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Category Archives: Abstract Expressionism
Roundup of Recent “New York School of Poetry” News and Links (11/15/21)
Here is one of my semi-regular roundups of recent links and news related to the New York School of poets. (Previous roundups can be found here).
Posted in Abstract Expressionism, Alice Notley, Andy Warhol, Ange Mlinko, Art Exhibit, Ben Lerner, Bernadette Mayer, Charles North, Criticism, Etel Adnan, Film, Frank O'Hara, Helen Frankenthaler, Jane Freilicher, Jasper Johns, Joan Mitchell, John Ashbery, John Yau, Kamran Javadizadeh, Larry Rivers, Lou Reed, Peter Schjeldahl, Poetry Project at St. Marks, Roundup, Trevor Winkfield, Velvet Underground, Video, Visual Art
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“Ninth Street Women”: The New York School (of Painters, Mostly) Comes to TV
Those of us who have been hoping for years for a Frank O’Hara biopic or Netflix mini-series devoted to the New York School poets will have to wait, but there is exciting news in this department: Amazon just announced that … Continue reading
“Works from the Collection of John Ashbery,” at Kasmin Gallery in NY
An exhibition of artworks from the collection of the late John Ashbery opens tomorrow (11/1) at the Kasmin Gallery in New York. Over the course of his long life, Ashbery collected works by a wide range of artists, many of … Continue reading
On Frank O’Hara and Willem de Kooning
Well, I have my beautiful de Kooning to aspire to. I think it has an orange bed in it, more than the ear can hold. — Frank O’Hara, “Radio” Today is the birthday of the great painter Willem de Kooning, … Continue reading
Grace Hartigan, Frank O’Hara, and the New York School
Burt Glinn, Back Table at the Five Spot (1957), Frank O’Hara, Larry Rivers, Grace Hartigan (l to r) The painter Grace Hartigan (1922-2008) was a central figure in the New York School of poets and artists in the 1950s. Particularly close to Frank O’Hara, … Continue reading
Nick Sturm on Ted Berrigan as Art Critic
There is a great new essay up at Fanzine about Ted Berrigan’s little-known art writing by one of my (now former) graduate students, the terrific poet and scholar Nick Sturm. For months, Sturm has been scouring the Berrigan archives, turning up fascinating … Continue reading
Elaine de Kooning, Frank O’Hara, and the New York School
The National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., is currently hosting a large exhibition devoted to the work of Elaine de Kooning. De Kooning, like her husband Willem, was a good friend and ally of many poets of the New York School. The show, entitled “Elaine … Continue reading