn Rail
“Martin Puryear, New Sculpture,” June, Brooklyn Rail
“Ellen Phelan, Encyclopedia of Drawing, 1964 - 2012,” June, Brooklyn Rail
“What is the Miami Rail?” June, Brooklyn Rail
“In Conversation with Nari Ward,” May, Brooklyn Rail
“In Conversation with John Newman,” April, Brooklyn Rail
“In Conversation with Malcolm Morley,” March, Brooklyn Rail
“In Conversation with G.T. Pellizi and Ray Smith,” March, Brooklyn Rail
“In Conversation with Carl Andre,” with Michele Gerber Klein, February, Brooklyn Rail
“JESS Paintings,” February, Brooklyn Rail
2011
“Note from the Publisher,” December 2011/January 2012, Brooklyn Rail
“Letter From Greenpoint Revisited,” essay for DVD release booklet, Re-Voir, Paris, France
“Being An American,” catalog essay for the exhibit Being An American, curated by Francis di Tommaso, Visual Arts Gallery, NY
“In Conversation with Josephine Halvorson,” November, Brooklyn Rail
“In Conversation with Rosamond Bernier,” November, Brooklyn Rail
“Note from the Publisher,” November, Brooklyn Rail
“In Conversation with Katia Santibanez,” October, Brooklyn Rail
“Alex Katz,” October, Brooklyn Rail
“In Conversation with Carrie Moyer,” September, Brooklyn Rail
“In Conversation with Jennifer Barlett,” July/August, Brooklyn Rail
“In Conversation with Richard Serra,” July/August, Brooklyn Rail
“Readings from the Vast Unread,” written with Robert Hullot-Kentor, July/August, Brooklyn Rail
“Conrad Marca-Relli: City to Town,” June, Brooklyn Rail
“Shahram Karimi: The Rose of Remembrance,” June, Brooklyn Rail
“Note from the Publisher,” May, Brooklyn Rail
“In Conversation with Charles Traub,” May, Brooklyn Rail
“In Conversation with Katy Siegel,” May, Brooklyn Rail
“In Conversation with Rochelle Feinstein,” April, Brooklyn Rail
“ARTISTS’ EYES: Children’s Art from Studio In A School,” April, Brooklyn Rail
“Emily Mason: Recent Paintings,” April, Brooklyn Rail
“Note of Thanks,” March, Brooklyn Rail
2010
“In Conversation with Joe Zucker,” December 2010/January 2011, Brooklyn Rail
“In Conversation with Peter Saul,” with Irving Sandler, December 2010/January 2011, Brooklyn Rail
“In Conversation with Nicky Nodjoumi,” November, Brooklyn Rail
“In Conversation with Judy Pfaff,” October, Brooklyn Rail
“In Conversation with Sarah Sze,” October, Brooklyn Rail
“The Dissolve: A Perpetual Reoccurance,” September, Brooklyn Rail
“In Conversation with John Elderfield about Matisse,” September, Brooklyn Rail
“Rackstraw Downes: In Focus,” July/August, Brooklyn Rail
“In Conversation with James Hyde,” July/August, Brooklyn Rail
“In Conversation with Philip S. Golub,” July/August, Brooklyn Rail
“Marc Leuthold: An Offering to All,” Catalog essay, Daum Museum of Contemporary Art
“In Conversation with Vija Celmins,” June, Brooklyn Rail
“In Conversation with Margrit Lewzcuk,” June, Brooklyn Rail
“In Conversation with Shoja Azari,” May, Brooklyn Rail
“In Conversation with Gandalf Gavan,” May, Brooklyn Rail
“Jeff Keough, Skullscapes,” April, Brooklyn Rail
“Bill Jensen,” April, Brooklyn Rail
“Donald Judd and 101 Spring Street,” April, Brooklyn Rail
“In Conversation with Arnold Mesches, Jill Ciment,” with Robert Storr, March, Brooklyn Rail
“Off the Rail: David Reed,” February, Art International Radio, NY
