ALEX KATZ - In Good Company

ALEX KATZ In Good Company

Alex Katz (b. 1927), COCACOLA GIRL 7 From the COCACOLA GIRL PORTFOLIO, 2019, (Edition of 60, +20AP), 19color silkscreen on Saunders on Saunders Waterford High Whit e HP 425 gsm fine art paper, 40 x 40 in

Alex Katz (b. 1927), White Visor, 2003, (Edition of 75, +11AP), Aquatint in 9 colors

Sunrise 1 2022 Edition of 100 + 20AP Archival Pigment Ink on Innova Etching Rag Fine Art Paper 54 x 40.50 in Signed by the artist, lower left; numbered, lower right. Stamped (c) 2022 Alex Katz, Lococo Fine Art Publisher, verso, lower right.

Sunrise 2 2022 Edition of 75 + 6AP 8 Color Woodcut on Hiromi Izumi Paper 250 gsm 25.75 x 17.25 in Signed by the artist, lower left; numbered, lower right. Stamped (c) 2022 Alex Katz, Lococo Fine Art Publisher, verso, lower right.

Straw Hat 1 2022 Edition of 150 + 20AP + 6HC + 1BAT + 1RTP Archival Pigment Ink on Innova Etching Cotton Rag 315 gsm fine art paper 36 x 36 in Signed by the artist, lower left; numbered, lower right. Stamped (c) 2022 Alex Katz, Lococo Fine Art Publisher, verso, lower right.

ALEX KATZ In Good Company

By Gabriel Delgado

Alex Katz – In Good Company, is an exhibition consisting of a selection of original paintings & drawings, fine art prints, and other artworks by the American Icon, Alex Katz, on exhibit at New River Fine Art from January 20, 2023 – February 19, 2023. This timely exhibition offers a fascinating glimpse into the evolution of Katz’ s style and his signature minimalistic aesthetic, while reflecting the artist’s continued experimentation with form and color with images that range from the 1970’s to today. The result is a curated exhibition that is timeless yet continuously feels fresh and refined.

formed the foundation of his artistic practice today.

The new Ada Print Portfolio has the artist revisiting some of his favorite paintings of his beloved spouse by creating ten new fine art prints that are featured in the exhibition. His works demonstrate skill in distilling her details down to their most fundamental elementslips, eyes, and nose. He captures her individual traits without compromising her uniqueness. This recently published portfolio is a magnificent reminder of the all-encompassing love and devotion the artist has for his beloved wife. It is clear from the imagery that Katz cherishes every single moment shared with his partner, registering her nuances in his art and being able to freeze moments in time, canonizing Ada for all eternity.

Over the course of his more than seven-decade career, this championed American artist has created an impressive body of work that includes portraiture, landscapes, and still life. Alex Katz is renowned for his reductive aesthetic, and the artworks in the exhibition, In Good Company, display a great appreciation for his subtractive methodology. His inventive use of flat illustration with minimal use of modeling techniques, coupled with his deft navigation of hard-edged accessories, creates striking compositions to captivate viewers. Through this culling of complexity, he eliminates any superfluous elements from the environment, rendering an effective impact through signature painterly reductions.

Enzo Cucchi once wrote, “The sensuality of his [Katz’s] paintings return emotion to the skin.” This evocation can be seen in many of the artist’ s portraits, especially in the iconic paintings of his wife and muse, Ada. Katz has painted her over 250 times, a dedication that is said to have

