Barnett Newman paired rich colors, perfect compositionsNEW YORK — Paintings don’t always have to tell a story; they can just exist and don’t need to be interpreted. Through the artist’s command of color and brushstrokes, they can impart a kind of spiritual or transportive experience. Barnett Newman (American, 1905-1970) was a master of Color Field paintings, creating striking color-saturated works with […]
Doyle+Design auction features Betty Parsons, Hiro and more, Dec. 7-8NEW YORK – On Wednesday, December 7 and Thursday, December 8, Doyle will host the next sale in its popular Doyle+Design auction category. This highly anticipated sale showcases a wide range of Modern and Contemporary furniture, silver and design by prominent makers and artists of the 20th and 21st centuries. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be […]
Color Field painting: European roots, New World flavorNEW YORK — Among the most distinctive styles of abstract painting to emerge from New York in the 1940s-1960s was the one dubbed “Color Field.” Its look is definitely rooted in the European modernists but it’s overwhelmingly New World flavored. Wide swaths of color fields — some have firmly defined and geometric borders while others […]
Updated Menil Collection in Houston welcomes public SaturdayHOUSTON (AP) – Rebecca Rabinow fretted recently that when the Menil Collection reopens to the public after a six-month renovation, many visitors will wonder what took so much time.