August 2013

NEW YORK – Decades before John Updike wrote about flat-bellied nymphs parading in bikinis, and long before Slim Aarons focused his camera on the tanned, toned people of St. Tropez, Reginald Marsh was sketching at the beach. He was attracted, like any painter, to naked bodies, but he did notRead More →

“Ellsworth Kelly: Panel Paintings 2004-2009” includes seven examples of geometric abstractions by the 90-year-old painter. (Photo by Jerry L. Thompson) Ellsworth Kelly, who turned 90 in May, probably deserves a big sheet cake — that is, a giant retrospective — somewhere. But he will have to settle for something smaller.Read More →