The Sunrise suite, another print portfolio in Alex Katz – In Good Company, is composed of two bold and striking images that provide the perfect platform for the renowned artist to demonstrate his impressive ability to meld contrasting elements. The quintessential Katz image of “Sunrise 1” features refined and reduced elements, while the darker portrait, ‘Sunrise 2” is more compact and features distinct hard-edge definitions. Contrasting these two, it is possible to understand how opposition can be rendered into an integral part of something's identity. As seen in “Sunrise 1”, the female figure seems to be enjoying a sunny day, sporting a wide-brimmed purple hat. With its curved bill, it casts the perfect shadow over her eyes. The emptiness that exists beyond the portrait appear flat at first, but this pink void is in fact much richer than its two-dimensional facade may suggest, a space free from physical boundaries- existing beyond the picture plane. “Sunrise 2”, is an outstanding and a truly remarkable 8-color woodblock print. At a distance, the model’s eye is masked

in darkness, but we soon discover a hidden, minimalistic wonderment. Only three black lines articulately define the subject’s pupil and eyelid, a definition that hoovers in the boxy shadow of her guise. There's something magnetic about this area that draws one in, its calming serenity remains imprinted on the viewer as a window into her soul.

Alex Katz' "Straw Hat 3" is an arresting work with its subject, a woman standing before us, is painted with delicate lines and subtle tonality, her visage made notably distinct from her surroundings by contrasting color palettes. Her skin, kissed with a slight tan, is complimented by her hat. By using a close-up of the model’ s face with her eyes shut, the artist delivers a complex narrative that is simultaneously alluring but mysterious. A certain aura of austerity surrounds her. The stillness of his subject speaks louder than words, commanding admiration that roots its power in a quiet sophistication.

The model in the white sun visor anchoring the left side of the composition of Katz’s oversized print titled: “White Visor” , looks effortlessly sophisticated and confident. Her gracefully elongated and tilted neck immediately catches one's attention, while the tucked ponytail delicately accents her face, each giving an air of refinement. Her perfectly fashioned lips add a touch of stylish glamour. With a simple painted profile, the artist allows her to confidently gazes off into the distance, radiating an effortless grace that is truly captivating.

Original drawings in the exhibition include “Studies of Caroline” I & II, both 7 ¼ x 7 ¾ inch pencil on paper pieces. "Studies of Caroline" II highlights how even the most seemingly mundane aspects of life can be imbued with

newfound importance through Katz’ s artistry. The woman in the portrait is depicted close-up, her face occupying an acutely central position and mouth slightly agape. This slight touch reveals Katz's deep understanding of facial expression nuances. Through his distinctive stylization, he brings out subtleties that make the portrait utterly captivating. Comparing this work to its counterpart, "Studies of Caroline" I, allows one to appreciate the slightest changes between them, the neutral expression in II becomes more playful when contrasted against the solemnness of I, a testament to Katz's mastery in depicting a subject that at first appears commonplace. A single sketch of an eye, adjacent to the model in “Studies of Caroline" I shows devoted study to Katz’s own minimalistic analysis of subjects.

Alex Katz – In Good Company is a tour de force of impeccable selection, showcasing the signature minimalistic aesthetic of this iconic 95-year-old artist. Even at such an advanced age, Katz has shown no fatigue in experimenting with new techniques and creations. The works on exhibit offer a wide range, each a testament to the manifold beauty of Alex Katz's oeuvre. More than just evocative simplicity, his artistry offers complexity cleverly disguised by its deceptively uncomplicated forms – an impeccable selection that transcends generations and genres alike.

CATALOG ESSAY

ADA (PURPLE)

2022 Edition of 75 + 6AP 1 Color Woodcut on Somerset Satin White, 300 gsm 18 x 23.50 in Signed by the artist, numbered, Printed by Collaborative Art Editions, St. Petersburg, Florida, Published by Lococo Fine Art Publisher, St. Louis

ADA (BLACK)

2022 Edition of 150 + 10AP 1 Color Woodcut on Somerset Satin White, 300 gsm 18 x 23.50 in Signed by the artist, numbered, Printed by Collaborative Art Editions, St. Petersburg, Florida, Published by Lococo Fine Art Publisher, St. Louis

Alex Katz In Good Company, #1

THE FLOWERS PORTFOLIO

Purple Tulips 1 From THE FLOWERS PORTFOLIO 2021 Edition of 100 + 20AP Archival Pigment Inks, Innova, Etching Cotton Rag, White, 315 gsm 32 x 47 in Signed by the artist, lower left; numbered, lower right. Stamped (c) 2021 Alex Katz, Lococo Fine Art Publisher, verso, lower right.

