LINEA | Studio Notes from the Art Students League of NY

The Legacy of George B. Bridgman in the Work of His Students

July 7, 2022 0 10167

Seeing the names attached to these drawings, one’s imagination may be set to wondering what happened to these individuals who were so full of promise.

Modern Design and Portraits of Dignity

June 29, 2022 0 5771

Winold Reiss’s greatest contribution to modern art may have been his insistence on the dignity of people, regardless of color.

Artist Snapshot: Bill Murphy

June 21, 2022 0 3451

When I get inspired, I feel like I can do almost anything.

The Appalling Actuality of the Holocaust

June 5, 2022 0 7548

Leonard Baskin addressed the Holocaust late in life and more than fifty years after the war, but when he finally confronted the theme, he did so with ferocity.

Artist Snapshot: Todd M. Casey

May 31, 2022 0 2658

“The thing I have not achieved,” explains Casey, “is something that cannot be achieved: Not ever being complacent.”

In Christopher Gallego’s drawings, it is as if you are underwater, and all of the usual sounds, shuffles, and animation of life goes silent, and you find yourself in this sensorially pared-down but visually heightened world.

Reviews

On the Perils of Art Criticism

May 17, 2022 0 4759

If you think it’s okay to piss on someone because they don’t like the same art as you, what reaction are you prepared to rationalize when you’re contradicted on a matter of consequence?

Books

Cocktails, A Still Life

April 27, 2022 0 4490

“I never set out to paint cocktail paintings,” explains Todd M. Casey, “but here is the story of how I got into painting them.”

Reviews

Lethal Scenarios and Gorgeous Landscapes

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Exploring the formal and thematic frictions within Winslow Homer’s paintings on view in the Met’s “fairly perfect exhibition,” Winslow Homer: Crosscurrents.