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Category Archives: Willem de Kooning
“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
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
Vincent Warren, love of Frank O’Hara’s life, passes away at 79
Sad news for readers of Frank O’Hara: Vincent Warren, the ballet dancer who has often been described as the true love of O’Hara’s life, passed away on October 25 at the age of 79, some 50 years after O’Hara himself. … Continue reading
The Time Marisol Got in a Brawl with John Ashbery and Ripped Off Frank O’Hara’s Shirt
As the New York Times reported earlier this week, “Marisol, a Venezuelan-American artist who fused Pop Art imagery and folk art in assemblages and sculptures that, together with her mysterious, Garboesque persona, made her one of the most compelling artists on the New … 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
Mayakovsky, Frank O’Hara, and the “Intimate Yell”
A major new biography of the great Russian poet Vladimir Mayakovsky (1893-1930), who served as such a powerful influence on Frank O’Hara, Kenneth Koch, and other poets of the New York School, has recently appeared. Written by Bengt Jangfeldt, a Swedish biographer, the … Continue reading
John Yau on “A Centenary Celebration” of Rudy Burckhardt
In “The Wonderful World of Rudy Burckhardt,” at Hyperallergic, John Yau reviews an exhibit of Burckhardt’s work, which is currently showing at the Tibor de Nagy Gallery in New York (November 29, 2014–January 17, 2015). Although not as well-known as some … Continue reading
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Wynn Chamberlain (1927-2014), Painter of “Poets Dressed and Undressed”
The painter Wynn Chamberlain recently passed away at the age of 87, the New York Times reported on Sunday. Friendly with Frank O’Hara and other poets of the New York School, a fixture in the Andy Warhol orbit, Chamberlain achieved notoriety in the mid-1960s for his series … Continue reading
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Locus Solus: The New York School of Poets 