Purple Tulips 2 From THE FLOWERS PORTFOLIO 2021 Edition of 100 + 20AP Archival Pigment Inks, Innova, Etching Cotton Rag, White, 315 gsm 47 x 34 in Signed by the artist, lower left; numbered, lower right. Stamped (c) 2021 Alex Katz, Lococo Fine Art Publisher, verso, lower right.

Red Dogwood I From THE FLOWERS PORTFOLIO 2021 Edition of 100 + 20AP Archival Pigment Inks, Innova, Etching Cotton Rag, White, 315 gsm 47 x 34 in

Signed by the artist, lower left; numbered, lower right. Stamped (c) 2021 Alex Katz, Lococo Fine Art Publisher, verso, lower right.

Red Dogwood 2 From THE FLOWERS PORTFOLIO 2021 Edition of 100 + 20AP Archival Pigment Inks, Innova, Etching Cotton Rag, White, 315 gsm 47 x 34 in Signed by the artist, lower left; numbered, lower right. Stamped (c) 2021 Alex Katz, Lococo Fine Art Publisher, verso, lower right.

Goldenrod From THE FLOWERS PORTFOLIO 2021 Edition of 100 + 20AP Archival Pigment Inks, Innova, Etching Cotton Rag, White, 315 gsm 35 x 47 in Signed by the artist, lower left; numbered, lower right. Stamped (c) 2021 Alex Katz, Lococo Fine Art Publisher, verso, lower right.

Peonies From THE FLOWERS PORTFOLIO 2021 Edition of 100 + 20AP Archival Pigment Inks, Innova, Etching Cotton Rag, White, 315 gsm 47 x 34 in Signed by the artist, lower left; numbered, lower right. Stamped (c) 2021 Alex Katz, Lococo Fine Art Publisher, verso, lower right.

Azaleas on

Yellow From THE FLOWERS

PORTFOLIO

2021 Edition of 100 + 20AP Archival Pigment Inks, Innova, Etching Cotton Rag, White, 315 gsm 47 x 34 in

Signed by the artist, lower left; numbered, lower right. Stamped (c) 2021 Alex Katz, Lococo Fine Art Publisher, verso, lower right.

COCA-COLA GIRL PORTFOLIO

ADA

Boxed Portfolio

Vivien on Blue 2007 Edition of 40 + 10AP Screenprint in colors on Rives BFK paper 50 x 36 in Signed by the artist, numbered in pencil lower left, with publisher's stamp lower right Published by Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin Printed by Brand X Edition, New York

Sissel 2006 Edition of VII / XX + 50 Arabic Numerals + 20 Roman Numerals, + 4AP Aquatint in Colors on Cartiere Magnani Corona 400 g paper 20 x 23.50 in Signed by the artist, lower left margin, and numbered Printed by Giancarlo Sardella, Milano and Pesaro Published by Galleria Fabjbasaglia, Rimini

Cow (Small Cutout) 2004 Edition of 99 +15AP

Screenprint in Colors, on cut aluminum in forty-five colors (printed on both sides) 16.625 x 41.50 x 0.125 in Signed by the artist, verso, and numbered

Printed by Steven Sangenario, Brand X Editions, Inc., New York Published by Arte y Naturaleza, Madrid

White Visor 2003 Edition of 75 + 11AP Aquatint in 9 colors on Somerset Velvet Paper 33.37 x 67.87 in Signed by the artist, and numbered Printed by Doris Simmelink, Chris Sukimoto, and Hiroshi Tachibana, Simmelink-Sukimoto Editions Published by Arte y Naturaleza, Madrid

Blue Hat 2003 Edition of 75 + 11AP Aquatint in 11 colors on Somerset Velvet Paper 33.50 x 67 in Signed by the artist, and numbered Printed by Doris Simmelink, Chris Sukimoto, and Hiroshi Tachibana, Simmelink-Sukimoto Editions Published by Arte y Naturaleza, Madrid

