Clement Greenberg
Reports of Painting’s Death Grossly Exaggerated
You know something’s wrong when a work of art appeals solely on a prurient basis.
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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
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
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 »










