The visionary painting of an agonised soul Apr 23, 2008
"There were points of contact [in his work] with many of his artist colleagues, even those in Paris. Soutine was not so different from Chagall, Modigliani or Maurice Utrillo."The exhibition also highlights parallels with Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso," she added. Buzzing Paris The artist was born to a poor family in what is now Belarus and came to Paris in 1913 at the age of 20. The city was buzzing with young artists in search of new methods to shake up traditional art.Soutine, too, became... (SwissInfo.org, Switzerland)
Putting Nikkatsu back on the map Apr 19, 2008
Its directors were doing to film what Willem de Kooning and Franz Kline were doing to painting. Nikkatsu in this era was basically turning out cruel-youth pictures: dirty, angry, confused, horny, vulgar, and assaulting movies that were also fun and astoundingly formally assured. (Boston Globe)
Joseph Solman, preeminent painter at crossroads of 20th-century American art Apr 18, 2008
His friends included the photographers Berenice Abbott and Aaron Siskind and the painters Stuart Davis and Willem de Kooning. He edited a radical magazine, Art Front, with the critics Meyer Schapiro and Harold Rosenberg. (Boston Globe)
Donald Bryant wants to open art collection to general public Mar 31, 2008
"Don has an extraordinary collection of 20th-century art, ranging from modern masters such as Willem de Kooning, Jackson Pollock and Richard Serra and many others to younger artists at the end of the 20th century, such as Charles Long, a sculptor who just had a show at the Saint Louis Art Museum, to the current generation of artists who are forging their way into the next century," said Rochelle Steiner, assistant curator of contemporary art at the Saint Louis Art Museum. "It is a wonderful... (St. Louis Business Journal, MO)
Eye on abstract Mar 25, 2008
Foody doodled and took art classes in high school in the Chicago suburbs, but art was an afterthought to him until his early 30s, when he spotted the abstract paintings of Willem de Kooning. Inspired by the German artist's clashes of brusque colors and forms, Foody dedicated himself to art. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
''Birth of the Cool'' showcases artists with designs on the future Feb 29, 2008
New York School Abstract Expressionists such as Willem de Kooning and Jackson Pollock poured their neuroses out on canvas in drippy, muscular gestures. Bebop jazz artists such as Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker did the same thing in their long, bawling solos. (Boston Globe)
Forty artists to explore 'Life on Mars' in International Feb 22, 2008
" Andrew Carnegie's intent was to bring the best current art to Pittsburgh as well as to attract the broader art world to the city. He also quickly recognized that by exhibiting the "Old Masters of tomorrow," his institution would have the opportunity to build its collection by purchasing work from the show. While not all artist's reputations stand the test of time, there have been notables among those whose works were acquired for the Carnegie collection through the Internationals, including... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
The Red Campaign Comes to Sothebys Feb 18, 2008
The Damien Hirst-catalyzed auction drew its momentum from high-powered names in the audience (Martha Stewart, Russell Simmons, Queen Noor, Zhang Ziyi) and on the auction block (Jeff Koons, Jasper Johns, Willem de Kooning). Mr. Hirst, known for his embrace of commercial art, hand-wrote letters to about 50 artists asking to contribute work to the auction after Bono, a co-founder of the campaign, proposed the idea during a vacation in France. (New York Times)
Bono, Hirst auction combines art, charity in NY Feb 5, 2008
"It's the cream of the international contemporary art crop," Barker said of the roster that includes Jasper Johns, Willem de Kooning, Richard Prince and Takashi Murakami. Hirst contributed seven works, including "Where there's a will there's a way," a monumental medicine chest sculpture containing hundreds of metal HIV pills. (AlertNet)
Critics' picks - visual arts Jan 20, 2008
Abstract Expressionists such as Willem de Kooning, Jackson Pollock, and Adolph Gottlieb all experimented with printmaking, and the exhibit "Abstract Expressionist Prints" at the Worcester Art Museum is a treasure trove of such work. The prints are smaller than the large-scale paintings we're used to from Abstract Expressionists. (Boston Globe)
Get 'em while they're cheap Jan 13, 2008
5-million (U.S.) on a Willem de Kooning landscape, and Chicago billionaire Ken Griffin promptly tops him by spending $80-million on a Jasper Johns piece. Canada is just as capable of producing the hot new rich. (Globe and Mail)
Michael Goldberg, Abstract Expressionist painter Jan 9, 2008