Jessica (Cutout) 2002 Edition of 35 + 7AP Screenprint in Colors, on aluminum , (printed on both sides) 68.50 x 13.50 x 0.75 in Signed by the artist, numbered, verso Published by Arte y Naturaleza, Madrid, Printed by Brand X Editions, New York, USA

Serigraph in colors on Arches Cover White Paper 36 x 19.75 in

Signed by the artist, lower left, numbered

Printed by Robert Blanton, Thomas D. Little, Augustin Rijo, Paulino Guerrero, Jason Engelhardt, and Reid Van Renesse, Styria Studio, Inc., New York and Brand X Editions, Inc., New York Published by Chalk and Vermilion Fine Arts, Greenwich, Conn. Portfolio: Pas de Deux

Red Grooms and Elizabeth Ross

(from the Pas de Deux portfolio) 1993 Edition of 150 + 18AP

Black Brook (for

Edition 21) 1989 Edition of 100 + 11AP Woodcut on Goyu Paper 10 x 16.375 in Paper Size: 12.75 x 19 in Signed by the artist, lower left, numbered Printed by John C. Erikson, New York and Published by

Parkett Special

Parkett-Verlagg AG, Zurich, Parkett Art Magazine

Luna Park II 1973 Edition of 60 + 10AP

6 Color Screenprint on Arches Paper 39.75 x 30 in Signed by the artist, numbered 52/60 in pencil, lower left. Printed by Larry Rosen at Chiron Press, New York. Co-published by Brooke Alexander, Inc., New York, and Marlborough Graphics, Inc., New York.

Studies of Caroline I 1973

Original Drawing, Pencil on Paper 7.25 x 7.75 in Signed by the artist, Recto "Alex Katz" and inscribed "for Caroline & Brooke."

Studies of Caroline II 1973

Original Drawing, Pencil on Paper 7.25 x 7.75 in Signed by the artist, Recto "Alex Katz" and inscribed "for Caroline & Brooke."

Alex Katz was born in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, New York in 1927. At the outset of the Depression in 1928, his Russian émigré parents moved the family to St. Albans, a suburb of Queens that had sprung up between the two World Wars. Raised in a family with interests in poetry and the arts, his mother having been an actress in Yiddish Theater, Katz enrolled at Woodrow Wilson High School for its unique program that allowed him to devote mornings to academics and afternoons to the arts. In 1946, after serving in the Navy, Katz entered The Cooper Union Art School in Manhattan.

At Cooper Union, Katz studied painting under Morris Kantor and was trained to paint from drawings in modern techniques. Upon graduating in 1949, Katz was awarded a scholarship for summer study at the Skowhegan School for Painting and Sculpture in Maine. At Skowhegan he was encouraged to paint from life, which would prove pivotal in his development as a painter and remains a staple of his practices today. Katz explains that Skowhegan’s plein air painting gave him “ a reason to devote my life to painting.” In the 1950’s, when most of the serious art being done was abstract, Katz confounded scores of artists and formalist critics by inventing new ways to paint the human figure. He has always had his own direction, which has not been the direction of mainstream art in any of the last seven decades. Katz spent the first half of 1950’s painting small collage figures in landscape and began his engagement with portraiture in the latter half of the decade. Katz developed a close-knit circle of friends that

included fellow New York artists and intellectual cognoscenti who, along with his wife and muse, Ada, became his steady troupe of models. Anticipating Pop Art, Katz began using monochrome backgrounds, which would become a defining characteristic of his style. In 1959, Katz made his first painted cutout, a practice which has continued throughout his career, forming a series of freestanding or wallmounted portraits that exist in actual space.

Katz’s paintings from the 1960’s brought a new kind of American Social Realism. Influenced by films, television, and billboard advertising, Katz began creating large-scale paintings with dramatically cropped faces. After 1964, Katz increasingly began painting clusters of people. The genius in these neat, self- contained groups was that while they appeared socially objective, they recognized that every individual, however socially exalted or self-important, is a selfdeceptive subject, always deceiving others or themselves about who they are. These contradictions and moments of uninhibited selfexpression informs the majority of Katz’s work in the ‘60s.

