Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When Alex Katz began painting more than 75 years ago, he ignored what was popular then, to pursue his passion: figurative art.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Alex Katz, who turned 98 last month, paints paeans to summer. There’s much more to his repertoire, of course. But anyone who has ...

Alex Katz admired a Mark di Suvero sculpture and gave it to the Brooklyn Museum. It now has pride of place in the museum’s 200th anniversary celebration. By Ted Loos Consider two artists, now both in ...

Matthew Barney, Billy Grant, Alex Katz, and Jamian Juliano-Villani. Photo: Courtesy of Jamian Juliano-Villani Matthew Barney, Billy Grant, Alex Katz, and Jamian Juliano-Villani. Photo: Courtesy of ...

Venturing from its decades-long roots in New York, the work of renowned artist Alex Katz is making its way across the country in a touring exhibition that soon will be in La Jolla. “Alex Katz: Theater ...

A man walks past an art installation by artist Alex Katz at the museum Brandhorst on May 15, 2009 in Munich. (photo by Miguel Villagran/Getty Images) Artists Carrie Mae Weems, Alex Katz, Mark Bradford ...

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 ...

The Smithsonian’s Archives of American Art has revealed the distinguished honorees for its upcoming annual fall gala. At the evening celebration Sept. 16, the Archives’ highest honors will be ...