‘To continue painting’: James Bishop and New York

‘To Continue Painting’: James Bishop and New York—eight paintings in oil on canvas and eleven on paper, all made between about 1960 and 1987—is a revelation. Marking the late painter’s first solo exhibition in New York in over a decade, and masterfully curated and hung by Molly Warnock, these works seem to breathe anew in this gallery’s beautifully lit arching spaces. The warm off-white wall color was Bishop’s choice for his exhibitions—he believed, rightly, that off-white walls granted agency to the white of his pre-primed supports, which he often left partially unpainted. Absolutely museum worthy, Warnock’s presentation is a must for anyone seeking to know why painting might matter today.