“PEARLSTEIN/HELD: Five Decades,” February, Brooklyn Rail
“In Conversation with Superflex,” February, Art International Radio & the Brooklyn Rail
“Off the Rail: Martin Wilner,” January, Art International Radio, NY
“Off the Rail: Leonard Lopate,” January, Art International Radio, NY
2009
“In Conversation with Norbert Schwontkowski,” December 2009/January 2010, Brooklyn Rail
“In Conversation with Lynda Benglis,” December 2009/January 2010, Brooklyn Rail
“In Conversation with Carroll Dunham,” November, Brooklyn Rail
“Alex Katz: Drawings,” October, Brooklyn Rail
“In Conversation with Robert Kelly,” with John Yau and David Levi Strauss, October, Brooklyn Rail
“In Conversation with Agnes Gund,” September, Brooklyn Rail
“In Conversation with Shirin Neshat,” with Carol Becker, September, Brooklyn Rail
“In Conversation with Will Ryman,” September, Brooklyn Rail
“In Conversation with John Yau,” July/August, Brooklyn Rail
“In Conversation with Sherman Drexler,” July/August, Brooklyn Rail
“In Conversation with Miles Bellamy and Jonas Kyles,” July/August, Brooklyn Rail
“In Conversation with Arthur Simms,” July/August, Brooklyn Rail
“In Conversation with Robert C. Morgan,” July/August, Brooklyn Rail
“Chuck Close: Selected Paintings and Tapestries (2005-2009),” June, Brooklyn Rail
“Off the Rail: Eleanor Heartney,” June, Art International Radio, NY
“Off the Rail: Nicola Lopez,” May, Art International Radio, NY
“In Conversation with Alex Katz,” May, Brooklyn Rail
“In Conversation with Matvey Levenstein,” April, Brooklyn Rail
“In Conversation with Alfredo Jaar,” with Dore Ashton and David Levi Strauss, April, Brooklyn Rail
“In Conversation with Lisa Yuskavage,” March, Brooklyn Rail
“In Conversation with Joe Armhein,” March, Brooklyn Rail
“In Conversation with Carol Becker,” February, Brooklyn Rail
“In Conversation with Ellen Phelan,” February, Brooklyn Rail
“In Conversation with Marek Martelik and Phyllis Braff,” February, Brooklyn Rail
2008
“Katia Santibañez New Work,” December 2008/January 2009, Brooklyn Rail
“In Conversation with Cordy Ryman,” December 2008/January 2009, Brooklyn Rail
“In Conversation with Pipilotti Rist,” December 2008/January 2009, Brooklyn Rail
“In Conversation with Susan Meiselas,” November, Brooklyn Rail
“Stephen Antonakos: Here and Beyond,” November, Brooklyn Rail
“In Conversation with David Opdyke,” October, Brooklyn Rail
“In Conversation with Joan Snyder,” September, Brooklyn Rail
“Note from the Publisher,” September, Brooklyn Rail
“A Tribute to Anne D’Harnoncourt (1943-2008),” July/August, Brooklyn Rail
“In Conversation with Nancy Spero,” July/August, Brooklyn Rail
“In Conversation with Chuck Close,” June, Brooklyn Rail
“In Conversation with David Novros,” June, Brooklyn Rail
“In Conversation with Tom Doyle,” May, Brooklyn Rail
“In Conversation with Lydia Dona,” April, Brooklyn Rail
“In Conversation with Daniel Joseph Martinez,” March, Brooklyn Rail
“In Conversation with Michal Rovner,” March, Brooklyn Rail
“In Conversation with David Opdyke,” January, University of Albany, NY
“In Conversation with Judy Chicago,” February, P.S.1 Newspaper, LIC, NY
“In Conversation with Joan Snyder,” February, P.S.1 Newspaper, LIC, NY
2007
