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 ...

The exhibit's name is wordplay on its focus on works created by one of America's most prolific artists.

When Alex Katz began painting more than 75 years ago, he ignored what was popular then, to pursue his passion: figurative art. "Most people didn't like my work," he said. "It was figurative, and ...

The work of artist Alex Katz will be featured in an exhibition opening Sunday at the Butler Institute of American Art. “Collaborations with Poets” offers an intimate look at Alex Katz’s longtime ...

Alex Katz, who turned 98 last month, paints paeans to summer. There’s much more to his repertoire, of course. But anyone who has kept track of Katz’s production over the past seven decades will ...

34.8 x 50.3 cm. (13.7 x 19.8 in.) Though perhaps best known for his portraits, Katz has consistently painted the natural world throughout his career, particularly over the past decade. "These days I ...

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 ...

The iconic New York figurative artist, who is creating a mural on the High Line opposite the new site of the Whitney Museum of American Art, also reflects on Fassbinder and jazz. By Ken Miller Jeff ...

Philip Guston’s "Sunrise" 1979 and Martha Diamond's "Central Character" (1983) at the Portland Museum of Art (photos Hrag Vartanian/Hyperallergic) The American figurative painter Alex Katz has ...

Few cities experience the seasons like New York. Whether frigid, temperate or ferociously hot, dealing with that interplay between quaint and downright apocalyptic is one of the hallmarks of being a ...

54 x 54 x 2 in. (137.2 x 137.2 x 5.1 cm.) 'Straw Hat 2' by Alex Katz is an archival pigment ink print on Innova Etching Cotton Rag 315 gsm fine art paper. This lively work reflects Katz’s signature ...