This fall, a trio of Willem de Kooning paintings from the collection of the deceased artist’s family will hit the block at Sotheby’s New York. Estimated to bring in more than $50 million together, the ...

Out of a fog of amorphous intentions and blowsy, drunken histrionics, Willem de Kooning carved out a rare and imperiled species of artistic brilliance. If it feels a little shocking that his work is ...

It’s a good day for the University of Arizona Museum of Art. The institution is celebrating the return of Willem de Kooning’s Woman-Ochre (1954–55), which was stolen the day after Thanksgiving in 1985 ...

Willem de Kooning, “Untitled” (1966). Charcoal on paper, 10 x 8 inches. Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of Jan Christiaan Braun in honor of Rudi Fuchs ...

At first, Ferrara made bookshelves and cooked his meals while living at Elaine’s house about a mile away. Soon he moved into de Kooning’s studio to help with organizing, stretching canvases and ...

We are at a moment in art when "isms" are dead, when instinct trumps theory, when abstraction and figuration live happily together, when variety is better than a single style, and when political ...

For lovers of paint. For anyone fascinated by pigmented, viscous oil lavishly applied to canvas. For those who delight in the curly cues it forms when dry after coming off the brush, the smears, the ...

Willem de Kooning (1904–1997), a Dutch-born American artist, emerged as a prominent figure in the Abstract Expressionist movement. Best known for his "Woman" series that blends abstraction with ...

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I can only concur, gratefully, with Peter Schjeldahl’s enthusiastic review of the sumptuous de Kooning retrospective currently on view at MOMA and, in particular, his assessment of Willem de Kooning’s ...

As visitors pour in, parallel art displays are cropping up around the city, including lesser-known de Kooning works and an installation that has incensed locals. By Farah Nayeri The art dealer, Daniel ...