The iconic New York figurative artist, who is creating a mural on the High Line opposite the new site of the Whitney Museum of American Art, also reflects on Fassbinder and jazz. By Ken Miller Jeff ...

When Alex Katz began painting more than 75 years ago, he ignored what was popular then, to pursue his passion: figurative art. "Most people didn't like my work," he said. "It was figurative, and ...

The work of artist Alex Katz will be featured in an exhibition opening Sunday at the Butler Institute of American Art. “Collaborations with Poets” offers an intimate look at Alex Katz’s longtime ...

On November 11 at Lincoln Center's David H. Koch Theater, the Paul Taylor Dance Foundation will honor painter Alex Katz, marking yet another chapter in one of the most enduring art-and-dance ...

After more than eight decades of embracing flat,figurative painting, artist Alex Katz is getting the recognition he deserves. US artist Alex Katz poses in 2016 by "Gold and Black 2" during the ...

Alex Katz, who turned 98 last month, paints paeans to summer. There’s much more to his repertoire, of course. But anyone who has kept track of Katz’s production over the past seven decades will ...

Gertrude Stein, that master of enigma, once declared that it was only by writing poetry for a very small audience that she ended up becoming so famous. The idea might pertain to the contemporary ...

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Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

The painter Alex Katz is a curious figure in the annals of postwar American art. Throughout his fifty-year career, he’s been perpetually situated to the side of the art world’s mainstream, yet never ...