“In Conversation with Stephen Antonakos,” December, Brooklyn Rail
“In Conversation with Joel Shapiro,” November, Brooklyn Rail
“In Conversation with Isabelle Dervaux and Dorothea Rockburne,” October, Brooklyn Rail
“In Conversation with Shigeko Kubota,” September, Brooklyn Rail
“In Conversation with William Anastasi,” July/August, Brooklyn Rail
“In Conversation with Robert Ryman,” June, Brooklyn Rail
“In Conversation with Brian O’Doherty,” June, Brooklyn Rail
“In the Studio with Frank Stella,” Art + Auction, p.68, May, New York, NY
“In Conversation with Barbara Novak,” with Adrienne Baxter Bell, April, Brooklyn Rail
“In Conversation with Mary Lucier,” March, Brooklyn Rail
“In Conversation with Jonas Mekas at the Core Club,” New York, NY
“In Conversation with Katy Siegel and David Reed,” February, Brooklyn Rail
2006
“In Conversation with Kiki Smith,” with Susan Harris, December 2006/January 2007, Brooklyn Rail
“In Conversation with John Elderfield,” December 2006/January 2007, Brooklyn Rail
“Artists and Society: An Editorial,” November, Apex Art, New York, NY
“A Tribute to Dr. Lillian Milgram Schapiro (1902–2006),” October, Brooklyn Rail
“Elizabeth Murray,” November, Brooklyn Rail
“In Conversation with Ron Gorchov,” with Robert Storr, September, Brooklyn Rail
“Letter from Greenpoint: The Art of Jonas Mekas,” September, Matador, Spain
“In Conversation with Irving Sandler,” with John Yau, July/August, Brooklyn Rail
“In Conversation with Richard Serra,” June, Brooklyn Rail
Reprinted in exhibition catalog: Richard Serra,“Rolled and Forged,” Gagosian Gallery, NY
“In Conversation with Mel Bochner,” May, Brooklyn Rail
“In Conversation with Charles Seliger,” with John Yau, April, Brooklyn Rail
“In Conversation with Amy Sillman,” April, Brooklyn Rail
“In Conversation with Michael Brenson,” with David Levi-Strauss, March, Brooklyn Rail
“In Conversation with Parthenia,” February, Brooklyn Rail
2005
“A Tribute to Philip Pavia (1912-2005),” December 2005/January 2006, Brooklyn Rail
“In Conversation with Dore Ashton,” with Deidre Swords, December 2005/January 2006, Brooklyn Rail
“In Conversation with Elizabeth Murray,” with Robert Storr, October, Brooklyn Rail
“In Conversation with Philip Pearlstein,” September, Brooklyn Rail
“A Self-Evident Truth,” July/August, Brooklyn Rail
“Ron Padgett’s Joe, A Memoir of Joe Brainard,” February, Brooklyn Rail
“In Conversation with George Braziller,” February, Brooklyn Rail
2004
“The Whisper of the Whistling Water: Portrait of Louise Bourgeois,” November, Brooklyn Rail
“Rudy Burckhardt: The Art of Being,” October, Brooklyn Rail
“In Conversation with Rackstraw Downes,” September, Brooklyn Rail
“Isaiah Berlin and Meyer Schapiro: An Exchange,” September, Brooklyn Rail
“Milton Resnick Remembered,” April, Brooklyn Rail
“In Conversation with Amar Kanwar,” February, Brooklyn Rail
“Leon Golub,” February, Brooklyn Rail
2003
“Letter to the Artists,” December, The RBS Gazette
“Matta, 1912 – 2002,” Winter, Brooklyn Rail
“Kirk Varnedoe (1946-2003),” October, Brooklyn Rail
“A Tribute to Rudolph Burckhardt,” with Vincent Katz, June/July, Brooklyn Rail
2002
“William Phillips 1907-2002,” Autumn, Brooklyn Rail
“Andrew Forge Remembered,” Autumn, Brooklyn Rail
“John Graham (1881-1961),” August/September, Brooklyn Rail
