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 ...

Portrait of Nicolas Carone by Christian Carone
Monday, September 6th, 2010

“With the figure, anything is possible”: Nicolas Carone, 1917-2010

After he retired from teaching his work gained an astonishing new energy and momentum.

Friday, June 18th, 2010

The Grace of Silence: Louise Bourgeois, 1911-2010

This concluding poem of Donald Kuspit’s fourth collection, The Gods and Other Beings (Ziggurat Books, 2010) serves here as a tribute to Louise Bourgeois who died earlier this month, in her 98th year

Friday, June 18th, 2010

The Minimalist Medici: Count Giuseppe Panza di Biumo, 1923-2010

A grateful artist recalls the transformative visits of the legendary Italian collector

Avigdor Arikha, Summer Day, Indoors, 1991.  Oil on canvas, 57-1/2 x 25-1/2 inches.  Private Collection, Courtesy of Marlborough Gallery.
Tuesday, May 4th, 2010

A light touch forged in darkness: Avigdor Arikha, 1929-2010

Quiet work belies its passionate author.

Victor Pesce, Studio, 2010. Oil on canvas, 24 x 30 inches. Courtesy of Elizabeth Harris Gallery
Saturday, April 3rd, 2010

Tribute to Victor Pesce, 1938-2010

Victor Pesce: Selections, 1978-2010, on view at Elizabeth Harris Gallery

Monday, February 1st, 2010

Claire Weiss (1966-2010)

Clare Weiss, who was Curator of Public Art at New York City Department of Parks and Recreation from 2005-2009, was a determined and enterprising champion of art in public places.  She passed away January 11, aged 43, after a protracted battle with breast cancer which began in 2006. Weiss came to art relatively late in … Continued

Richard Merkin, Self-Portrait with NY Cap, 1990. Pastel on paper, 24-1/2 x 32 inches. Cover DECEMBER 2009: Giacometti in the Rain, 2003. Oil crayon, pastel on paper, 56 x 37 inches. Courtesy Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, New York.
Saturday, December 12th, 2009

Richard Merkin 1938-2009

Duncan Hannah on Richard Merkin

Photograph of Hyman Bloom by the author, 2008
Thursday, October 1st, 2009

Hyman Bloom (1913- 2009)

Bloom had inherited a blend of mysticism and harsh realism, reminiscent of Isaac Bashevis Singer.

Wednesday, April 1st, 2009

Konrad Oberhuber (1935-2007)

Konrad was a profound scholar of Raphael, and widely acknowledged as such. He was in addition ‘athletic’ in his appetite for understanding and interpretation, that crossed time and geography. He was therefore both wide and deep.

Monday, December 1st, 2008

Willoughby Sharp, 1936 – 2008

Willoughby Sharp leaves a legacy that will take many years to catalogue and integrate into the annals of the art world.  His wife, the inestimable Pamela Seymour Smith Sharp, will do us all a great service in meeting this task with her keen grace and insight.  Like few of his contemporaries, the late self proclaimed … Continued