Leland Bell

Paris/New York/Nexus

James Kalm Rough Cut

James Kalm visits Paris/New York/Nexus at Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects, New York, on view through April 15, 2018. The show features works by Balthus, Leland Bell, Anne Harvey, Jean Helion, Louisa Matthiasdottir, Bob Thompson, and Robert De Niro Sr. Kalm notes: “This presentation focuses on a select group of figurative artists who formed connections […]

Leland Bell on André Derain

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Blog post re-publishing Leland Bell’s seminal 1960 artice The Case for Derain as An Immortal. Bell writes: “The wholeness of [Derain’s] art is a response to the wholeness of nature. His art does not separate life into compartments: instinct here, intellect there. He didn’t paint with half of himself… Derain senses the virtue of … […]

See It Loud: Seven Post-War American Painters

Three videos provide an excellent introduction to a group of painters who pursue(d) an expansive painterly vision in an era defined by increasingly reductive approaches in art.