“The Stable Gallery: In Conversation With Nicolas Carone,” Early Summer, Brooklyn Rail
“When the Hamptons Had Art,” Early Summer, Brooklyn Rail
“E.H. Gombrich Remembered (1909-2001),” January/February, Brooklyn Rail
“Bruegel The Elder: Drawings and Prints at the Metropolitan Museum,” January/February, Brooklyn Rail
2001
“Postcards from Mencken,” October/November, Brooklyn Rail
“The Margins of William Blake,” July/August, Brooklyn Rail
“Lionel Abel Remembered,” July/August, Brooklyn Rail
“Balthus Remembered,” May/June, Brooklyn Rail
“Vermeer and the Delft School,” May/June, Brooklyn Rail
“Frank Stout,” May/June, Brooklyn Rail
“The Club IT IS: A Conversation with Philip Pavia,” February/March, Brooklyn Rail
2000
“In Conversation with Robert Hobbs,” December 2000/January 2001, Brooklyn Rail
“Lee Krasner at the Brooklyn Museum,” December 2000/January 2001, Brooklyn Rail
“Letter to the Artist,” October/November, Brooklyn Rail
“Dennis McConkey – Paintings,” August, Brooklyn Rail
“Lee Tribe – Recent Structure,” May, Brooklyn Rail
1999
“Matthew Unterman: Recent Work,” December, Brooklyn Rail
“Chuck Bowdish: Drawings from 1980-1999,” Farrell Pollock Fine Arts, Brooklyn, NY
“Ingres: Image of An Epoch,” November, Brooklyn Rail
“Sasha Chermayeff, Larry Webb and Chris Martin,” November, Appearances Magazine
“John Ryan,” September, Milan Catalog
“J. J. Veronis,” September, Brooklyn Rail
“Garry Nichols: Recent Drawings,” May, Brooklyn Rail
“Frederic Matys Thursz,” May, Brooklyn Rail
“Picasso and The War Years,” April, Brooklyn Rail
“Edmund Duffy,” March, Brooklyn Rail
“Michael Ryan,” March, Brooklyn Rail
“Emily Mason,” February, MB Modern Catalog
“Arshile Gorky," January, Brooklyn Rail
1998
“Robert Bergman,” December, Brooklyn Rail
“Willem deKooning,” November, Brooklyn Rail
“Jackson Pollock Part II,” October, Brooklyn Rail
“Jackson Pollock I,” October, Brooklyn Rail
“Van Gogh at the National Gallery, Washington DC,” October, Brooklyn Rail
1997
“John Ryan,” September, Craig Drill Catalog
Curatorial Reviews
2015
“Phong Bui with Carlo McCormic”, SFAQ, February Issue (Forthcoming)
2014
Jane Szita, “Spaced Out: Migration to the Interior by Phong Bui”, Frame, December 27
“ArtSlant Editorial Staff Pick Their Favorite Exhibitions from 2014”, ArtSlant, Deceber 26
Julie Baumgardner, “Video: Trippy Art at Red Bull Studios New York”, Vulture, December 11
Katy Cowan, “Spaced Out: Migration to the Interior”, Creative Boom, November 14
David Carrier, “Total Work of Art: "Spaced Out" at Red Bull Studios, Artcritical, October 21
Stephanie Simon, “Red Bull Studios Bring Psychedelic Art to Chelsea”, NY1, October 17
Charlie Schultz, “Ten Hallucinations from Spaced Out”, ArtSlant, October 14
Ken Johnson, “Phong Bui Curates 'Bloodflames Revisited”, The New York Times, August 7
Benjamin Sutton, “Phong Bui and Paul Kasmin Revisit Historic 'Bloodflames' Show”, Artnet, May 27
2013
Roberta Smith, “Art, a Balm After the Storm", The New York Times, December 6
Jerry Saltz, “The 10 Best Art Shows of the Year", New York Magazine, December 8
Roberta Smith, “‘Burying the Lede: News as Art’”, The New York Times, October 17
Ann Bilot, “Uniting Sandy's Survivors (and Friends)”, Art News, October 14
