Pete Townshend discusses Larry Rivers during an interview for the book launch of Townshend's autobiography. Click on the link below and go to about 15 minutes into the clip.
Click Here for the video interview on YouTube
October 10, 2012
An Artist With a Musician’s Ear for Duets
The New York Times
WPPB's Conversations at the Café - Discussion on Larry Rivers
Click Here for Conversations at the Café - Radio Interview on WPPB 88.3
The New York Times: "Art Has Legs"
The New York Times: "Legs That Go On and On, but Maybe Not for Long"
Larry Rivers Foundation Seeks Return of Work From Chelsea Hotel
The Villager: "Chelsea Hotel artists to landlord: Return our art"
The Daily News: "Hotel Chelsea may lose its Dutch treat"
Larry Rivers Papers Acquired by NYU Libraries
Barbara Probst Solomon writes about Larry Rivers for Huffington Post
Review of Tibor de Nagy Gallery's Anniversary Exhibition
Review of the Abstract Expressionist New York Exhibition at MOMA
Review of “Larry Rivers: 1950s/1960s” at Tibor de Nagy Gallery
Review of “Larry Rivers: Major Early Works" Exhibition at Guild Hall
New York Times Obituary for Larry Rivers
‘Larry Rivers: Collaborations and Appropriations’ Is at Stony Brook University
October 26, 2012
Larry Rivers Foundation Executive Director David Joel and Pollock-Krasner House Director Helen Harrison appeared on 88.3 WPPB's Conversations at the Café to discuss the work of Rivers and the current show "Larry Rivers Collaborations and Appropriations" (on view at the Staller Center's University Art Gallery at Stony Brook University through December 8). To listen to the conversation, click on the link below and go to about 2:55 on the feed.
October 9, 2012
A pair of “Legs” created by Larry Rivers has been stirring up a little controversy lately. The “Legs” stem (puns are intended) from a large mixed media construction called “40 Feet of Fashion” and have been displayed outside the Sag Harbor home of Janet Lehr and Vered (of Vered Gallery) for the past few years. The Village of Sag Harbor would like to see them walk away. Janet, Vered and many entertained fans of publicly displayed art would like to see them stay. The details of the arguments have been well documented. Listed below are links to recent articles about the “Legs”.
March 23, 2012
January 19, 2012
The Larry Rivers Foundation is seeking the return of Rivers’ “Syndics of the Drapery Guild as Dutch Masters,” which had been on loan to the Chelsea Hotel since about 1998. The hotel had previously displayed works by numerous renowned artists, but all of the artwork has been removed from the walls following the sale of the hotel to new owners.
Click on the links below to read more.
March 8, 2012
January 05, 2012
Progressions: "The Larry Rivers Papers Come 'Home' to Greenwich Village"
NYU Libraries Newsletter Spring/Summer 2011
The Huffington Post: "Larry Rivers After Crossing His Delaware"
February 9, 2011
The New York Times: "When Art Dallied With Poetry on 53rd Street"
January 20, 2011
The New Yorker: "Abstract Expressionism on full show at MOMA"
October 18, 2010
The New York Times: "Refurbished Reputation for a Nervy Painter"
September 6, 2009
The New York Times: "Portraits Shockingly Intimate a Half-Century Ago Now Assume a Softer Patina"
August 14, 2008
The New York Times: "Larry Rivers, Artist With an Edge, Dies at 78"
August 16, 2002