I am trying to make paintings that have some real energy – the here and now. It’s like fashion, really. — Alex Katz Following Alex Katz’s landmark show at the Fondazione Giorgio Cini during the 60th ...

but it is impossible to miss Alex Katz. The artist famous for his bright figurative paintings is standing by the information desk wearing a parka so blindingly orange it looks radioactive.

New York School artist Alex Katz is an American painter renowned for his large-scale depictions of landscapes, flowers, and portraits. Katz’s flattening of forms ...