SOLO SHOW
Simone DeSousa Gallery
444 W. Willis St.
Detroit, Michigan
April 21 - June 10, 2023
Opening Reception Friday, April 21st, 5-7pm
 
GROUP SHOW
Kleinert/James Center for the Arts
"Self: Portraits + Places”
Brenda Goodman, Julie Heffernan, Elisa Jensen
347 Tinker St.
Woodstock, NY
June 24 - August 6, 2023
Opening Reception June 24th, 4-6pm

GROUP SHOW
Everyday Gallery
"Organic Matters”
2000 Antwerp
Belgium
June 2023
 

 

RECENT PRESS

2023

A cup of coffee with New York-based artist Brenda Goodman, Nina Mdivani, XIBIT, March 2023

XIBIT

Brenda Goodman, Johanna Fateman, The New Yorker, March 2023

THE NEW YORKER

Brenda Goodman: Hop Skip Jump, Andrew L. Shea, The Brooklyn Rail, February 2023

THE BROOKLYN RAIL

Brenda Goodman: Scars and All, John Yau, Hyperallergic, February 2023

HYPERALLERGIC

See: Brenda Goodman, Jerry Saltz, New York Magazine, February 2023

NEW YORK MAGAZINE



Brenda Goodman TALK on her work at RISD


PRESS

Brenda Goodman review in Artforum. Read full review here.

 

Brenda Goodman in The New York Times

 

2022

The Top 50 Exhibitions of 2022, Hyperallergic, December 2022

HYPERALLERGIC

Brenda Goodman: Review, Margaret Ewing, Artforum, April 2022

ARTFORUM

Art We Saw this Winter: ‘Feminism and the Legacy of Surrealism’, Will Heinrich, The New York Times, January 2022

THE NEW YORK TIMES

Brenda Goodman’s Fearless Self Portraits, John Yau, Hyperallergic, February 2022

HYPERALLERGIC

2021

Brenda Goodman’s Abstraction and Pain, John Yau, Hyperallergic, August 2021

HYPERALLERGIC

2020

Review: Call it Cave Painting Modern. How Brenda Goodman taps into a primal beauty, David Pagel, LA Times, February 2020

LA TIMES

 

Brenda Goodman & John Yau from Sikkema Jenkins & Co.

Exhibition walkthrough of Brenda Goodman's solo show "In A Lighter Place" at Sikkema Jenkins & Co., Jan. 24 - Feb. 23, 2019

2019

Where Brenda Goodman's Paintings Are Taking Us, John Yau, Hyperallergic, December 2019

HYPERALLERGIC

Beer with A Painter, Jennifer Samet, Hyperallergic, November 2019

HYPERALLERGIC

Brenda Goodman Elected National Academician at National Academy of Design, November 9, 2019

NATIONAL ACADEMY OF DESIGN

The Review Panel, Nancy Princenthal, Lee Ann Norman, and Jonathan Santloffer, and David Cohen, February 13, 2019

ARTCRITICAL

Brenda Goodman Moves into New Territory, John Yau, Hyperallergic, February 10, 2019

HYPERALLERGIC

Brenda Goodman, Heike Moras Art, February 6, 2019

HEIKE MORAS ART

NYC’s Stellar Season of Female Painters Only Underlines the Art Market’s Misogyny, Observer, Paddy Johnson, January 30, 2019

OBSERVER

Opening Night Photos for "Brenda Goodman: In a Lighter Place" at Sikkema Jenkins, January 28, 2019

ARTEFUSE

"Brenda Goodman: In A Lighter Place" Exhibition Catalogue

SIKKEMA JENKINS & CO.

Brenda Goodman on Her Work in Stages, Painters on Paintings, January 23, 2019

PAINTERS ON PAINTINGS

Editors’ Picks: 12 Things Not to Miss in New York’s Art World This Week, January 21, 2019

ARTNET NEWS

2018

7 Museum and Gallery Exhibitions We're Excited About in 2019, All Arts, December 2018

ALL ARTS

How to Feel Human: The Paintings of Brenda Goodman, Upstate Diary, October 2018

UPSTATE DIARY

3: Brenda Goodman, Christina Tenaglia, and Marie Vickerilla, Jonathan Goodman, The Brooklyn Rail, July 11

BROOKLYN RAIL

Drawing in a Time of Fear & Lies: This Black Cloud Called Trump, Brenda Goodman, Hyperallergic, June 2

