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Philip Guston: controversial delayed Tate show asks 'what would it be like to be evil?'

American painter Philip Guston’s (1913-1980) work was filled with creative innovation. But the paintings he is best known for are the series of cartoonish hooded figures begun in the late 1960s.

The Conversation · Oct 10, 2023

‘What would it be like to be evil?’ Controversial Philip Guston show ridicules the virus-like KKK

Delayed after the murder of George Floyd, this show has now arrived in Britain accompanied by warnings. Our critic revels in the American’s cartoonish renderings of everyday objects – and the hate groups lurking in our midst

The Guardian - UK · Oct 3, 2023

For Pilsen body shop mural, artist drew on the work of Jackson Pollock and Shel Silverstein

Joliet artist Matthew Jesiolowski says he was inspired by the “chaos” of Pollock’s artwork and the line work in Silverstein’s illustrations.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 30, 2023

Why do we still define female artists as wives, friends and muses?

Even in shows devoted to female artists, they are often associated with the men they knew – but as a look in any gallery will reveal, it never happens the other way round

The Guardian - UK · Feb 20, 2023

Different strokes: the forgotten women of abstract expressionism

A new exhibition highlights 80 unsung female artists from the grouping that made stars of Rothko and Pollock. But does adding them to the canon deflect from the sexism that stymied their careers?

The Guardian - UK · Feb 16, 2023

The NGA's $500m picture and why we shouldn't sell it

"Two inches of that would buy me a washing machine", as one visitor said.

The Canberra Times · Jan 30, 2023

Queen of Christmas: the wondrous snowy landscapes that made Grandma Moses as big as Jackson Pollock

The upstate New York farmer took up painting at 76 and was soon a star, her ‘old-timey’ scenes proving perfect for stamps, curtains and Christmas cards – saving her from a life of raising chickens

The Guardian - UK · Dec 5, 2022

‘You do see a bit of Jackson Pollock in it’: the country pub with a striking Nicky Winmar artwork

Pat Furze shows the painting by the AFL great that has a special place in his regional pub

The Guardian - AU · Oct 28, 2022

New York's Hamptons offer a feast of indoor, outdoor art

On the eastern end of Long Island, New York, lies a trove of art venues and a rich cultural scene to explore at leisure

The Independent UK · Oct 13, 2022

Review: There will be blood: 'Project Wolf Hunting' brings it in buckets

If it's blood you're thirsting for — in buckets and fountains and passageways decorated with the stuff as if Jason Voorhees were possessed by Jackson Pollock — your ship has come in. The seas may be mostly calm, but the Korean action-slash-monster movie "Project Wolf Hunting" (emphasis on the slash)…

Los Angeles Times · Oct 7, 2022