“Island of the Cyclops: The Early Years” (2018) by Eric Fischl. Credit… Eric Fischl. [New York Times caption and illustration]
[Eric Fischl] “Eric Fischl: Stories Told”
Featured here are about 40 large-scale works by the figurative painter Eric Fischl, created from the late 1970s to today. The artist largely had to teach himself traditional painting styles, studying early modern artists like Édouard Manet and Edgar Degas, because new art forms ruled during the ’70s and classic movements were out of fashion…
“Barbeque” (1982) by Eric Fischl is part of the exhibition “Eric Fischl: Stories Told” at the Phoenix Art Museum. Credit… Eric Fischl. [New York Times caption and illustration]
[Monica Thompson] “Threads”
A selection of collages, assemblages, textiles, eco-prints and weavings created by nine Montana women who are artists, mothers and art teachers is presented here…
“The Greater the Whole” (2023) by Monica Thompson. Credit… Monica Thompson, via Yellowstone Art Museum. [New York Times caption and illustration]
[Uman] “Uman: After all the things …”
The artist Uman was born in Somalia and raised in Kenya. She spent her teenage years in Denmark and then ultimately landed in upstate New York… Her paintings, created with markings like spirals, doodles, circles and stars, evoke the fabrics worn by women in Somali bazaars, the slanted flourishes of Arabic calligraphy and the countryside of Kenya and upstate New York…
“Sumac Tree in Roseboom” (2022-23) by Uman. Credit… Lance Brewer[New York Times caption and illustration]
“Eedo Kafia’s Turkana” (2024) by Uman. Credit… Lance Brewer. [New York Times caption and illustration]
All excerpts and illustrations are from Morgan Malget, “A Full Season of Art to See at Museums and Galleries Across the U.S.,” New York Times, 10-11-25.
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