Franklin Einspruch reviews the exhibition Will Barnet at 100 at the National Academy Museum, New York, on view through December 31, 2011.

Though well known for figurative work, Einspruch writes that "Barnet has returned to abstraction in recent years, working in much the same mode as his work in the '50s. If they still feel like they’re searching, they're searching with a vitality that one would not associate with a man of his years."