Alex Katz A'49

From Theater and Dance - Last Look by Alex Katz at Colby College Museum of Art

Alex Katz A'49 currently has artwork on display in two museums: The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City and the Colby College Museum of Art in Waterville, Maine. The Gathering exhibition is at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum from October 21, 2022 through February 20, 2023. To read more about the exhibition, please click here. Alex Katz: Theater and Dance  is at the Colby College Musuem of Art, The Paul J. Schupf Wing for the Works of Alex Katz from August 16, 2022 through February 19, 2023. To read more about the exhibition, please click here and here.

 

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