Considering Black in Painting
Caravaggio, St. Jerome Writing, c.1606, 44 × 62 inches (Galleria Borghese) Eugene Thacker considers the perception of the 'color' black and the function of black in vision and painting. Thacker...
View ArticlePainting & Reality: Art as Analogy
Corinne Wasmuht, Caleta GR, 2009, oil on wood, 87 x 135 inches (courtesy of Petzel Gallery) James Hassall considers the contemporary relevance and potential of abstract painting. Hassall asks: "rather...
View ArticleAd Reinhardt's Semi-Secret History
Cartoon by Ad Reinhardt (2013 Estate of Ad Reinhardt, Artist Rights Society (ARS) New York, courtesy of David Zwirner Gallery) Robin Cembalest reviews an exhibition of works by Ad Reinhardt at David...
View ArticleDavid Anfam on Abstract Expressionism
Clyfford Still, PH-131, 1951, oil on canvas, 117 x 105 inches (© Clyfford Still Estate Courtesy Onnasch Collection) David Anfam discusses Abstract Expressionism with Sam Cornish on the occasion of the...
View ArticleAd Reinhardt: A Protean Intelligence
Installation View: Ad Reinhardt at David Zwirner Gallery, New York, 2013 Altoon Sultan blogs about a recent exhibition of works by Ad Reinhardt at David Zwirner Gallery, New York. Sultan writes that...
View ArticleReinhardt, Mondrian & Color
Ad Reinhardt, Abstract Painting, Blue, 1952, oil on canvas, 30 x 25 inches (Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, © Estate of Ad Reinhardt / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York) In an article...
View ArticlePaintings on Paper
Stanley Whitney, Untitled, 2013, gouache on paper, 22 x 30 1/8 inches (courtesy of David Zwirner Gallery) Tamar Zinn blogs about the exhibition Paintings on Paper at David Zwirner Gallery, New York,...
View ArticleAd Reinhardt: Twelve Rules for a New Academy
Ad Reinhardt in his studio (courtesy the Ad Reinhardt Foundation) Ad Reinhardt's Twelve Rules for a New Academy is the latest post in the ARTNews "Retrospectives" column. Alex Greenberger introduces...
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