“These small drawings are born with a quick stroke, because their execution must be fast, this is the rule I have given myself: the intuition of the idea must almost coincide with putting it on the page, without intermediate steps. Often the games between words… Read More
“The New-York Historical Society introduces visitors to a little-known artist whose work documented the people and scenes of early America. Artist in Exile: The Visual Diary of Baroness Hyde de Neuville, on view in the Joyce B. Cowin Women’s History Gallery of the Center for Women’s History, presents… Read More
“The first major museum exhibition featuring the work of Mort Gerberg, one of America’s most popular and beloved cartoonists. Throughout his career Gerberg’s work has been drawn from subjects ranging from social consciousness to music and sports. Known for combining artistry with intuitive wit, he… Read More
“Louise Nevelson (1899–1988), an artist best known for her monochromatic wooden sculptures, produced a distinctive body of works on paper over the course of her long career. Drawn entirely from the Whitney’s collection, this exhibition follows her work in drawing, printing, and collage, from her… Read More
“Renowned as a giant of French Romantic painting, Eugène Delacroix (1798–1863) was equally a dedicated and innovative draftsman. The Karen B. Cohen Collection of Eugène Delacroix, generously promised to The Met, presents the exceptional opportunity to examine the central role of drawing in the artist’s… Read More
“Scofield Thayer (1889–1982) was editor and co-owner of the Dial, a journal that published writing and art by the European and American avant-garde (many of whom are pictured nearby) from 1919 to 1926. An aesthete, he was a brilliant abstract thinker and a complex, conflicted… Read More
“Prints and drawings have consistently served as popular media for humor in art. Prints, which can be widely replicated and distributed, are ideal for institutional mockery and social criticism, while drawings, unmediated and private, allow for free rein of the imagination. Sense of Humor will… Read More
“Best known for his rich, colorful paintings of cakes, ice cream cones, and candy counters, California artist Wayne Thiebaud (b. 1920) has been an avid and prolific draftsman since he began his career as an illustrator and cartoonist. Featuring subjects that range from deli counters… Read More
“The Drawing Center presents an overview of Terry Winters’s drawings from 1980 to the present, the first such exhibition in the United States. It will include a selection of large-scale works on paper and a wide span of smaller drawings as well as a suite of rarely… Read More
“Dana Schutz returns to Cleveland with a new exhibition, Eating Atom Bombs, featuring a group of 12 paintings and three drawings created primarily in the past year. Seven of these works have never been exhibited before. The exhibition’s title speaks to the precariousness of our… Read More
“The American artist George Condo (b. 1957) has not been shown in Scandinavia, so his drawings from four decades present a unique opportunity to get to previously know this original artist. The artist is a classic in his own country and has recently had major… Read More
“No one, I dare say, no one was as original. Tomi influenced everybody.” — Maurice Sendak. Images courtesy The Drawing Center
