Chuck Close Archives

Sandy Nairne portrait at NPG is by American artist Chuck Close

15 December 2016 • Mark Westall

Portrait of former director of National Portrait Gallery will be first big work by Close to enter public collection in UK

ART NEWS

Printed Matter in the palm of your hand. Two Palms at CFA Berlin

11 July 2016 • Staff

CFA Berlin in collaboration with Two Palms are challenging the notion of what print is today, with works by Mel Bochner, Cecily Brown, Chuck Close, Peter Doig, Carroll Dunham, Ellen Gallagher, Chris Ofili, Elizabeth Peyton, Richard Prince, and Dana Schultz.

Warhol demonised Nixon. Heartfield took on Hitler. Where is Trump’s artistic mauling?

3 March 2016 • Staff

The best political art is always viciously negative. And the monsterly qualities of Donald Trump are crying out for some hard-hitting mockery. So where are the likes of Chuck Close and Jeff Koons?

ART NEWS

Preview: Chuck Close ‘Photo Maquettes’ at Eykyn Maclean New York

22 March 2013 • Mark Westall

That is the great thing about the maquettes. You see the decisions that I made, where those lines fall … And if someone were going to take a lot of time analyzing them I think they would find that there’s a method in the madness.

Art Previews

GO SEE : Chuck Close Prints: Process and Collaboration

10 March 2013 • Mark Westall

Close makes pictures of faces, often recycling images of his family and friends such as composer Philip Glass or artists Keith Hollingworth, Alex Katz and Lucas Samaras, as well as self-portraits

EXHIBITIONS

WOMEN FOR WOMEN INTERNATIONAL 2011

26 September 2011 • Mark Westall

Nadja Romain and Jenny Saville invite internationally renowned contemporary artists to support Women for Women International 27th September to 1st… Read More