1965 marks the date Katz embarked on a prolific career in printmaking. The artist would go on to produce numerous editions in lithography, etching, silkscreen, woodcut, and linoleum cut, mediums he continues to experiment with today.

In the late 1980s and 1990s, Katz focused much of his attention on large “environmental” paintings, The natural landscape of Maine offered Katz an arena of abstract exploration; where nature became the sole stimulus and allowed him space to open his eyes and mind to

paint automatically. Katz began each of these canvases with “an idea of the landscape, a conception,” trying to find the image in nature afterwards. Rather than utilizing a graphic implementation that pervaded Pop Art, Katz’ s images always emanated from nature or the figure.

Beginning in 2010, Katz re-framed his subject matter, employing more drastic cropping of individual portraits. He also began composing multiple portraits using tightly cropped images of the same subject sequenced across the linen. Since 2015, Katz has frequently begun his process by taking photographs with his iPhone, which he then prints out, cuts, and collages into compositions. From these maquettes, he may make painted studies or go straight to making a large-scale cartoon, from which he paints an oil on linen. During an extended stay in Pennsylvania from spring through early summer of 2020, Katz made more than 50 paintings, mainly of flowers and landscapes he saw around him, which became the basis for The Flowers Portfolio, a suite of 7 signed and numbered prints released in 2021. 2022 saw the opening of Alex Katz: Gathering a retrospective exhibition at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York as well as the release of The Ada Portfolio and Sunrise Suite prints. Alex Katz's work has been the subject of more than 250 solo exhibitions and nearly 500 group exhibitions internationally since 1951 and he has received numerous accolades throughout his career. Among them, Katz was inducted by the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters in 1988. In 1978, Katz received the U.S. Government grant to

participate in an educational and cultural exchange with the USSR. Katz was awarded the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship for Painting in 1972.

Asking an elementary question: What is reality? Katz took this question as a starting point and spent the past 70 years repeatedly exploring possible ways with which “realism” can be redefined.

ARTIST

1964 Recent Landscapes by Eight Americans, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY

1971 Alex Katz, Utah Museum of Fine Arts, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT Minnesota Museum of Art, St. Paul, MN Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT

1972 Alex Katz, Reed College Art Gallery, Portland, OR

1973 The American Neo-Realist: Alex Katz, Assa Galleria, Helsinki, Finland

1974 Alex Katz Prints, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA

1975 Alex Katz Prints, Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, UT

The Santa Barbara Museum of Art, CA University Gallery, University of Minnesota, MN Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN

1977 Alex Katz: Recent Paintings, Fresno Arts Center and Museum, CA

Art Galleries, California State University, Long Beach, CA Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA Vancouver Art Gallery, British Columbia, Canada

1978 Alex Katz, Richard Eugene Fuller Art Gallery, Beaver College, Glendale, PA Alex Katz in the Seventies, Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA

Alex Katz: Selected Prints, Wilcox Gallery, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA

1979 Alex Katz: Prints, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC

1980 Alex Katz: Rush An Environmental Wall Piece, Hartnell College Gallery, Salinas, CA

Alex Katz: Scale and Gesture, The Queens Museum, Flushing, NY

Alex Katz: Ada, Fine Arts Gallery, State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY

Alex Katz: Prints, Centro ColomboAmericano, Bogota, Colombia

1981 Alex Katz, Portland Center for the Visual Arts, OR

Birmingham Museum of Art, Alabama

1984 Alex Katz Process and Development: Small Paintings from the Collection of Paul J. Schupf '58, The Picker Art Gallery, Charles A. Dana Creative Arts Center, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY

1985 Alex Katz Paints a Picture, Houghton Gallery, Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, NY

Alex Katz, William A. Farnsworth Library and Art Museum, Rockland, ME

Alex Katz: An Exhibition Featuring Works from the Collection of Paul J. Schupf, Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, Maine and Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, ME

