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1915 Havana, Cuba - 2022 Lower Manhatten, New York. Known for: Pure abstract geometric white and black painting, minimalism.
Don’t Be Intimidated About Anything’: Carmen Herrera at 100. By Andrew Russeth Posted 06/05/15 . One afternoon in late April, the artist Carmen Herrera was sitting in her apartment and studio a few... Read full biography
Don’t Be Intimidated About Anything’: Carmen Herrera at 100. By Andrew Russeth Posted 06/05/15 . One afternoon in late April, the artist Carmen Herrera was sitting in her apartment and studio a few blocks north of Union Square recalling the frequent visits she would make to the Whitney Museum of... Read full biography
Don’t Be Intimidated About Anything’: Carmen Herrera at 100. By Andrew Russeth Posted 06/05/15 . One afternoon in late April, the artist Carmen Herrera was sitting in her apartment and studio a few blocks north of Union Square recalling the frequent visits she would make to the Whitney Museum of Art some 70 years ago, when it was located in Greenwich Village. “It was empty!” she said. “Nobody went to museums. It was incredible. And now, you go to a museum, you want to look at something and... Read full biography
Don’t Be Intimidated About Anything’: Carmen Herrera at 100. By Andrew Russeth Posted 06/05/15 . One afternoon in late April, the artist Carmen Herrera was sitting in her apartment and studio a few blocks north of Union Square recalling the frequent visits she would make to the Whitney Museum of Art some 70 years ago, when it was located in Greenwich Village. “It was empty!” she said. “Nobody went to museums. It was incredible. And now, you go to a museum, you want to look at something and hundreds of people are in front of you.”. Herrera shared this with good-natured exasperation, almost laughing as she complained. She turned 100 this past Sunday, and seems well past the age of worrying. Plus it would not quite be fair to be too upset... Read full biography
Don’t Be Intimidated About Anything’: Carmen Herrera at 100. By Andrew Russeth Posted 06/05/15 . One afternoon in late April, the artist Carmen Herrera was sitting in her apartment and studio a few blocks north of Union Square recalling the frequent visits she would make to the Whitney Museum of Art some 70 years ago, when it was located in Greenwich Village. “It was empty!” she said. “Nobody went to museums. It was incredible. And now, you go to a museum, you want to look at something and hundreds of people are in front of you.”. Herrera shared this with good-natured exasperation, almost laughing as she complained. She turned 100 this past Sunday, and seems well past the age of worrying. Plus it would not quite be fair to be too upset about the crowds at museums, since the throngs that are filling one of them at the moment, the Whitney’s new home in the Meatpacking Dis... Read full biography
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Don’t Be Intimidated About Anything’: Carmen Herrera at 100
By Andrew Russeth Posted 06/05/15
One afternoon in late April, the artist Carmen Herrera was sitting in her apartment and studio a few blocks north of Union Square recalling the frequent visits she would make to the Whitney Museum of Art some 70 years ago, when it was located in Greenwich Village. “It was empty!” she said. “Nobody went to museums. It was incredible. And now, you go to a museum, you want to look at something and hundreds of people are in front of you.”
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