Tag Archives: Alex Katz

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Trends

‘You Become Better with Age’

By Posted 05/20/13

Artists who are going strong at 80 and up find that old age offers freedom, self-assurance, and room to explore Read More

Northview, 2000. The arrangement of noncommunicative figures reflects the influence of Vuillard.
Looking at Art

Strange Bedfellows

By Posted 09/12/12

From Fairfield Porter to David Park to Lisa Yuskavage and Peter Doig, contemporary artists have been riffing on Vuillard Read More

Self-Portrait I, 2009, Self-Portrait II, 2009–10, and Self-Portrait III, 2009, three of Close’s monumental oils. PRESTEL, 2010
Books

Ready for His Close-Up

By Posted 06/01/10

Chuck Close: Life
By Christopher Finch
Prestel, 352 pages, $34.95 Read More

Vogue's editor took off her sunglasses for a portrait by Alex Katz, Anna Wintour, 2009. ©ALEX KATZ/COURTESY TIMOTHY TAYLOR GALLERY, LONDON
News

Made Without Shades

By Posted 05/01/10

Alex Katz looks behind Anna Wintour's signature sunglasses. Read More

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Features

A New Creativity?

By Posted 03/01/09

Now that the days of glitz and glamour in the art market are over, how will creativity be affected? Some artists, curators, museum directors, and dealers predict a new seriousness. Others warn against bohemian fantasy. But all agree the conversation has changed. Read More

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Features

Moonlight Sonata

By Posted 09/01/05

For many artists, a day job is not just a way of keeping body and soul together—it also feeds and sustains their creative work. Read More

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Features

Looking After Their Own

By Posted 05/01/05

Artists keep examples of their own work for reasons that range from accident to serendipity to—in a few cases—good planning. Read More