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Interview with Douglas Witmer, by Chris Ashley

introduction Douglas Witmer makes paintings with a purpose.  I mean this in two ways — he makes paintings purposefully, and his paintings have a purpose.  This is not to say in the least that his...

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Ward Jackson: Heat at the Edges, A Conversation with Julian Jackson & Matthew...

Ward Jackson at Kay-Mar Gallery, NY, 1964 Transit & Garden 1 (left to right)   Quite simply, you have to know about Ward Jackson and his work — he was an innovative abstract painter, a maverick...

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Small Differences Make All the Difference, by Lynne Harlow

In his series of lectures, Pictures of Nothing: Abstract Art since Pollock, Kirk Varnedoe asks tough questions.  Why abstract art?  What is abstract art good for?  These questions, the topic of his...

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Jack Tworkov: The Late Paintings, Acme Fine Art, Boston, MA

  Jack Tworkov, Q1 75 #3, 1975  Oil on canvas, 72 x 72 inches March 28 — May 3, 2008 ACME Fine Art presents an exhibition of important oil paintings by one of New York School’s most distinguished...

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Action/Abstraction: Pollock, de Kooning, and American Art, 1940-1976, The...

  May 4 — September 21, 2008 In Action/Abstraction: Pollock, de Kooning, and American Art, 1940-1976, the first major U.S. exhibition in 20 years to rethink Abstract Expressionism and the movements...

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Sydney Ball: In Light of Colour, Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney, Australia

  September 9-28, 2008 In 2007 Sydney Ball revisited the direct pictorial architecture of his Canto paintings to develop Structures 2, a series of radiant abstract colour works. The modernist...

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Max Gimblett: The Midnight Sun, Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA

  Max Gimblett, Figure of Eight, 1999 15 inch quatrefoil January 8 – February 28, 2009 Max Gimblett’s ninth solo exhibition, The Midnight Sun, at Haines Gallery includes recent paintings of the visual...

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Brandeis University to Close Rose Art Museum and Sell Off Its Collection

    “The Rose Art Museum on the Brandeis campus houses what is widely recognized as the finest collection of modern and contemporary art in New England. With more than 6,000 objects — paintings,...

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Interview with Michael Brennan, by Jacob Gossett, Kollektiv magazine, 2009

  Michael Brennan: Knife Paintings MINUS SPACE project space, Brooklyn, 2006 Skeleton Star, Knife Painting #3 (left) Bishop, Knife Painting #2 (right)   Jacob Gossett: How long have you been teaching...

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Tranquil Power: The Art of Perle Fine, Hofstra University Museum, Hempstead, NY

  Pearl Fine, Unequivocably Blue, 1967 April 7 – June 26, 2009 Perle Fine (1905-1988) was one of the few women artists in the inner circle of the Abstract Expressionism movement. She moved from Boston...

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Easy Pieces: Interview with Richard van der Aa, by Brent Hallard, Visual...

Brent: Finding. You come out of a bit of a painting history; gesture; hints of constructive; a kind of record keeping; painting that pays attention to relationship more than heroics, though the mark...

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Arshile Gorky: A Retrospective, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA

Arshile Gorky, Agony, c. 1947 October 21, 2009 – January 10, 2010 The Philadelphia Museum of Art will present a major traveling retrospective celebrating the extraordinary life and work of Arshile...

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Artists at Max’s Kansas City, 1965-1974: Hetero-Holics and Some Women Too,...

Installation view September 10 – October 30, 2010 As the Cedar Tavern played a role in the formation of abstract expressionism, Max’s Kansas City galvanized a younger generation of artists from when...

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Becoming Modern in America: Life Magazine 1936-1972 & New Paintings by Loren...

Left: “Why Artists Are Going Abstract: The Case of Stuart Davis”, by Winthrop Sargeant Life Magazine, February 17, 1947, p. 78-83, © Life Magazine Right: Loren Munk, The Roots of the New York School,...

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Making Histories: Changing Views of the Collection, Temporary Stedelijk 2,...

Installation view. Opens March 3, 2011 Making Histories: Changing Views of the Collection explores how a museum collection constructs and embodies histories to be reconsidered over time, offering...

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de Kooning: A Retrospective, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY

Willem de Kooning,  Pink Angels, c. 1945 Oil and charcoal on canvas 52 x 40 inches September 18, 2011 – January 9, 2012 This is the first major museum exhibition devoted to the full scope of the...

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Fernando Mastrangelo: Black Sculpture, Charest-Weinberg, Miami, FL

Installation view. November 29, 2011 – February 29, 2012 Charest-Weinberg is pleased to present “Black Sculpture,” an exhibition of new work by New York-based artist Fernando Mastrangelo. The...

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Max Gimblett: The Holy Grail, Gary Snyder Gallery, New York, NY

Max Gimblett, The Wedding Chair, 2012 Mixed media on canvas 48 x 40 inches March 1 – April 7, 2012 Gary Snyder Gallery is pleased to announce Max Gimblett: The Holy Grail, an exhibition of paintings...

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Did You See Heaven: SPECTRA, Peregrine Program, Chicago, IL

Installation view (Li Trincere at right) May 6 – June 10, 2012 Did You See Heaven? In a conversation with the artist Mary Heilmann at the Art Institute’s Modern Wing a while back, she asked “Did you...

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David Rhodes: Nocturnes, Some Walls, Oakland, CA

Installation view January 19 – March 31, 2013 Some Walls is pleased to present David Rhodes: “Nocturnes,” paintings on linen and paper by the British-born, Berlin-based artist from January 19 – March...

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