Cloudy skylines and vivid floral bouquets, still-lifes and landscapes, nasturtiums and petunias lording it over Manhattan’s imposing cityscape, the rectilinear cityscape itself dissolved into a phantom Cubist still-life-these are some of the suggestive incongruities to be savored in Jane Freilicher’s new paintings at the Tibor de Nagy Gallery. Brilliantly rendered floral color commands the foreground Read More
If you’ve ever wondered what a large cross-section exhibition of contemporary American art would look like if it were selected entirely by professional artists, rather than by dealers, curators, critics or collectors, the show not to miss at the moment is the 178th Annual Exhibition at the National Academy of Design. Be warned, however-or should Read More
To her many accomplishments as a painter, a teacher of painting and a successful collaborator on literary projects with some distinguished poets, Jane Freilicher has now added the role of museum curator in selecting the latest installment of the series of exhibitions called The Artist’s Eye at the National Academy of Design Museum. From the Read More
One of the best exhibitions of contemporary American painting on view now is a show called Intimate Interiors: Paintings by Jane Freilicher and Fairfield Porter at the Whitney Museum of American Art. If, upon hearing this news, you are tempted to drop whatever you are doing to grab a cab for Madison Avenue and 75th Read More
