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“ROTHKO IS A WATERCOLORIST.” The typewritten note in Clyfford Still’s unpublished diary, undated but recorded no earlier than 1961, appears as if graven into a largely blank page.1 It is clearly meant as a condemnation: Still had long come to despise his former close friend. No explanation follows, and the painter doubtless believed none was necessary. What other epithet, after all, could more concisely telegraph all that separated them—Still, with his vigorous, knife-sculpted impasto an...

I Although our social relations were almost entirely limited to chance encounters at Queens College (we were both members of the art department), I recall once meeting Richard Serra at…

“A few quite simple lessons: ☐ That statements on art make the same sense that we expect to find in statements about any other subject. ☐ That critics be knowledgeable, sensitive, honest, literate and artistic. ☐ That critics know what they are talking about, and talk only about what they know. This is not to say that there are no problems, difficulties, even mysteries in the realm of art. There are many. But it is one thing to admit their existence, and another to write as if they did n...

NEW LONDON - Over 400 members and guests attended Firelands Electric Cooperative's member appreciation event on Saturday, June 18, which also incorporated the organization's 84th annual meeting, according to a news release from Firelands Electric. Having held this annual event virtually the past two years due to pandemic concerns, the in-person gathering held at Firelands

Over 400 members and guests attended Firelands Electric Cooperative’s member appreciation event on Saturday, June 18.

Lawrence Fine Art to Represent the work of "Downtown" Artist Charles Cajori EAST HAMPTON, New York Subject Line Please provide verification code Estate of Charles Cajori Lawrence Fine Art is pleased to announce that it will represent the work of American artist Charles Cajori, one of the founders of the "Downtown" artistic scene.  Charles Cajori  (1921-2013) was an important second generation abstract expressionist painter. He was also an important teacher and active artist in the 10th Street...

Lawrence Fine Art to Represent the work of "Downtown" Artist Charles Cajori EAST HAMPTON, New York Subject Line Please provide verification code Estate of Charles Cajori Lawrence Fine Art is pleased to announce that it will represent the work of American artist Charles Cajori, one of the founders of the "Downtown" artistic scene.  Charles Cajori  (1921-2013) was an important second generation abstract expressionist painter. He was also an important teacher and active artist in the 10th Street...