Oakland may hire armed security guards Apr 16, 2008
The council has not asked City Attorney John Russo for an opinion on that issue, Russo spokesman Alex Katz said. Gallegos said the guards will rove around Oakland in commercial districts east of Lake Merritt. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)
Hiding art in plain sight Jan 31, 2008
Bright portraitsBeth Urdang Gallery has put together a fun exhibition of works by Alex Katz. It's not new work; Urdang has snatched up pieces for resale and mounted a show. (Boston Globe)
* Life is like a seesaw, not a box of chocolates Sep 9, 2007
In a novel that wishfully invokes Mrs. Dalloway, Anna Karenina, the paintings of Alex Katz and other touchstones of subtle bourgeois dissatisfaction, resentments between the two friends begin to emerge. As the prologue to Songs Without Words explains, Sarabeth grew up in Liz's family after her own mother's suicide. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
Grandson's portrait of painter keeps her mystery intact Aug 18, 2007
"She seemed like an angry housewife," remembers painter Alex Katz. "She'd say very belligerent things, and people yelled at her.". (Boston Globe)
Colby is given art worth $100m May 19, 2007
The 500 works in the collection include paintings, sculptures, and prints by John Singer Sargent, Edward Hopper, Georgia O'Keeffe, Winslow Homer, Sol LeWitt, Jenny Holzer, and Alex Katz. The collection also includes 201 etchings and lithographs by James McNeill Whistler. (Boston Globe)
Pop, trash, kitsch combine artfully at Rose Museum May 11, 2007
Also in this gallery, works from the Rose's permanent collection by Alex Katz , Cindy Sherman , and other artists and pieces of modern furniture are gathered into an ensemble resembling an art collector's living room. What all this adds up to is something paradoxical. (Boston Globe -- Living)
Delightful contrast in artistic styles May 9, 2007
"Squatting the Palace" directors Vivien Bittencourt and Vincent Katz (son of painter Alex Katz, who shows up sketching Smith) put their focus on Smith's chaotic and serendipitous style of making art. She does it in her home in the East Village. (Boston Globe)
Anonymous art donor comes forth May 9, 2007
The collection's nearly 50 paintings, sculptures and works on paper include many rare pieces by 1960s American artists such as Robert Indiana, Alex Katz, Roy Lichtenstein and Tom Wesselmann. Wilmerding's disclosure, which came at a reception and dinner in honor of his retirement Friday evening, has stimulated philanthropic responses in his honor. (The Daily Princetonian, NJ)
Contemporary Currents: Selections from the Bank of America Collection May 7, 2007
The simple contour lines and flat areas of color in Alex Katz s sensitive portraits of women, whose heads are wrapped in colorful patterned scarves, again emphasize the figurative subject. Organized by the Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville, Contemporary Currents brings together works of art from Bank of America s extensive collection from locations around the nation. (Florida Times-Union)
'Home Movies' not like the ones your dad made Apr 15, 2007
Back to back with Wiley's drawings, Arion also presents the 25 small etchings -- true graphic haiku -- that Alex Katz made to illustrate its publication of San Francisco poet Bill Berkson's collection, "Gloria.". -- Jim Campbell: New Work: Video. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Pop Goes the Art World Apr 6, 2007
Pop Art at Princeton: Permanent and Promised, on view through Aug. 12, features more than 80 works by artists like Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol, Robert Indiana and Alex Katz ... The first artists encountered include Robert Indiana and Alex Katz. (Hopewell Valley News, NJ)
'Pop' exhibition pulls viewer into 1960's Apr 5, 2007
The exhibit also features Jasper Johns, Alex Katz, Tom Wesselmann and Robert Rauschenberg. In one of his mixed-media works, Rauschenberg shows an x-ray layered with other media. (The Daily Princetonian, NJ)
Corcoran shows own Hirshhorns Mar 11, 2007
He clumps women's portraits by Alex Katz, Edward Hopper, Max Weber and Mr. Rivers (his "Olga" is one of the exhibit's standouts); places geometrized works by Richard Anuszkiewicz, Ellsworth Kelly and Frank Stella together; and groups fanciful Calders that include "Butterfly" (1966), "13 Leaves" (1967), "Jungle (Animals)" (1970), and "Mr. and Mrs. J.H.H." (1966), a hilarious "portrait" of the Hirshhorns as blacks whooping it up. Page 1 of 2. (Washington Times, DC)
Chuck Close: Contemporary Art Rock Star Mar 9, 2007
Alex Katz Has Been Painting His Wife Ada For More Than 50 Years. One Of The Most Sought-After Photographers Deemed Heir To Warhol. (CBS News)
Newtown resurrects history Mar 8, 2007
"This is from a photograph and I just interpreted it loosely. The artist is Alex Katz; he does different layers of shapes on top of flat color. I was just inspired by him...and I just like his style with the different scenes." Last year Scannapieco studied art in Florence, Italy. She is currently a student at Bucks County Community College, and plans to transfer next year to either an art or liberal arts school. (Advance of Bucks County, PA)
David LaChapelle Claims Pop-Art Throne Mar 5, 2007
Alex Katz Has Been Painting His Wife Ada For More Than 50 Years. As Dress Codes Become More Lax, So Are Rules About Body Art. (CBS News)
'Not for sale,' a New York show for artists' personal favorites Feb 13, 2007
The works range from small, very personal- seeming drawings (Ed Ruscha, Chris Burden) to fully realized paintings (Alex Katz, Eric Fischl, Dana Schutz) to machine-developed black-and-white pictures (Stephen Shore) to huge sculpture and installation work a testament to the desire to hold on to something, or at least to an impressive amount of storage space. The biggest piece in the show is a Mark di Suvero sculpture from 1978, called "She," that is 55 feet, or nearly 17 meters, tall and... (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Artistic Romance Between Husband And Muse Feb 12, 2007
Alex Katz Has Been Painting His Wife Ada For More Than 50 Years ... (CBS) Painter Alex Katz has done 300 portraits of his wife Ada. (CBS News)
Warhol silkscreens on display in lobby of swank Manhattan bank Jan 19, 2007
The curator hired by the bank, Martin Mullin, said he plans an exhibit of work by pop artist Alex Katz from the 1950s. It is to come from the Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland, Maine. (Newsday -- State)