Mr. Goldberg was a painter of strong convictions who in his youth was influenced by the gestural Abstract Expressionist mode of older painters such as Franz Kline, Clyfford Still, and Willem de Kooning, and never abandoned it. The improvisational nature of jazz, which he admired, was also important to his work. (Boston Globe)
Close, To His Heart Dec 28, 2007
Friday, December 28, 2007 Last Update: 08:40 AM EST. December 28, 2007 -- A spinal cord blood clot has kept Chuck Close confined to a wheelchair since 1988. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Art Market Stays Strong at Auctions Nov 16, 2007
Matthew Marks Gallery bought a work by Ellsworth Kelly, and L&M Arts bought several works by Willem de Kooning, artists these galleries represent. Such moves are not uncommon, but dealers typically prefer to get outbid by collectors. (Wall Street Journal)
De Kooning Painting Leads Phillips's $42 Million Contemporary Art Auction Nov 16, 2007
Nov. 16 (Bloomberg) -- Willem de Kooning's late canvas featuring a field of arabesque curves in blue and crimson led a $42 ... One of the bidders was Dominique Levy of L&M Arts, an uptown blue-chip gallery where ``Willem de Kooning: 1981-1986'' is on view through Nov. 17. (Bloomberg -- Europe)
Warhol picture of former media baron sold for $240000 Nov 15, 2007
An early untitled painting by Willem de Kooning made only half its estimate, fetching $5. 3m, but Wayne Thiebaud's 1970 painting of coloured lollipops, Seven Suckers, reached $4. (Guardian Unlimited)
Warhol car crashes sales barrier Nov 14, 2007
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$325 million Christie's sale reflects buoyant market Nov 14, 2007
There is no common aesthetic ground between Rothko, Warhol, Willem de Kooning, or Lucian Freud, to name only the authors of the five most expensive works sold on Tuesday. Willem de Kooning's "Untitled XXIII," done in 1977, is an enormous canvas 177. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
R.B. Kitaj, 74; figurative L.A. painter Oct 24, 2007
His early work resembled that of the Abstract Expressionists, particularly Willem de Kooning, who were then in vogue. His art education was again interrupted by service, this time by the peacetime U.S. Army in Germany, where he was stationed after being drafted in 1955. (Los Angeles Times)
Review: Painter Diebenkorn found inspiration in New Mexico desert Oct 19, 2007
Critics persist in referring to Diebenkorn's early work as "abstract expressionism." It does indeed respond to the art of older figures of the New York School, such as Willem de Kooning (1904-1997) and Arshile Gorky (1904-1948). But Diebenkorn's New Mexico-period work pretty consistently lacks the sense of emotional eruption that might justify calling it expressionistic. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Galleries: Robert Colescott comes of age, in living color Sep 30, 2007
Like Matisse, Guston, Willem de Kooning, R. B. Kitaj and others, Colescott has evolved a personal drawing style so eccentric and fluid that it must surprise him as often as it does viewers of his work. It seems to muse on itself as it notates the artist's thoughts and reactions to things. (San Francisco Chronicle)
University scholars receive distinguished, named professorships Sep 21, 2007
He also has published numerous book chapters and journal articles on the work of such artists as Delacroix, Ernst, Giorgio de Chirico and Willem de Kooning. Ubl joins the Chicago faculty after serving as an assistant professor of art history at the University of Basel and a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Karlsruhe. (Univeristy of Chicago Chronicle, IL)
Latin American masters of soulful straight lines Sep 15, 2007
These ideas influence local talents like Arshile Gorky, Willem de Kooning and Jackson Pollock. New York overtakes Paris as the capital of art, setting the stage for Pop, Minimalism and beyond. (International Herald Tribune)
Christie's, Sotheby's Offer Sellers $1 Billion of Guarantees Sep 4, 2007
For November, Christie's said its guarantees include Warhol's Liz Taylor painting, valued at $25 million to $35 million, and a Willem de Kooning work, estimated at $16 million to $19 million. The owner of a Warhol Elvis image, valued at $10 million to $15 million, declined a fixed price, Christie's said. (Bloomberg)
Celebs Play Ball For Local Charities Aug 16, 2007
"Initially, in the '40s and '50s it was mostly artists that participated, such as Jackson Pollack and Willem de Kooning [and their contemporaries]," said Hope. "It wasn't until the 1960s when the writers showed up. That's when all hell broke loose." The 1970s brought another infusion of talent to the game, he said, including politicians and moving image directors. (Suffolk Life Newspapers, NY)
Musical Journey Aug 2, 2007
" Aside from being inspired by musicians from Bob Marley to Miles Davis and Bob Dylan, Mr. Miller looks to all forms of expression for enlightenment. On his Web site, he lists artist Willem de Kooning, poet Walt Whitman and architect Louis Kahn as additional influences. "I really get the same reaction from any art, it just moves me period," he says. "Different works have different effects something can make you pensive or angry or sad or melancholy but I think overall it's just affecting the... (South Brunswick Post, NJ)
