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The Arts Intel Report

Small Paintings

Seth Becker, Cat in Knight’s Costume, 2022.

June 28 – July 29, 2022
39 Great Jones St, New York, NY 10012

Big is bountiful, but the delicacy of small works is beguiling. Think of Dalí’s The Persistence of Memory—9 by 13 inches. Or Rembrandt’s self-portrait of 1630, a mere 12 by 15 centimeters in which the Dutch artist paints himself with lips pursed, a frown lining his forehead. In a show that takes smallness as its point of departure, small-scale works by 48 renowned artists—including Etel Adnan, Lois Dodd, Alex Katz, and Fairfield Porter—are on view. —Elena Clavarino

Photo courtesy of the artist, Pamela Salisbury Gallery and Venus Over Manhattan, New York