"This is from last year when he is ill, but his optimism and his pleasure to be talking with friends overwhelms his physical state." Photo, with comment, by James Hyde
Monday, May 27th, 2019

“He Was Free and Brave”: A Garland of Tributes for Thomas Nozkowski

21 artists, critics and friends join editor David Cohen in remembering the late painter.

Catherine Murphy
Tuesday, February 6th, 2018

The Review Panel from February 6th: Podcast

Svetlana Alpers, Alex Bacon and Ken Johnson were David Cohen’s guests

Thursday, March 24th, 2016

Momentous: Shows by Catherine Murphy and Sylvia Plimack Mangold

Two painters delicately depict mundane instants, beautifully.

Mother-and-son team Joan Washburn and Brian Washburn place themselves in painting’s expansive field.
Monday, March 8th, 2010

The Armory Show Modern (Pier 92): A photo journal

“The second year looks good,” commented Washburn, the type of dealer who makes returning to The Armory Fair Modern a pleasure.

Catherine Murphy, Knot 15 2010. Oil on canvas on board, 20 x 16 inches. Murphy's new series that debuts in a solo show at Knoedler & Company's stand at The Armory Show: Modern, opening Wednesday.
Monday, March 1st, 2010

Catherine Murphy at the Armory Show

This was a PIC OF THE FAIRS in March 2010

Thursday, June 12th, 2008

Catherine Murphy at Knoedler & Company

The motifs of her seven paintings and four drawings are diverse to the point of perversity, suggesting the kind of mind drawn less to things than problems. What is consistent across these images is the sense of a fanatical empiricist picking quarrels with the perceived world.

Thursday, November 1st, 2001

Catherine Murphy

Lennon, Weinberg 560 Broadway Suite #308 New York, NY 10012 September 22- November 3, 2001 A hand blocks the landscape view in Catherine Murphy’s painting “Backlit,” recalling a gesture familiar from celebrity sightings and crime scenes:’no pictures!’ The image of the hand, oversized and cropped at the frame, compels our interest. Backlit, the ridged flesh … Continued