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 New Yorker. Just ask Alex Katz, the beloved SoHo-based artist whose painted the faces and landscapes he's observed in-and-around his community since the 1950s.
Just uptown at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), Katz is showcasing four new monumental paintings that chronicle the changing of the seasons. Joining a series of over 100 works he's created in his studio since 2022, Katz often begins through images he takes on his iPhone - later sketching out the observations that piqued his interests, which eventually develop into the massive wall-to-wall paintings on view at MoMA.
