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THE SPRINGS, NY — Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning so dominate the creation story of Abstract Expressionism in New York that these two hard-drinking celebrities continue to busy biographers, often crowding out other artists who had the mixed fortune of painting during their twin ascendancy.
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On leaving the recently closed exhibition, Franz Kline: Coal and Steel at Baruch College's Sidney Mishkin Gallery, I wasn’t thinking of the remarkable range of work on display. Instead, I kept dwelling on a small ink painting doubly named by Kline "Untitled-Locomotive" (ca. 1945-1947). It was one of
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In his poem "America" (1956) Allen Ginsberg addresses the nation as if it were a codependent lover, asking, "Are you going to let your emotional life be run by Time Magazine?" followed immediately by the confession, "I'm obsessed by Time Magazine. I read it every week."
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Poring through a cache of my late uncle's works on paper, I come across an arresting print purporting to be a self-portrait. It is on delicate and weathered paper. The notes at the bottom state simply: "10/10 Self-Portrait Serigraph, 7 Color" followed by an undecipherable signature that ends with th
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Stendhal on Correggio, Baudelaire on Guys, Zola on Manet, Proust on Moreau. It's a long-standing practice, French poets and novelists taking up art criticism. In the 20th century, the roster continues: Apollinaire,Breton, Leiris, Malraux, Sartre, Bataille, Bonnefoy, and there's the French poet-paint