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Vita Petersen (1915-2011). Still from a video from 2007. Courtesy of the New York Studio School.

In Pursuit of Sensual Form: Vita Petersen (1915-2011)


As her last paintings open at the New York Studio School, our tribute plus a film.


Helen Frankenthaler, Paris at Night, 1986. Acrylic on canvas, 86 x 55-1/2 inches. Courtesy Greenberg van Doren Gallery. © Helen Frankenthaler/ Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Defying Categories: Helen Frankenthaler, 1928-2011


He r work was invariably ambiguous, in the best tradition of abstract painting


Pat Passlof, Eighth House #4, 2004. Oil on linen, 30 x 40 inches. Courtesy of Elizabeth Harris Gallery

Integrity and Finesse: Pat Passlof, 1928-2011


Funeral at 10 am Friday at Boe Fook Funeral Home, 5 Ludlow Street


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A Disciple of Baudelaire: Joachim Neugroschel, 1938-2011


Translator, poet and lively figure in the New York art scene


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Maven of Watercolor: Susan Shatter, 1943–2011


Memorial set for October 5 at the Century Association


Pablo Picasso, Meditation (Contemplation), 1904. Watercolor and ink on paper, 14-1/2 x 10-1/2 inches. Museum of Modern Art, New York. Louise Reinhardt Smith Bequest. © 2011 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Liminal Leo: Mourning Leo Steinberg


A touching personal essay to augment our tributes from last March


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Mandalas Amidst the Plaids: Stephen Mueller, 1947-2011


A tribute to the painter and writer who died last week.


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From September 2001: A Tribute to the Twin Towers


and from September 2011, a reminder of the loss of artist Michael Richards


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Lucian Freud, 1922-2011


We looked up to Freud as a symbol of seriousness, of investigative tenacity.


Leonora Carrington, Self-Portrait, ca. 1937–38. Oil on canvas; 25-5/8 x 32 inches. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, The Pierre and Maria-Gaetana Matisse Collection © 2004 Leonora Carrington/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

“along the needle of my heart”: Leonora Carrington, 1917-2011


In tribute to the Surrealist painter, a poem from David Pollard’s Self-Portraits series.