Larry Rivers Floats Above Rest Aug 15, 2008
BEFORE Andy Warhol painted his first soup can - and way before Damien Hirst found art in formaldehyde - Larry Rivers was stirring things up ... Having held a memorial service for him after his death, six years ago, the museum is finally ready not to bury but to praise him with "Larry Rivers: Major Early Works." ... "Larry Rivers: Major Early Works" runs through Oct. 19 at Guild Hall, 158 Main St., East Hampton; 631-324-0806. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Maritime: Art sails in Jul 19, 2008
It features prints from the late 1960s and early 70s, when the bulk of the museum s acquisitions occurred, including works by important 20th-century artists such as Alexander Calder, Robert Rauschenberg and Larry Rivers. Broocks said tourists sometimes stop by during the summer wanting to see some of these well-known pieces in the collection and are disappointed to find them not on display. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
Corcoran shows own Hirshhorns Mar 11, 2007
From the 650-plus pieces given by Mrs. Hirshhorn, Jonathan Binstock, exhibit curator and Corcoran curator of contemporary art, chose 67 works, including many by Alexander Calder, Mr. Albers, Willem de Kooning and Larry Rivers. Mr. Binstock focused on works by Mr. Albers and his wife Anni Albers he features the latter's unusual "Sunny" (1965), a "pictorial weaving" in the smallish entry gallery at the back of the ground floor. (Washington Times, DC)
The Museo Carlo Bilotti: A big dream and an ego to match Nov 25, 2006
Richard Harbus for the International Herald Tribune A portrait of Carlo Bilotti, who died last week, by Larry Rivers. Add to Clippings. (International Herald Tribune)
An Unsung Poet's Unorthodox Collection Jan 1, 2006
Robin good: a Koch and a smilephoto: Larry Rivers Estate. The Collected Fiction of Kenneth Koch Edited by Jordan Davis, Karen Koch, and Ron Padgett Coffee House Press, 387 pp. (Village Voice)