Stunning debut for Toronto-bound treasures Jul 11, 2007
The manuscript was split apart in the 20th century and about 30 years ago, according to Alnoor Merchant of the Ismaili Centre, the Iranian government traded a Willem de Kooning nude to retrieve some of the drawings. The whole scope in Islamic art is represented here, Merchant said, before leading a tour of the exhibit, which is divided into two themes, The Word of God and The Power of the Sovereign. (Globe and Mail)
Underground art resurfaces Jun 25, 2007
But here stood Max's Kansas City, a legendary restaurant and bar where, from 1965 to the mid-1970s, artist Willem de Kooning supped, the Velvet Underground played and Andy Warhol reigned. In case you didn't know, there is now a small black-and-white plaque, hung on the wall, that will tell you so. (USA Today -- News)
Connect the dots, and you'll get a sense of the bigger picture Jun 24, 2007
The chair arm-like forms at the bottom of "Monkey Business" call to mind the critically contested late work of Willem de Kooning. Few painters have borrowed from late de Kooning so far, aware that he sank into dementia while continuing to work. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Warhol, Hirst Are Snapped Up at Art Basel as Kravis, Pinault Prowl Preview Jun 13, 2007
5 million Willem de Kooning from 1986 was unsold. Last year, PaceWildenstein sold a $14 million de Kooning at the fair. (Bloomberg -- Europe)
When I see an elephant...paint? Jun 2, 2007
They produce pieces such as those by 23-year old , which have been compared to the work of abstract expressionists such as Willem de Kooning and Jackson Pollock. Understandably, some critics have argued that elephant paintings represent no more than random shapes and colors. (The Scientist)
How Wall Street's Top Earners Live Jun 2, 2007
5 million for "Woman III" by Willem de Kooning. One month prior, Kenneth Griffin, managing director of Citadel Investment Group, paid Geffen $80 million for "False Start" by Jasper Johns. (Forbes)
Field of vision in Southampton Jun 1, 2007
Willem de Kooning designed his own East Hampton studio, a vast, white space supported by muscular Y-beams, with a giant glass wall. Roy Lichtenstein converted an old barn into his studio, and was satisfied working by artificial light. (Newsday -- Entertainment)
SHARP-EDGED MAG May 27, 2007
" SHORT SHOTS: Spike Lee is a happy guy and not because he is in those ready-made-ingredient food commercials where the delivery guy mistakes him for a Chinese cook. Spike and Paramount have nabbed Wesley Snipes to play the movie role of the late great James Brown. THE ART world is agog over auctions. Francis Bacon con tinues to make headlines. On top of the record-breaking 52.6 million paid for a Bacon portrait last week comes news of a different artist. Mark Stevens, former art critic of New... (New York Post -- Gossip)
Rothko painting sets postwar record May 16, 2007
The previous record was held by a 1977 Willem de Kooning work of swaths of bright colors called Untitled XXV, which sold for $27 million at a Christies auction last November, Sothebys said. Another work, an untitled painting by Jean-Michel Basquiat from 1981, sold Tuesday for $14. (MSNBC -- Lifestyle)
Rothko, Bacon Smash Records at Sotheby's `Crazy' $255 Million Art Auction May 16, 2007
1 million Willem de Kooning in November. Money has no meaning,'' said Angela Westwater of New York gallery Sperone Westwater, after the Rothko sold. (Bloomberg -- US)
Joseph Cornell retrospective stresses the tensions between capture and release Apr 29, 2007
He went on to exhibit at the Egan Gallery, which also showed art by Willem de Kooning , Mark Rothko , and other Abstract Expressionists, and later, Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg. He lived to see his works included in "New York Painting and Sculpture, 1940-1970," the landmark exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art that Henry Geldzahler curated. (Boston Globe)
Seattle Art Museum gets massive donations Apr 2, 2007
The downtown museum, which is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year with the May unveiling of its massive remodeling effort, said the collectors' gifts include works by Edward Hopper, Constantin Brancusi, Mark Rothko, Willem de Kooning and Georgia O'Keeffe. "This is a landmark commitment for SAM and our community," said Mimi Gates, SAM director, in a statement. (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
Francis Bacon's $30 Million Painting May Set Record at Sotheby's Sale Mar 29, 2007
March 29 (Bloomberg) -- A work by Francis Bacon, a one-time interior designer from Dublin, could set a record at a Sotheby's sale in New York on May 15, beating the auction price of America's Willem de Kooning. Study from Innocent X,'' a 1962 painting of the 17th century pope, will be offered at more than $30 million, the auction house said in a statement to be released today. (Bloomberg -- UK)
