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Jules Olitski, 84, an American artist who rose to prominence in the 1960s as part of the art movement known as color field painting, died Sunday of complications from cancer at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City.
Feb. 9, 2007
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March 23, 2012
The front and back covers to the catalogue for the exhibition “Donald Lipski: Poetic Sculpture” say a lot.
Nov. 23, 1990
The smallest painting in Monique Prieto’s buoyant exhibition at ACME Gallery ranks among the spunkiest she has made.
Oct. 31, 1996
It’s hard to image that the paintings in “Openness and Clarity: Color Field Works From the 1960s and 1970s” at Honor Fraser gallery were once flash points in a battle over the meaning of art and the meaning of life.
June 17, 2014
This is not good news: The Museum of Contemporary Art has lent a major painting from its permanent collection to a newly opened exhibition at a prominent Culver City art gallery, raising serious questions of conflict of interest.
June 11, 2014
Last summer, the Greek-born artist Jannis Kounellis had an abrupt change of heart and withdrew from an exhibition planned for late November at the Museum of Contemporary Art.
Dec. 31, 1989
A two-week series of big-ticket art auctions got off to an erratic start Monday night with a sale of contemporary works at Christie’s.
May 8, 1990
California
Ron Olitsky, president of Underground Service Alert of Southern California, which helps construction workers and others avoid hitting water pipes, electrical lines and cables when they dig into the ground, has died.
Nov. 6, 2005
Five sculptures by Jason Meadows and three by Mateo Tannatt add up to “8 Days a Week,” a quietly exciting essay on what a sculpture (or two) can do in a world otherwise overrun by flat-screen monitors and the digital information they deliver 24/7.
Oct. 2, 2015