Painting Energy

The Alex Katz Foundation Collection at the Portland Museum of Art

A comprehensive look at a collection of dynamic works built by visionary artist Alex Katz

 

Painting Energy highlights a transformative series of gifts from the Alex Katz Foundation to the Portland Museum of Art, encompassing more than 150 multimedia works that articulate Alex Katz’s specific vision with a focus on the 1980s as an energetic turning point in art history. Illuminated by rich illustrations, this publication highlights a collection that includes artists with strong ties to the state of Maine, such as Lois Dodd, Rackstraw Downes, and Fairfield Porter; leading artists in American modernism, such as Marsden Hartley, Arthur Dove, Edward Hopper, Martha Diamond, and Stuart Davis; rising contemporary artists, such as Kamrooz Aram and Chase Hall; and other luminaries, such as Phillip Guston, Anselm Kiefer, and Sigmar Polke.

This lavishly illustrated cata­logue will include an extended essay introduc­ing the artistic vision for the collection and short reflections from several artists, curators, and scholars, as well as a contribution by Katz himself providing further insight into his important collection.

Distributed for the Portland Museum of Art

Exhibition schedule:

Portland Museum of Art, ME

(May 23–September 14, 2025)

Contributor: Sharon Corwin (Contributions by), Vincent Katz (Contributions by), Anjuli Lebowitz (Contributions by), Monique Long (Contributions by), Jessica May (Contributions by), Ramey Mize (Contributions by), Sayantan Mukhopadhyay (Contributions by), Shalini Le Gall (Edited by), Tiffany E. Barber (Contributions by), Mark Bessire (Contributions by), Marlene Dumas (Contributions by), Randall Griffey (Contributions by), Joachim Homann (Contributions by), Alex Katz (Contributions by), Anne Neely (Contributions by), Tessa Greene O’Brien (Contributions by), Robert Storr (Contributions by), Leslie Ureña (Contributions by)

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