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Chuck Close

Posted inOpinion

Looking at Chuck Close Through His Portrait of Bill Clinton

by Daniel Larkin August 25, 2021August 25, 2021

Something inside Clinton’s and Close’s psyche compartmentalized too much, echoing the grid of the portrait. Both inflicted far more harm than each realized.

Posted inNews

Museum Keeps Chuck Close Exhibition, Supplements It with Show About Power and Gender Dynamics

by Claire Voon January 30, 2018

The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, which is currently hosting a show of Close’s photographs, will put on a range of programs in light of recent sexual misconduct allegations against the artist.

Chuck Close in a 2014 interview (screenshot by the author via YouTube)
Posted inNews

National Gallery of Art Indefinitely Postpones Chuck Close and Thomas Roma Shows

Avatar photo by Benjamin Sutton January 26, 2018January 30, 2018

Following accusations of sexual misconduct against Close and Roma, the National Gallery of Art has postponed solo presentations of their works.

Posted inNews

Four More Women Allege Sexual Misconduct by Chuck Close

by Claire Voon and Jillian Steinhauer January 16, 2018January 17, 2018

In the wake of recent sexual harassment allegations against Close, four additional women have shared the stories of their encounters with the artist — including one who says he touched her.

Posted inBooks

Artist Interviews and the Literature of Self-Endorsement

by Christopher Lyon January 14, 2018January 12, 2018

In three recent volumes, artists express nostalgia for the smaller, scrappier New York art world.

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“Last Time I Looked, Discomfort Was Not a Major Offense”: Chuck Close Addresses Sexual Misconduct Allegations

by Claire Voon December 20, 2017December 21, 2017

Close explained his behavior after several women accused him of sexual misconduct during visits to his studio.

Posted inIn Brief

Renowned Artist Chuck Close Under Fire for Alleged Sexual Misconduct [UPDATED]

by Claire Voon December 20, 2017December 20, 2017

Two women have come forward accusing Close of sexual misconduct, claiming he made vulgar comments to them after inviting them to his studio to pose for him.

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From Chuck Close to Sarah Sze, a Ride Through the Art of the Second Avenue Subway

Avatar photo by Allison Meier January 3, 2017January 5, 2017

New York’s Second Avenue Subway opened on January 1 after almost a century of planning, with new art installations by Chuck Close, Sarah Sze, Vik Muniz, and Jean Shin.

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The Strange Union of Contemporary Art and the Hudson River School

by Faheem Haider May 13, 2015May 15, 2015

HUDSON, NY — River Crossings, the recently opened show up at the historic Thomas Cole House and Olana, Frederic Edwin Church’s architectural ode to Orientalism, over-promises and under-delivers.

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The Triumph of Revisionism: The Whitney’s American Century

Avatar photo by Thomas Micchelli May 2, 2015May 6, 2015

With America Is Hard to See, the exhibition inaugurating its luminous new Renzo Piano building, the Whitney has reclaimed its role among the city’s museums as the engine of the new.

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Hudson River School Painters’ Homes Make Way for Contemporary Art

Avatar photo by Allison Meier April 10, 2015April 12, 2015

Next month, 28 contemporary American artists will infiltrate the homes of the two artists who are the “physical cornerstone of American art,” as co-curator Stephen Hannock puts it.

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Fondation Cartier at 30: Universalized Eclectic Global Art in Forward Motion

by Joseph Nechvatal June 11, 2014June 11, 2014

PARIS — This is a vision of a universalized eclectic global art in forward motion: a relational aesthetic that seems to hover over many exhibitions in France as a great correctness that cannot be questioned, only tampered with.

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