Painters on Paintings is a conversation between contemporary artists and their influences across time.
Editor’s Note – Art Abroad
The editors of Painters on Paintings are traveling this summer and thought we’d share some observations on the art we’re seeing abroad.
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Barkley Hendricks on Louis Sloan
The snow would be waist high and the temperature freezing or below. Lou would be Eskimo-like…
Carolee Schneemann on Arthur B. Carles
How did I manage to get to the great museum on the parkway, perched like a castle above the two rivers?
Hilary Harkness on Henri Matisse
Gertrude Stein is as famous for her art collecting as she is for her writing. As an American living in Paris with her wife Alice B. Toklas…
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