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Judy Glantzman: In Studio

Judy Glantzman discusses her work and her idea of art as "the combination of a kind of a contrivance and a kind of truth - truth and contrivance simultaneously."

Jan Müller’s Abstract Tale

An exhibition that showcases a number of Jan Müller’s mature, large-scale paintings is a welcome, if short lived, opportunity to see his monumental Abstract Expressionist allegories.

A Conversation With Patrick Jones

Over the course of a long career, Jones has developed a rich visual language and applied his rigorous, abstract process to a wide range of interests from Dogon carvings to political injustice.

The Drawings of Clyfford Still

A selection of Clyfford Still’s 1,500 drawings reflect a practice of lifelong visual inquiry and show drawing to be an important, perhaps crucial, tool in Still’s dramatic evolution from regional artist to icon of the New York School.

Dazzling Darkness

In his Theory of Colors, Goethe observes that “the greatest brightness short of dazzling acts near the greatest darkness."

David von Schlegell: Paintings

In David von Schlegell's final paintings, material is subjected to both a physical and philosophical alchemy that returns the sculptor to his romantic, painterly roots.

Siri Berg: All About Color

Conceptual restriction, in Siri Berg’s hands, adds up to exuberant expression and has a painterly feel.

Ray Parker's Meta-World

Loosely brushed but clearly defined forms on off-white grounds that give the curious impression they are observations painted from life even though they are abstract expressionist works through and through.

Helen Frankenthaler (1928-2011)

Helen Frankenthaler's paintings are a unique blend of eastern and western styles and recalling at once calligraphic landscape painting and analytic cubism.

Perle Fine: The Cool Series

A student of Hans Hofmann, Perle Fine’s artistic circle included the most accomplished New York School and European painters.

Milton Resnick Speaks

In a recently posted audio recording, Milton Resnick speaks about painting and his work.

Gabriel Laderman on Art

“Gabriel Laderman on Art,” represents the best of what blogging can be – personal, thoughtful reflections and opinions based in real experience.