artworldTributes
Saturday, November 14th, 2020
This 2014 article on Matt Freedman is offered as tribute to the artist who died recently ...
Tuesday, September 11th, 2018
Instigator of Williamsburg’s Sideshow Nation, an annual show with hundreds of artists ...
Thursday, June 7th, 2018
Despite her range, Hafif was frequently allied with monochrome painters ...

Denyse Thomasos, Free, 2009. Acrylic on canvas, 60 x 72 inches. Courtesy of Lennon, Weinberg Inc.
Wednesday, July 25th, 2012

Painter of Palpable Frisson: Denyse Thomasos, 1964-2012

Aged 47, the painter died suddenly July 19th

Hilton Kramer, 1928-2012. Photo (c) Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, 1985
Wednesday, April 11th, 2012

Feared and Fearless: Hilton Kramer, 1928-2012

with additional comments by William King, Alex Katz and Vivian Tsao

Peter de Francia, Automated Soldiers 3, 1988. Charcoal on paper, 22 x 30 inches. Courtesy of James Hyman Gallery
Tuesday, March 6th, 2012

Socialist-Expressionist: Peter de Francia (1921-2012)

Memories of a generous curmudgeon by a friend and former student

Mike Kelley, Arena #7, 1990. Found stuffed animals, wood, and blanket 11 1/2 x 53 x 49 inches. Courtesy of Skarstedt Gallery, New York
Thursday, February 16th, 2012

Rebellious Yet Tender Exuberance: Mike Kelley (1954-2012)

With additional tributes by Jane Hart, Dave Kudzma and Janese Weingarten

Dorothea Tanning, New York. Photograph by Peter Ross, 1998. (c) Peter Ross
Thursday, February 16th, 2012

Grande Dame in Eternal Exile: Dorothea Tanning (1910-2012)

“I am not even a woman, let alone a Surrealist!”

Vita Petersen (1915-2011). Still from a video from 2007. Courtesy of the New York Studio School.
Thursday, January 26th, 2012

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
Thursday, December 29th, 2011

Defying Categories: Helen Frankenthaler, 1928-2011

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

Pat Passlof in her studio on Manhattan's Lower East Side. (c) Alice Sebrell
Tuesday, November 15th, 2011

Pat Passlof, 1928-2011

Memorial Celebration at College of Staten Island this Sunday, November 18

Sunday, November 13th, 2011

A Disciple of Baudelaire: Joachim Neugroschel, 1938-2011

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

Thursday, September 29th, 2011

Maven of Watercolor: Susan Shatter, 1943–2011

Memorial set for October 5 at the Century Association