Paintings by Alex Katz, Edwin A. Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita State University, KS

1985 Alex Katz Paints a Picture, Houghton Gallery, Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, NY

1986 Retrospective exhibition, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY

Center for the Fine Arts, Miami, Florida

1988 Alex Katz, The Seibu Museum of Art, The Seed Hall, Tokyo, Japan

Alex Katz: A Print Retrospective, The

Brooklyn Museum, New York, NY

Alex Katz: Nocturnal Paintings, The Cleveland Museum of Art, OH

1990 Making Faces: Self-Portraits by Alex Katz, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC

The Newark Museum of Art, Newark, NJ

J.B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY

Alex Katz: Paintings, Drawings and Cutouts, Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, FL

Alex Katz: Recent Paintings, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, UK

1991 Alex Katz: Small Paintings, Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, HI

Alex Katz: A Drawing Retrospective, Museum of Art, Munson-WilliamsProctor Institute, Utica, NY

1992 Alex Katz: Drawings 1946 – 1989, Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, ME The Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AK

1996 Alex Katz at Colby College, Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, ME

Alex Katz Under the Stars: Landscapes 1951-1995, Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD

Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FL

Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME Institute for Contemporary Art/P.S. 1 Museum, Long Island City, NY

Alex Katz, I.V.A.M. Centre Julio Gonzalez, Valencia, Spain

1997 Alex Katz: Twenty-Five Years of Painting, The Saatchi Collection, London, UK

Alex Katz, Centro Cultural Recoleta,

Buenos Aires, Argentina

1999 Change of Scene, Museum fur Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Alex Katz, Galleria Civica Di Arte Contemporanea, Trento, Italy

2000 Alex Katz, Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Regarding Alex Katz, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA

2001 Alex Katz, Ed Rusha, American Academy in Rome

2002 Alex Katz: Small Paintings, Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA

Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY

Whitney Museum of American Art at Philip Morris, New York, NY

Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO

Oklahoma City Museum, Oklahoma City, OK

The Austin Museum of Art, Austin, TX

Alex Katz: In Your Face, Kunst-Und Ausstellungshalle Der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn, Germany

Alex Katz, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA

2003 Alex Katz, Galleria D'Arte

Contemporanea Emilio Mazzoli, Modena, Italy

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

Alex Katz: Cutouts, Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

Alex Katz: Portraits, Fondazione Bevilacqua

La Masa, Venice, Italy

Alex Katz: Cutouts, Museum Moderner Kunst Kirnten, Klagenfurt, Austria

2004 Alex Katz: Cartoons and Paintings, Albertina Museum, Vienna, Austria

2005 Alex Katz Collages, Colby College Art Museum, Waterville, ME

Alex Katz, The University of South Florida at Tampa, FL

Alex Katz: Recent Paintings, CAC Malaga, Malaga, Spain

Alex Katz in Maine, Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, ME

2006 Alex Katz in Maine, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

Alex Katz in European Collections, Langen Foundation, Neuss, Germany

Alex Katz: Woodcuts and Linocuts, Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, ME

Alex Katz Paints Ada, 1957-2005, The Jewish Museum, New York, NY

2007 Alex Katz: New York, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland

2009 Alex Katz: Reflections, Museo delle Arti di Catanzaro (MARCA), Calabria, Italy

Alex Katz: An American Way of Seeing, Sara Hildén Art Museum, Tampere, Finland

Musée Grenoble, Grenoble, France Museum Kurhaus Kleve, Kleve, Germany

2010 Alex Katz Portraits, National Portrait Gallery, London, UK

Alex Katz: New Work, Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, ME

Alex Katz: Prints, Paintings, Cutouts, Kunsthalle Würth, Schwäbisch Hall, Germany

