The Gentle Giant: William King, 1925-2015
In this tribute to the sculptor William King, who passed away peacefully Tuesday night at his Springs, New York home under hospice care, David Cohen draws on an essay he wrote in 2011 on King’s work for Iowa State University, Ames, where a number of his works are on permanent loan. King, a former president of the…
The Hungry Connoisseur: Claude Simard, 1956 to 2014
An artist’s eulogy for her dealer, co-founder of Jack Shainman Gallery
“Looking for the Color Behind the Color”: Jane Wilson, 1924 to 2015
Wilson belongs to a tradition of transcendental American landscape
“I Choose To Be Free”. Jake Berthot, 1939-2014
Touched by the sublime, his painting went beyond the sense of sight
“A button of color can make the world shake”: Jane Freilicher, 1924-2014
Jane Freilicher is my idea of an artist, writes Thomas Nozkowski
Candy Says: Remembering Two Artists and One Image
Looking back at the life of a muse, the work of a photographer.
Bathed in Grace: The Life and Work of Jennifer Wynne Reeves
Reeves anthropomorphizes abstraction in an ultimately humane way
Critic, Curator, Dandy: Edward Leffingwell, 1941 to 2014
A cosmopolitan of astringent, forthright wit, according to his friend, Lilly Wei
Harun Farocki: 1944-2014
A tribute to the influential and humane filmmaker, who died on July 30.
Disparate Forces Uniting As One: David Shapiro, 1944 to 2014
“Allostasis” or stability through change was a goal of his abstract paintings and prints