Rothko expected to fetch $46m Mar 23, 2007
Should it realise the estimate, White Center, a seven-foot high canvas painted in 1950, will become the most expensive postwar artwork sold at auction, beating the $27m paid for a Willem de Kooning canvas last year. The current record for a Rothko is $22. (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
Dallas Arts Patron Dead At 85 Mar 18, 2007
The Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas includes pieces by Willem de Kooning, Paul Gauguin and Pablo Picasso. Nasher served on the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities under the last three presidents. (KWTX.com, TX)
Art collector Nasher, namesake of Durham museum, dies Mar 17, 2007
" The real estate developer was also considered a pioneer in placing sculptures in commercial retail complexes, including the NorthPark Center in Dallas.For the Nashers, collecting art "was very much a joy and a passion, but also very personal," his daughter Nancy Nasher told The Associated Press in 2005, when the Nasher Museum of Art opened at Duke University in Durham, N.C. "There was no grand plan (Foster's Daily Democrat)
Art collector and patron Nasher dead at 85 Mar 17, 2007
The Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas includes pieces by Willem de Kooning, Paul Gauguin and Pablo Picasso. Copyright 2007 The Associated Press. (FOX Carolina, SC)
Melvin B. Nessel at 87; noted businessman, philanthropist Mar 11, 2007
Years earlier, Mr. Nessel and Barbara Nessel gave the museum art they had collected for a half century, including works by Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Marc Chagall, Joan Miro, and Willem de Kooning. "I realized they would have more use for it and it would mean much more in Palm Beach because they were lacking at that time in the late 1980s, more than in Boston," Mr. Nessel told the Associated Press in March 2003. (Boston Globe)
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)
A Vivid Account Mar 3, 2007
REVIEW / SFMOMA exhibition demonstrates how large Picasso loomed over American art. " It sends the visitor away with a sense of every modern artwork as the product of many minds, however many hands may have formed it. Picasso and American Art: Paintings, sculpture and works on paper. Through May 28. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 151 Third St., San Francisco. (415) 357-4000, . E-mail Kenneth Baker at . This article appeared on page E - 1 of the San Francisco Chronicle FromColma Buick... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Dallas museum features contemporary works from three major donors Feb 10, 2007
The first part features abstract expressionist paintings by artists including Willem de Kooning and Jackson Pollock. It opened in the fall and will remain on display through April Eighth. (KSLA.com, LA)
Intellect and Jasper Johns (Joanna Shaw-Eagle) Feb 3, 2007
Mr. Johns, who was born in 1930, rejected the sweeping, oversized canvases of the 1940s and 1950s by abstract expressionists such as Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning. Mr. Johns, however, refused to align himself with other groups of artists or to be categorized in any way. (Washington Times)
Picasso's Influence On American Artists Jan 22, 2007
The idea is to show Picasso's influence in this country by displaying his works juxtaposed with some by the likes of Stuart Davis, Willem de Kooning and Jasper Johns ... But plenty of artists were moved to expand on Picasso's themes, especially after seeing his 1927 painting "The Studio." Works by Willem de Kooning, Lee Krasner and David Smith all on display at the Whitney show how American artists were 00004000 taking steps forward. (CBS News)
Allan Stone, 74, art patron, expert Jan 15, 2007
He had bought a Willem de Kooning drawing for $250 while at Harvard, which prompted his father to cut off funds for a while. In a soon-to-be-released documentary film by his daughter Olympia, Mr. Stone says of the art business, "I couldn't say that I intellectually decided to go into it. I sort of got sucked into it, sort of the way a junkie gets sucked into a heroin parlor.". (Boston Globe)
It's a guy thing Jan 15, 2007
The massive Willem de Kooning oil painting hanging on one wall sets the tone, which is carried through the furnishings, the flowers, and even the dust jackets on books that line the shelves. My wife and I spoke sparingly and in low tones as we waited briefly for our treatments in big -- white -- comfortable chairs. (Boston Globe)
Rockefeller Firm, Citigroup Tell Would-Be Buffetts How to Give Money Away Jan 12, 2007
3 million by selling works including paintings by Mark Rothko and Barnett Newman, two wooden boxes by Joseph Cornell and ``Sailcloth,'' a 1949 Willem de Kooning oil that once hung in their Fifth Avenue apartment's library. Jonas says he picked nursing as his beneficiary because he wanted a cause that had been overlooked by others. (Bloomberg)