Alex Katz, Philadelphia Museum of Art

2011 Alex Katz, Museum Ostwall, Dortmund, Germany

Alex Katz: Naked Beauty, Kestnergesellschaft Hanover

2012 Alex Katz: Casa Nadi, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo (MAC) de la Foundation Gas Natural Fenosa, A Coruña SPAIN

Alex Katz Prints, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Boston, MA

Alex Katz: Give Me Tomorrow, Tate St. Ives, Cornwall, UK

Alex Katz: Maine/New York, Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, ME

Regarding Warhol: Sixty Artists, Fifty Years, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

We The People, Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, New York, NY

Alex Katz, Essl Museum, Vienna

2013 Katz x Katz, Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT

Alex Katz: Landscapes, Museum Haus Konstruktiv, Zurich

Alex Katz: New York/Maine, Museum der Moderne, Salzburg, Germany

Alex Katz / Félix Vallotton, Musée Cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne

Alex Katz: Selections from the Whitney Museum of American Art, Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, NY

Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT

Alex Katz: Beneath the Surface, Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art, Middlesbrough, UK

2014 Face Value, The National Portrait Gallery Washington, D.C.

The Sea, Mu.ZEE, Ostende, Belgium

2015 Alex Katz: This is Now, High Museum of Art, Atlanta

Brand-New & Terrific: Alex Katz in the 1950s, Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, ME

Alex Katz at the Met, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Alex Katz: This is Now, Guggenheim Bilbao

2016 Alex Katz: Quick Light, Serpentine Gallery, London, UK

Alex Katz: Small Paintings, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockland, ME

Alex Katz: Black and White, American University Museum, Washington D.C.

2017 Alex Katz: Black and White, Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL

Brand-New & Terrific: Alex Katz in the 1950s, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Alex Katz: Small Paintings, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL

2018 Alex Katz: Models and Dancers, Lotte Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

Brand-New & Terrific: Alex Katz in the 1950s, Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY

WOW! The Heidi Horton Collection, Leopold Museum, Vienna Austria

ARTIST ROOMS: Alex Katz, Tate

Liverpool, Liverpool, England, U.K. Alex Katz, Museum Brandhorst, Munich, Germany series, 2009-2010, Musee de l'Orangerie, Paris, France

THE COLLECTION OF THE FONDATION: A VISION FOR PAINTING, Louis Vuitton Foundation, Paris, France

Alex Katz / Moby Dick, Colby Museum of Art, Waterville, ME

Alex Katz Alex Katz ‘Soup to Nuts’ ,

The Sao Paulo Bienal Project, selected by Robert Storr

Focus On: Alex Katz, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas.

2020 Alex Katz, Fosun Foundation, Shanghai, China

2022 Alex Katz, Museo Nacional ThyssenBornemisza, Madrid, Spain.

Alex Katz: Gathering, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, New York

Public Collections: USA

Andover, MA, The Addison Gallery

Athens, GA, Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia Atlanta, GA, The High Museum of Art Boston, MA, The Museum of Fine Arts

Brunswick, ME, Bowdoin College Museum of Art Buffalo, NY, Albright-Knox Museum

Cambridge, MA, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University

Cambridge, MA, The Albert & Vera List of Arts Center, M.I.T.

Chattanooga, TN, Hunter Museum of American Art

Chicago, IL, The Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL, Chicago Arts Club

Cincinnati, OH, Cincinnati Art Museum

Cleveland, OH, Cleveland Museum of Art Denver, CO, Denver Art Museum

Des Moines, IA, Des Moines Art Center

Detroit, MI, The Detroit Institute of Art Fort Worth, TX, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth

Greensboro, NC, Weatherspoon Art Museum, University of North Carolina at Greensboro Hamilton, NY, The Picker Art Gallery, Colgate University Hanover, NH, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College

Hartford, CT, Wadsworth Athenaeum

Honolulu, HI, Honolulu Academy of Art Houston, TX, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, TX, Rice Museum, Rice University Iowa City, IA, University of Iowa Museum of Art Kansas City, MO, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

Kansas City, MO, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art Lawrence, KS, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas Lewiston, ME, Olin Art Center, Bates College

