"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.

Bill Jensen, Mountain Tiger-Sky, 2013. Oil on linen, diptych, 40 x 32 inches overall. Courtesy of Cheim & Read Gallery
Tuesday, May 5th, 2015

Loom of Origins: Bill Jensen’s Way of Developing

A one-man group show of possibilities at Cheim & Read

Thomas Nozkowski, Untitled (9-32), 2014. Oil on linen on panel, 22 x 28 inches. Courtesy of Pace Gallery, New York
Thursday, April 23rd, 2015

Enquette: Thomas Nozkowski at Pace Gallery

With David Cohen, Joseph Masheck, David Brody, Alexander Ross, Marjorie Welish, Jennifer Riley and Raphael Rubinstein.

Thomas Nozkowski, untitled (3-81), 1980. Oil on canvas board, 16 x 20 inches. Courtesy of BravinLee programs
Thursday, March 5th, 2015

Thomas Nozkowski at artcritical

As BravinLee projects presents a three decade survey at VOLTA, our “hub” of twelve years of writing on the abstract master

Jane Freilicher, My Cubism, 2004. Oil on linen, 25 x 25 inches. Courtesy Tibor de Nagy Gallery
Friday, December 12th, 2014

“A button of color can make the world shake”: Jane Freilicher, 1924-2014

Jane Freilicher is my idea of an artist, writes Thomas Nozkowski

Jennifer Wynne Reeves ,Place (4-43), 1997. Oil on birch hardwood, 12 x 16 inches. Courtesy BravinLee programs
Tuesday, September 23rd, 2014

Bathed in Grace: The Life and Work of Jennifer Wynne Reeves

Reeves anthropomorphizes abstraction in an ultimately humane way

Angelina Gualdoni, Opening the Gates, 2011, acrylic on canvas, 47 x 52 inches. Courtesy of the artist and Asya Geisberg Gallery.
Thursday, September 19th, 2013

Oil as Water: POUR at Lesley Heller and Asya Geisberg

Is the act of pouring paint free from the shackles of art history?

Thomas Nozkowski, Untitled (N-26), 2010, Ink, colored pencil, oil and crayon on paper, 8 5/8 x 9-13/16" inches. The Pace Gallery
Sunday, November 21st, 2010

The Model Abstraction for Our Times: Thomas Nozkowski at Pace

A counter argument to David Cohen’s earlier review of the same show

Thomas Nozkowski, Untitled (N-22), 2010. Pencil and colored pencil on paper, 8-5/8 x 9-15/16 inches. The Pace Gallery
Sunday, November 7th, 2010

Ground Control to Major Tom: Please re-hang your show

Nozkowski’s current exhibition at Pace includes his best work to date, but the installation is another matter.

Wednesday, April 14th, 2010

American Academy of Arts and Letters Announces New Members and Award Recipients

Each year, the American Academy of Arts and Letters honors of 50 composers, artists, architects and writers with cash awards ranging from $5000 to $75,000.  This year’s winners are to be announced in a private ceremony that takes place on May 16, 2010.  In addition, four Honorary Members will be inducted into the Academy: the … Continued