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A survey of the Chinese American artist Martin Wong confirms him as one of the most unusual, ingenious and forceful painters of his time

IN A RICKETY WOOD-FRAME BUILDING near Eureka, California, along a slough that leads to Humboldt Bay, there is a self-portrait by Martin Wong. He left it unfinished—a quick acrylic underpainting in shades of blue. It shows the artist cross-legged and palms open, some contours so faint they disappear into the canvas. The painting’s surface is slightly buckled from exposure to the fog that rolls over the region, rusting metal, peeling away house paint, and activating blooms of mold. Its slight weathering makes it appear at home among the other relics (retired buoys, milk-stand signs) that a l...

On September 28, a href= https://hindmanauctions.com/ target= _blank Hindman Auctions /a set a new world auction record for Martin Wong’s Per

Christie's Summer in Aspen: "Off the Wall: Basquiat to Banksy" open July 3-15 KAWS (B.1974), UNTITLED. Acrylic on canvas, 16 x 16 in. (40.6 x 40.6 cm.) Painted in 1999. © Christie's Images Ltd 2021. ASPEN, CO .-Christie’s announces the inaugural selling exhibition for its Summer 2021 Aspen residency, Off the Wall: Basquiat to Banksy (July 3-15). Bringing together the cult figures of the 1980s with the counter-cultural artists of today, Off the Wall celebrates the contemporary explosion of these expressions that have morphed into global phenomena, chartering a course from post-punk New York ...