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March 12, 2021 Given my general preference for art created before World War II, it would seem trundling along to view the new exhibition, “Soutine/de Kooning: Conversations in Paint” which opened last weekend at the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia wouldn’t be on the cards. Yet this intriguing show not only shines a deserving spotlight on a truly intense, talented artist but also reveals a great deal about the unexpected art-historical influences on an artist whose work I’ve always disliked. Who says you can’t teach a middle-aged art critic new tricks? Expressionist painter Chaïm Soutine (1893–1943) and Abstract Expressionist painter Willem de Kooning (1904-1997), although only a decade apart in age, inhabited very different artistic worlds. Both left the lands of their birth Russia and The Netherlands, respectively to make their fortunes elsewhere. ....
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Lands a Major Gift of Work by Black American Artists From Pamela Joyner and Alfred Giuffrida The donated works are primarily by artists born before 1930. Pamela Joyner. Photo: Drew Altizer. The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art is having a very good week. Just a few days after re-opening, following more than three months of a second lockdown, the museum has announced a landmark gift of 31 paintings, sculptures, and drawings by 20 American artists from the prestigious Pamela J. Joyner and Alfred J. Giuffrida Collection, known for its extensive focus on abstract work made by artists of the African diaspora. ....