David Anfam reviews Willem de Kooning L’Italia at the Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venice.

Noting that a “mix of scholarly mismatch versus magnificent artworks lingers throughout the whole display,” Anfam further observes: “near the start a trio of “abstract parkway landscapes” hang together for the first time: how do Bolton Landing (1957), Detour (1958) and Brown Derby Road (1958) relate to Italy? They do not… Still, the paintings themselves remain stunners.”