Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau appeared to relish the press corps’ befuddlement at his explanation of art dealer Larry Salander‘s alleged scam to bilk investors, collectors, banks and galleries of some $88 million. So he put it simply: “He sold paintings he didn’t own!” Mr. Morgenthau on Thursday, March 26, announced a 100-count indictment Read More
“One of the most ambitious … undertakings in the Whitney’s history” is how Adam Weinberg, the museum’s director, describes Picasso and American Art, an exhibition that sets out to examine the “profound impact” Picasso had on painters and sculptors stateside.
It had damn well better be an ambitious undertaking. Picasso’s influence on world art—forget the Read More
“One of the most ambitious … undertakings in the Whitney’s history” is how Adam Weinberg, the museum’s director, describes Picasso and American Art, an exhibition that sets out to examine the “profound impact” Picasso had on painters and sculptors stateside.
It had damn well better be an ambitious undertaking. Picasso’s influence on world art—forget Read More
Strolling through Cy Twombly: 50 Years of Works on Paper, an exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art, I couldn’t stop thinking about the carpeting. Has the Whitney always had it? I can’t, for the life of me, recall walking on it before. Yet there it was, under my feet, exhibiting the wear and Read More
No matter how often we’re given an opportunity to revisit the paintings and drawings of Arshile Gorky (1904-1948), it’s still a wonder for many people to be reminded of the time, study and imagination that a fabulously gifted artist devoted to the task of imitating the work of other artists. Gorky’s imitations of Cézanne, Picasso, Read More
Has there ever before been an Arshile Gorky exhibition entirely devoted to the artist’s portraits? I can’t recall one, and a quick search through the Gorky literature hasn’t turned up a single reference to such an exhibition. It’s not hard to see why. Even before Gorky’s death in 1948 at the age of 44, his Read More
