Clement Greenberg

Reports of Painting’s Death Grossly Exaggerated

Action painting or action film? Carolee Schneemann
Courtesy Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI), New York
Action painting or action film? Carolee Schneemann

You know something’s wrong when a work of art appeals solely on a prurient basis.    read more »

Overdue Retrospective Speaks Friedman's Harsh Language

The American painter Arnold Friedman (1874-1946) once groused about the “cadging—pettifogging [a  read more »

Overdue Retrospective Speaks Friedman’s Harsh Language

Arnold Friedman
Courtesy of Hollis Taggart Galleries
Arnold Friedman

The American painter Arnold Friedman (1874-1946) once groused about the “cadging—pettifo  read more »

Painter Jules Olitski Transported His Viewers To Virtual Outer Space

It was the 19th-century British critic William Hazlitt who shrewdly observed that writers “who lac  read more »

Painter Jules Olitski Transported His Viewers To Virtual Outer Space

Storms of color: Jules Olitski
Courtesy of Knoedler & Company
Storms of color: Jules Olitski

It was the 19th-century British critic William Hazlitt who shrewdly observed that writers “who  read more »

Painter Jules Olitski Transported His Viewers To Virtual Outer Space

It was the 19th-century British critic William Hazlitt who shrewdly observed that writers “who lac  read more »

Sculptor di Suvero: His Eight-Foot Work Is Now Steel Drawing

Just under half a century has passed since the young Mark di Suvero (born 1933) made his debut with  read more »

Paint Brushes Full, Robert De Niro Sr. Really Thought Big

Artists who think big and don't hesitate to let the world know about their ambitions are often a tri  read more »

How Anthony Caro Reshaped SculptureTo Soar to Stardom

The British sculptor Sir Anthony Caro, whose Painted Sculpture exhibition is on view at Mitchell-Inn  read more »

Seldom-Cited Master Hans Hofmann Returns To Reacquaint Viewers

There are currents of influence on the contemporary art scene so pervasive that, in retrospect, they  read more »

Down on Jane Street, Brilliant Painters Formed Cooperative

Before there was a New York School or an Artists' Club, and before anyone above 14th Street had ever  read more »

Retrieved by Gallery: Two Lost Americans Saved by Collectors

There are times when we need to be reminded of the crucial role played by commercial galleries and p  read more »

Exquisite Beauty With a Moral: Vast Nature Shows Us Our Place

There are works of art so spellbinding in their beauty that they transport us beyond the mundane and  read more »

Late Miró Sculpture Bursts With Comedy, Lively Genitalia

Joan Miró (1893-1983) enjoyed one of the longest, most productive and provocative careers in the hi  read more »

Bracing Philosophical Openness Freshens a 60's Retrospective

I've been trying to avoid writing about Summer in the City: High in the 60's , an exhibition current  read more »

It's 146 Critical Years Of Nation 's Big Brushes

It can sometimes be a chastening experience for a critic toread the work of his predecessors.  read more »

Rothko's Surreal Killer May Have Been Greenberg

In the first room of the Mark Rothko retrospective at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, the  read more »