New York City’s Art Show Gets Up-Close and Personal

Hyperrealism and small-scale painting dominate at the Art Dealers Association of America’s annual fair.

Rhea Nayyar, HYPERALLERGIC, October 31, 2024

A close-up painting of a man drinking from a water fountain. The perspective is from the spout, with water flowing toward his mouth. He wears glasses, and his face fills much of the frame. In the background, a blurred figure of a woman watches, adding a c

Tim Hawkinson, Drinking in the Museum, 2024, oil on panel, 6 3/4 x 9 inches

… Hosfelt attributed its popularity this year to a collective “desire for intimacy,” noting that Hawkinson’s paintings are derived from tenderly to unflatteringly mundane photos he, his wife, and his daughter took on their phones. I was drawn to them like a moth to a lamp for their candidness — one work depicts Hawkinson drinking from a water fountain at a museum from the perspective of the spout, while another embodies an off-kilter shot of his father sleeping in the window seat of an airplane.