2012
Chloé Rosetti, “Phong Bui”, Artforum, December
Allison Meier, “An Artist Caught Between Two Floods”, Hyperallergic, November 21
James Kalm, “Phong Bui "Work According to the Rail Part I" at SHOW ROOM”, blip.tv, November 2
2011
Vo Le Hong, “Explore the Art-Audience Interplay”, Vietnam News (Vietnam), June 9
Ivy Cooper, “Marc Leuthold: Cosmic Clay”, Sculpture Magazine, p. 44, vol.30, No. 5
Jesse Sposato, “In Conversation with Phong Bui”, Greenpoint Gazette, March 24
2010
Avital Burg, “The Artist Phong Bui, New York Publisher of The Brooklyn Rail Magazine, Likes to Read His Paper with Spelling Mistakes”, Ha’aretz (Israel), December
Trent Morse, “Party at Chris’s House, curated by Phong Bui”, Williamsburg Greenpoint News + Arts, December, issue 17
Bill Cunningham, “Evening Hours; Winter Glitter”, photograph, New York Times, February 7
Bill Page’s Film Inc., NY, “Nicolas Carone”
Bill Maynes Inc., NY, “Phong Bui”
Shazia Kahn, NY 1, NY
2009
Judith Dobrynski, “The Man Who Waited”, Wall Street Journal, October 6
Trent Morse, “Party at Phong's House”, Williamsburg Greenpoint News + Arts, September/October
“Com’e snob la free press”, Flair Magazine (Italy), September, p.92
James Kalm, “Visit to Phong Bui's Studio”, UTube, August 8
US Future States Atlas, Percaval Press, CA
James Carroll for New Arts Program, “In Conversation with Phong Bui”, Lehigh Valley and Berks, PA, March 7
2008
M.Calderón, “Matador”, La Razon, November, 22
Jonas Mekas, “365 Day Project,”Day 7, Day 27, Day 29, Day 31 of January; Day 56 of February”
2007
Brook Mason, “Forget Chelsea: Dealers Look Uptown”, The New York Sun, April 6
Jonas Mekas, “Day 72, Day 84 of March; Day 278 of October; Day 362 of December”
Jonas Mekas, “Letter from Greenpoint”, Matador Magazine
Howard Silver, “Jonas Mekas”, P.S.1 Bloomberg News, NY
Robert Morgan, “Phong Bui: Reviving a Sense of Wholeness”, Sculpture Magazine, March, p.48
Katie Zaeh, “Slumming It Highbrow Style: A portrait of an artist as some weird dude in Brooklyn”, Nassau Weekly, November 30
Denise Green, “Alternative in SoHo”, Art Monthly Australia, December/February, #196, p.44
2006
Raphael Rubinstein, “Phong Bui at Sarah Bowen”, Art in America, December
The New Yorker, p.26, November 6
Rick Stull, “Shaking the Dust Off”, The Artist Magazine, October, p.14
“Segments and Connections”, A Gathering of the Tribes, September
Albert Amateau, “Lilian Milgram, Art Historian’s Widow”, The Villager, vol.76, N.17
“Phong Bui”, Abstract Art Online, p.7
Lucio Pozzi, “Phong Bui and The Brooklyn Rail”, Il Giornalle Dell’Arte
Sarah Schmerler, “And So We Play Our Part”, wburg.com home, vol. 5, N.2
Ken Johnson, “For a Broad Landscape, An Equally Wideside Survey”, New York Times, May 31
Karen Wilkin, “Gallery Chronicle”, The Hudson Review, Winter LVIII
2005
Hitha Prabhakar, “To Live and Work”, Metro, December 30
Mario Naves, “Paint It Black”, The New York Observer, August 1
Holland Cotter, “Paint It with Black”, New York Times, July 29
Maureen Mullarkey, “Paint It with Black”, The New York Sun, July 21
David Cohen, “Phong Bui”, New York Sun, July 21
Jonas Mekas, “Letter from Greenpoint”, Brooklyn, NY
2004
Janet Coleman “Cat Radio Café” WBAI, December 27