Little Rock, AR, The Arkansas Art Center

Los Angeles, CA, The Los Angeles County Museum of Art Madison, WI, Madison Art Center

Malibu, CA, Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, Pepperdine University Manitowoc, WI, Rahr West Museum

Miami, FL, Miami-Dade Community College Milwaukee, WI, Milwaukee Art Museum

New Orleans, LA, New Orleans Museum of Art New York, NY, The Brooklyn Museum New York, NY, The Grey Art Gallery, NYU Art Collection, New York University New York, NY, The Jewish Museum New York, NY, The Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY, The Museum of Modern Art New York, NY, Whitney Museum of American Art

New York, NY, Equitable Life Insurance New York, NY, American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters

New York, NY, Exxon Corporate Collection Norfolk, VA, Chrysler Museum

Oberlin, OH, Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College Omaha, NE, Joslyn Art Museum

Philadelphia, PA, The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts

Philadelphia, PA, Philadelphia Museum of Art Pittsburgh, PA, Carnegie Museum of Art Portland, ME, Portland Museum of Art Portland, OR, Portland Art Museum

Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Art Museum

Providence, RI, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art Richmond, VA, Virginia Museum of Fine Art Rochester, MI, Meadow Brook Art Gallery, Oakland University Rockland, ME, William A. Farnsworth Library and Art Museum

Salt Lake City, UT, Utah Museum of Fine Arts Scranton, PA, Everhart Museum

Seattle, WA, Virginia Wright Fund

Sioux City, IA, Sioux City Art Center

Syracuse, NY, Joe & Emily Lowe Art Gallery, Syracuse University Tampa, FL, University of South Florida Art Galleries

Trenton, NJ, New Jersey State Museum

Utica, NY, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute of Art

Waltham, MA, Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University

Washington, DC, Hirschhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

Washington, DC, National Collection of Fine Arts

Washington, DC, National Gallery of Art

Washington, DC, National Portrait Gallery

Washington, DC, The Phillips Collection Washington, DC, Smithsonian Institute Waterville, ME, Colby College Museum of Art

Wilmington, DE, Delaware Art Museum

Winston-Salem, NC, Wake Forest University

Wichita, KS, Wichita Art Museum

Worcester, MA, Worcester Art Museum

AUSTRIA

Vienna, Graphische Sammlung Albertina Vienna, Museum Moderner Kunst

CANADA

Toronto, The Art Gallery of Ontario

ENGLAND

London, Saatchi Collection

London, The Tate Gallery

Middlesbrough, Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art

FINLAND

Helsinki, Atenium Taidemuso

Tampere, Sarah Hilden Museum of Art

FRANCE

Paris, Foundation d'Art Contemporaine Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou

GERMANY

Aachen, Neue Galerie

Bad Hamburg, Altana Haus Museum

Baden-Baden, Museum Frieder Burda Berlin, Staatliche Museen Preussischer Kulturbesitz Nationalgalerie Frankfurt, Staedel Museum

Cologne, Collection Westdeutsch Spielbank

Kleve, Museum Kurhaus

Künzelsau, Museum Würth Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek Moderne Kunst

Munich, Museum Bandhorst

HOLLAND Museum Voorlinden

ISRAEL

Jerusalem, The Israel Museum

JAPAN

Hiroshima, Hiroshima City Museum

Iwaki, Iwaki City Art Museum

Tokyo, Museum of Contemporary Art

KOREA

Kyonqiu-Shi, Sonje Museum of Contemporary Art

LUXEMBURG

Musée National d'Histoire et d'Art Luxembourg

MEXICO

Mexico City, Museo Rufino Tamayo

PORTUGAL

Sintra, Berardo Museum Collection

SCOTLAND

Edinburgh, National Gallery of Scotland

SPAIN

Bilbao, Guggenheim Museum

Madrid, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia

Valencia, IVAM Centre Julio Gonzalez

SWITZERLAND

Lausanne, Musée Cantonal des Beaux-Art Zurich, Daros Collection