Painter Lucian Freud, Sigmund’s grandson, documentary

Artist Lucian Freud died aged 88. Grandson of Sigmund Freud lived to paint and redefine British art. Acquavella Galleries

Drawings by Hans Hofmann

Exhibition ends December 10, 2010. The Mishkin Gallery at Baruch College is located at 135 E. 22nd Street, New York City. Gallery hours are Tuesday-Friday, Noon to 5 pm; Thursday, Noon to 7 pm.
Hans Hofmann, who taught that abstract art evolved from nature, was an important conduit of European modernist ideas for American artists. He [...]

German painter Sigmar Polke dies

German Sigmar Polke, an artist of infinite, often ravishing pictorial jest, whose sarcastic and vibrant layering of found images and maverick, chaos-provoking painting processes left an indelible mark on the last four decades of contemporary painting, died yesterday in Cologne, Germany. He was 69; the cause was complications of cancer, according to Gordon Veneklasen, a [...]