The late Rudy Burckhardt (1914-1999), whose photographs are the subject of an enchanting exhibition at the Tibor de Nagy Gallery, was for so many years a familiar and admired presence on the New York art scene that it comes as something of a shock to be reminded, as we are by this exhibition, that he’s Read More
Sinclair Lewis once said that nobody ever got to be famous in America without wanting it very badly. He wasn’t talking about the art world, of course, but we now know that his observation applies with equal force to the life of art in our time. If you doubt it, give a moment’s thought to Read More
For anyone who has been around the New York art world as long as I have,
the large exhibition of portraits by Elaine de Kooning (1918-1989) that is
currently on view in the capacious second-floor galleries at
Salander-O’Reilly is bound to stir a great many memories. Not only
have most of the painter’s subjects departed Read More