Do LeDao, “The Brooklyn Rail’s Phong Bui”, Nha Magazine, September/October
Jerry Saltz, “Borough Hall”, The Village Voice, May 5
Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, Group Portrait, April 16
Holland Cotter, “Brooklyn-ness, a State of Mind and Artistic Identity in the Un-Chelsea”, New York Times, April 16
Claudia La Rocco, “Williamsburg Comes of Age”, New York Newsday, San Francisco Chronicle, April 12
Ken Johnson, “Balancing Act”, New York Times, Friday, February 20
2003
Holland Cotter, “Meditation for the Hand”, New York Times, Friday, September 19
James Kalm, “Incredible Lightness of Being”, NY Arts April
Holland Cotter, “Incredible Lightness of Being”, New York Times, Friday, February 7
2002
Jasna Hribernik, “Phong Bui and The Brooklyn Rail”, Metro, September
“A certificate of Appreciation”, New York City Public School, March
Holland Cotter, “Made in Brooklyn: Selection I”, New York Times, Friday, March 1
“Made in Brooklyn: Selection One”, The New Yorker, March 4
James Kalm, “New Installation at Sideshow”, NY Arts, February
2001
James Kalm, “Repetition in Discourse”, New York Arts, October
Carnet – “Art in Williamsburg” Manuela Parrino, July
Non Solomoda, Canale 5, Manuela Parrino and Lorena Bari, June
Elspeth Leacock and Susan Buckley, “Journeys in Time” Houghton Mifflin Books, May
2000
Holland Cotter, New York Times, December 15
Gavin Bond, Vogue Magazine, September
Michael Brennan “Homage to Albert Pinkham Ryder”, Art.net, June
James Kalm, “Homage to Albert Pinkham Ryder”, New York Arts, May
Kenneth Baker, “Work in Progress”, San Francisco Chronicle, February
James Kalm, “Homage to Tatlin”, NY Arts, January
Calvin Reid, “Homage to Meyer Schapiro – an Installation”, Art in America, January
1999
Teri Wehn Damisch, “Ville New York”, Paris Premier, September
The Art News Paper, July-August
Rachel Younes, “Review”, Waterfront Weekly, April 22, Vol. 9.8
Christian Viveros-Fauné, “Review”, New York Press, April 14-20, Vol 12, no. 15, p. 18
Samantha Nelson, “Pick 3”, Waterfront Weekly, April 8, Vol. 9.7
1998
Susan Hamburger, “Four Painters”, Waterfront Weekly, November
Piri Halasz, “The Hell’s Kitchen Show”, NY Arts, Vol. 4, no. 3
David McCormick, “The World of Working Artists”, Studio and Gallery, March/April, Vol. 4
James Little, “The Hell’s Kitchen Show”, Night Magazine, January 14
1997
Robert Morgan, New York Abstract, Review Exhibits, Review, November 15
W. Noel Suter, “Phong Bui”, Being as Subjective as Possible, PSA Art Showcase IX, July, p. 5
1996
Emily Hoffman, “Review”, Phong Bui – Forms and Experiment, Haverford Bi-College News, November 26
Victoria Donohoe, “Review”, Phong Bui – Forms and Experiment, Philadelphia Enquirer, November 3
1995
“Review”, Phong Bui – Selected Paintings 1991-1994, New Jersey Sunday Herald, February 12
1991
“Angie”, Martha Coolidge Film
1990
“No Telling”, Larry Fessenden Film
Dear Friends and Readers,
by Phong Bui
2020
December • November • October • September • August/July • June • May • April • March • February • January
2017
December • November • October • September • August/July • June • May • April • March • February • River Rail • January
2014
December • November • October • September • August/July • June • May • April • March • February