HYPERALLERGIC

2017

Brenda Goodman Cuts Deep, John Yau, Hyperallergic, September 30

HYPERALLERGIC

Discussion: Brenda Goodman and Alexi Worth, Artcritical Lectures/Events featured listing, September 30

ARTCRITICAL

After 25-year rift, sibling artists Brenda and Steven Goodman bury some big hatchets, Suzy Farbman, Read the Spirit, September 24

READ THE SPIRIT

"In A New Space," Brenda Goodman Turns Towards the Light, Deborah Krieger, Whitehot Magazine, September 2017

WHITEHOT MAGAZINE

Magic Praxis Podcast/Brenda Goodman interview with Clarity Haynes and Kate Hawes

MAGIC PRAXIS

Posit Journal Issue 14, online publication of visual art and poetry

POSIT JOURNAL

Aporia, curated by Mary DeVincentis Herzog

CURATING CONTEMPORARY

Chimento Contemporary: Straight Outta Bushwick, Genie Davis, Art and Cake, February 1

ART AND CAKE

2016

2016's Best Artist Interviews, Andrea Alessi, ArtSlant, December 14 Our favorite interviews from 2016 reveal artists tackling some of the world's biggest social and political challenges.

ARTSLANT

The Body Politic, in the Flesh, Thomas Micchelli, Hyperallergic, November 26

HYPERALLERGIC

Scar Tissue, John Yau, Hyperallergic, November 13

HYPERALLERGIC

2016's Best Artist Interviews, Andrea Alessi, ArtSlant, December 14

ARTSLANT

 

Symposium with Brenda Goodman and John Yau

on the occasion of Brenda Goodman's solo show "New Work" at Life On Mars Gallery, March 20 - April 19, 2015

 

2015

Cass Corridor Artist Gains Recognition at Age 72 for Her Dark Paintings, Kyle Norris, December 19 (4 minute live talk)

MICHIGAN RADIO

In Five Decades of Self-Portraits, an Artist Refuses to Tone Down Her Feelings, Sarah Rose Sharp, December 11

HYPERALLERGIC

One of Detroit's core 'Cass Corridor' Artists Returns for Two Homecoming Shows, Lee DeVito, November 11

DETROIT METRO TIMES

A Charming Reverence for Color: Artists Revisit Paul Klee, Rob Colvin, October 28

HYPERALLERGIC

This is What Tomorrow Looks Like: On Painting, Bradley Rubinstein, September 3

ARTSLANT

The Other Side of Portraiture, Review, Thomas Micchelli, July 11

HYPERALLERGIC

Brenda Goodman: New Work, Review, Jonathan Goodman, May 13

BROOKLYN RAIL

Backstory: Brenda Goodman, Richard Benari and Lauren Henkin, May 12

TILTED ARC

Brenda Goodman’s Recent Paintings, Review, John Yau, April 12

HYPERALLERGIC

A Conversation With Brenda Goodman, Ashley Garrett, April 13

FIGURE/GROUND

Brenda Goodman at Life On Mars, Zachary Keeting and Chris Joy, April

GORKY’S GRANDDAUGHTER

Artist’s Talk at LOM: Brenda Goodman and John Yau, Paul Behnke, April 17

STRUCTURE AND IMAGERY

Brenda Goodman @ Life on Mars, Paul Behnke, April 7

STRUCTURE AND IMAGERY

2014

Brenda Goodman on the Guston Curse, Brenda Goodman, November 2

PAINTERS ON PAINTINGS

Brenda Goodman: Interview, Brett Baker, July 21

PAINTERS' TABLE

Brenda Goodman @ John Davis Gallery, Paul Behnke, August 4

STRUCTURE AND IMAGERY

2013

10 Memorable Paintings from 2013, The Huffington Post, John Seed, Dec 12

THE HUFFINGTON POST

2012

Brenda Goodman: Paint into Emotion, John Seed, Huffington Post, July 17, 2012

THE HUFFINGTON POST

2010

John Yau, Review, "Brenda Goodman, Work 1990-2010 September, 2010"

THE BROOKLYN RAIL

Eric Gelber, Review, "Death, Loss, Pain and Longing: Core themes abound in the profound work of Brenda Goodman" August 2, 2010

ARTCRITICAL

David Brody Interview: "Brenda Goodman: Self-Portraits 2003-2007" is available in the May archive on ARTCRITICAL.COM