The afterlife of influence Jan 1, 2007
This early mix of European sophistication and American energy sets the stage for the trio of migr s -- Arshile Gorky, Willem de Kooning, and John Graham -- who would translate Picasso's ideas into the first truly influential school of American painting, Abstract Expressionism, in the 1940s. We watch as Picasso's fractured and angular spatial framework gradually morphs into the Americans' more sweeping and tactile gestures. (Boston Globe)
The art of the deals Dec 30, 2006
He's not after post-World War II American painters, but he admires Jackson Pollock, Jasper Johns, Roy Lichtenstein, Willem De Kooning, Robert Rauschenberg and Frank Stella. And the current lust after contemporary art doesn't interest him. (Cape Cod Times, MA)
IT'S A DUCK-AND-COVER REPORT Dec 12, 2006
December 12, 2006 -- 'IT IS disastrous to name ourselves," said Willem de Kooning. "The Iraq Study Group Report" is selling like hot cakes and perhaps will rival "The 9/11 Commission Report," which sold more than 1 million copies. The Washington Post did a story yesterday examining the dry-as-dust cover from the book's publisher, Vintage. They asked, in the spirit of fun-in-publishing, if perhaps it shouldn't have had a snappier type cover to lure readers. One satirical idea was that it be... (New York Post -- Gossip)
Full Story Dec 12, 2006
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Prices Rocket at Art Basel Miami Beach; Top Sales Estimate Is $400 Million Dec 12, 2006
Dec. 12 (Bloomberg) -- Almost everything, from a teeny gray Jasper Johns to a poorly painted orange-and-purple 1987 Willem de Kooning, was offered as top of the line at the fifth annual Art Basel Miami Beach. Sticker prices were higher than even an auction-besotted art world anticipated. (Bloomberg -- US)
Pine Plains loses internationally renowned artist Dec 8, 2006
Again, the French press praised his work, which he labeled "lyrical expressionism." When Jordan returned to the United States, the art scene was focused on the work on abstract painters such as Jackson Pollack and Willem de Kooning. Jordan, however, found their work to be the antithesis of what he believed art to be. (Pine Plains Register Herald, NY)
Roy Newell, 92, noted abstract painter Dec 4, 2006
NEW YORK -- Painter Roy Newell, one of the original American abstract expressionists and a favorite of artist Willem de Kooning, died of cancer last month in Manhattan, his wife said. He was 92. (Boston Globe)
Dead since '62, Monroe remains alluring Dec 4, 2006
Case in point: Life as a Legend: Marilyn Monroe, the exhibit on view at the Boca Raton Museum of Art beginning Wednesday, a considerable collection of 300 photographs by camera artists such as Milton Greene, Cecil Beaton and Richard Avedon, and pieces of art by Willem de Kooning, Andy Warhol, and many others. The exhibit captures both Monroe the woman, as well as Monroe the metaphorical idea. (The Palm Beach Post)
Abstract painter Roy Newell dead at 92 Dec 3, 2006
The Times said Willem de Kooning considered him a friend, once giving one of his works to the Guggenheim Museum, one of the few by Newell hanging in a major museum. . (Washington Times, DC)
Canadian art proves it has a hot market Nov 29, 2006
Earlier this month at Christie's in New York, $491-million U.S. worth of art changed hands in one evening, the costliest art auction in history, with records set for the likes of Gustav Klimt, Andy Warhol and Willem De Kooning. Still, the 2006 fall season has showed brisk sales for Canadian works in the $20,000 to $75,000 range, including smaller pieces by David Milne. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Schiele painting to leave UM soon Nov 25, 2006
That collector, who over the past two years has lent paintings by Willem de Kooning, Arshile Gorky and Franz Kline to the university for display, was not the same person who bought the Schiele painting; however, he was nstrumental in encouraging the buyer of the Schiele painting to loan the work to the University of Montana, said Barb Koostra, director of the Montana Museum of Art and Culture. The painting was accompanied on its trip to Missoula by another major work, Anselm Kiefer's 1996... (Missoulian, MT)
Hong Kong billionaire pays record for Warhol Chairman Mao painting Nov 17, 2006
The sale of post-war and contemporary art also included works by Willem de Kooning, Clyfford Still, Sam Francis and Sol Lewitt. Christie's said the sale total had topped 239 million US dollars, breaking through the 200 million barrier mark for a sale of post war and contemporary for the first time. (Monsters and Critics.com)
Warhol's Mao sells for record £9m at auction Nov 17, 2006
The largest sale of the auction on Wednesday was Untitled XXV, a 1977 abstract by Willem de Kooning, selling for $27m, a world record for postwar art. The buyer's name was not released. (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
