U.S. painter Alex Katz opens “Naked Beauty” exhibition at the Kestner Society in Hannover

HANNOVER.- The American painter Alex Katz (b. 1927 in Brooklyn, lives in New York) will be showing a series of life paintings covering the period from 1980s to the present day, juxtaposed with selected city views of New York in his show at the kestnergesellschaft. In this way, two extremes coincide in the exhibition »naked beauty«: the human body and architecture stand side by side and tell the story of the capacity of Katz’s painting to transform subjective impressions into universal symbols. [...]

MoMA PS1 presents major exhibition looking at art from the past years from a post-9/11 perspective

LONG ISLAND CITY, N.Y.- MoMA PS1 presents a major exhibition reflecting upon the attacks of September 11, 2001, and the ways that they have altered how we see and experience the world in their wake. Eschewing images of the attacks on 9/11, as well as art made directly in response, the exhibition provides a subjective framework within which to consider the attacks in New York and their aftermath. Organized by MoMA PS1 Curator Peter Eleey, September 11 occupies the entire second floor [...]

Fourth successive Artist Rooms tour announced by Tate and National Galleries of Scotland

LONDON.- National Galleries of Scotland and Tate announced plans for the fourth successive ARTIST ROOMS Tour in 2012 thanks to continued support from the Art Fund. In 2012 a total of 19 new exhibitions and displays will go on show at 17 venues across the UK, including six new to the project. The works being shown are drawn from ARTIST ROOMS, the collection of modern and contemporary art established through the extraordinary gift made by Anthony d’Offay in 2008, held by Tate [...]

James Cohan Gallery Presents the First Solo Exhibition of Alex Katz’ Work in Mainland China

SHANGHAI.- James Cohan Gallery Shanghai presents Alex Katz, the first solo exhibition of the artist’s work in mainland China. The exhibition focuses on five recent portrait paintings from 2008 to 2010, along with a selection of prints that feature the artist’s lifelong interest in the landscape. Alex Katz (b. Brooklyn, New York, 1927) has been a defining, preeminent and influential artist for the past fifty years. Graduating in 1949 from The Cooper Union Art School in Manhattan he was then [...]

Galería Javier López – Mário Sequeira Opens New Space with Alex Katz Retrospective

MADRID.- The Galería Javier López – Mário Sequeira is opening its new gallery with a retrospective of Alex Katz (b. New York, 1927), one of the great names in painting in the second half of the twentieth century. The spacious proportions of the gallery, designed by the architectural partnership Vicens + Ramos, make it possible to appreciate a selection of historic large-scale works by this American creative genius for the first time in Spain in a private gallery. In Once [...]

Albertina Opens Major Survey of Printed Works by Alex Katz

VIENNA.- Alex Katz Prints, presented by the Albertina from May 28 to August 29, 2010, offers a major survey of the artist’s printed works. In autumn 2009 Katz donated his complete graphic oeuvre to the Albertina. The exhibition shows a representative selection of it, with works dating from the 1960s to the present. The show comprises about 150 prints, cut-outs (painted or printed aluminum silhouettes), and artist books. Born in New York in 1927, Alex Katz ranks among today’s most [...]

Recent Paintings by Alex Katz on View at Timothy Taylor Gallery

LONDON.- Now in his 82nd year, Alex Katz is one of the most significant artists of his generation. His distinctive portraits and lyrical landscapes are noted for their pristine flat surface and economy of line, depicting scenes from modern life. Katz’s minimal aesthetic was developed in the 1950s and was at the time, both an anticipation of Pop Art and a reaction to the prevalence of Abstract Expressionism. Katz has always been that intriguing thing: an artist’s artist. His influence [...]

First Ever Solo Exhibition in a Spanish Museum by Eric Fischl

MALAGA.- CAC Málaga – the city of Malaga’s Centre for Contemporary Art – is presenting the first ever solo exhibition in a Spanish museum by Eric Fischl who, along with Alex Katz, is one of the most eminent American figurative painters of the second half of the 20th century. On show there will be large-format paintings and watercolours forming part of this New York artist’s first art of bullfighting, created after he attended Ronda’s Goyesque bullfight in 2007. “Corrida in [...]

Timothy Taylor Gallery Announces Exhibition of New Paintings by Alex Katz

LONDON.- Now in his 82nd year, Alex Katz is one of the most significant artists of his generation. His distinctive portraits and lyrical landscapes are noted for their pristine flat surface and economy of line, depicting scenes from modern life. Katz’s minimal aesthetic was developed in the 1950s and was at the time, both an anticipation of Pop Art and a reaction to the prevalence of Abstract Expressionism. Katz has always been that intriguing thing: an artist’s artist. His influence [...]