Chaim Soutine, Sheep Behind a Fence, c. 1940. Oil on canvas, 10-3/4 x 16-1/4 inches. Private Collection, courtesy of the Jewish Museum. Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris
Friday, July 13th, 2018

“Flesh is the reason oil paint was invented”: Chaim Soutine at the Jewish Museum

Flesh, on view through September 16

Friday, December 11th, 2015

Tell Me: with Bill Corbett

Corbett discusses his personal and aesthetic interest in the work of Franz Kline.

Clyfford Still, PH-401, 1957. Oil on canvas, 113 x 155 inches. Courtesy of the Clyfford Still Art Museum. © City and County of Denver.
Thursday, June 25th, 2015

Lightning Bolt: A Realization of Clyfford Still

How we recognize an artist’s greatness can come slowly over decades, or in a flash.

Friday, June 5th, 2015

Tell Me: with Daniel Herr

The painter talks about the continuing importance of one of the 20th century’s most influential artists.

Sunday, October 5th, 2014

L’Orientaliste on the Continent: Robert Janitz in Berlin

The artist’s first solo show in Berlin runs through October 25.

Christopher Wool Untitled, 2001 Silkscreen ink on linen, 228.6 x 152.4 cm © Christopher Wool
Wednesday, January 22nd, 2014

A Critics’ Roundtable on Christopher Wool at the Guggenheim

Four writers share their thoughts on the painter’s retrospective

Willem de Kooning, Montauk I, 1969. Oil on canvas, 88 x 77 inches. Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT. © 2011 The Willem de Kooning Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Sunday, October 16th, 2011

Roundtable on MoMA’s de Kooning Retrospective

with David Carrier, David Cohen, Ivan Gaskell, Jennifer Riley and Joan Waltemath,

Thursday, October 6th, 2011

The Dutchmen’s Heir: Jenny Saville at Gagosian

The author is having a Frankenstein moment.  “Continuum” continues on Madison Ave through October 22.

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.

Jackson Pollock, Full Fathom Five, 1947. Oil on canvas with nails, tacks, buttons, key, coins, cigarettes, matches, etc., 50-7/8 x 30-1/8 inches. The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of Peggy Guggenheim; Digital Image © The Museum of Modern Art / Licensed by SCALA / Art Resource, NY © 2008 The Pollock-Krasner Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Thursday, April 23rd, 2009

Abstract Expressionism and the American Experience

Professor Sandler locates the aesthetics and values of the New York School within the context of the postwar milieu.