Edward Tyler Nahem Fine Art

Edward Tyler Nahem Fine Art The gallery stages monographic and thematic exhibitions at its base 980 Madison Ave.

Established in New York in 1985, Edward Tyler Nahem Fine Art has an international reputation for exhibiting exceptional modern, post-war, and contemporary works of art.

We wish you and yours a joyous holiday season. May your new year be filled with health and happiness, light and laughter...
12/21/2024

We wish you and yours a joyous holiday season. May your new year be filled with health and happiness, light and laughter, peace and prosperity.
The gallery will be closed from December 23rd and reopen on January 2nd, 2025

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Monet, Claude, “Sandvika, Norway”, 1895, © Claude Monet.
Image courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago

This year’s annual Madison Avenue Fall Gallery Walk is tomorrow, October 26th from 11am - 5pm.Spend the day walking down...
10/25/2024

This year’s annual Madison Avenue Fall Gallery Walk is tomorrow, October 26th from 11am - 5pm.

Spend the day walking down Madison Avenue and stop in to see our current works on view.

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From left to right:
Katz, Alex, “Orange and Black”, 2006 © Alex Katz. Image courtesy of Edward Tyler Nahem, New York, NY

Pecis, Hilary, “Pilgrim Haus”, 2019 © Hilary Pecis. Image courtesy of Edward Tyler Nahem, New York, NY

Kusama, Yayoi, “INFINITY-NETS BY GOLD [TOFWQWO]”, 2007 © Yayoi Kusama. Image courtesy of Edward Tyler Nahem, New York, NY

09/20/2024
Artist Spotlight: Kenneth Victor Young (1933 - 2017)Kenneth Victor Young is known for his compelling colorful abstractio...
08/29/2024

Artist Spotlight: Kenneth Victor Young (1933 - 2017)

Kenneth Victor Young is known for his compelling colorful abstractions rendered in bright washes of acrylic, which variously reference the beauty of the natural world, art-historical trends, and the politics of the civil rights era.

A trained scientist at a chemical company, Young began his art career after completing an undergraduate degree in physics and enrolling in a graduate program in chemical engineering at the University of Louisville. It was here that Young joined the local black artists’ group, Gallery Enterprise, and met Bob Thompson, Sam Gilliam, and Robert Douglas.

Young achieved this delicate palette and coherent elegance of form by pouring watered-down paint onto the raw canvas, so as to produce a stained effect. This staining method is characteristic of many other color school artists, and in particular Young’s peer and friend, Sam Gilliam.

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(1) Kenneth Victor Young in his studio. @ Image courtesy of Edward Tyler Nahem, New York, NY
(2) Young, Kenneth. Untitled, 1970 ã Kenneth V. Young. Image courtesy of Edward Tyler Nahem, New York, NY
(3) Young, Kenneth. Untitled, 1971 ã Kenneth V. Young. Image courtesy of Edward Tyler Nahem, New York, NY
(4) Kenneth Victor Young @ Image courtesy of Edward Tyler Nahem, New York, NY
(5) Young, Kenneth. Untitled, 1970 ã Kenneth V. Young. Image courtesy of Edward Tyler Nahem, New York, NY

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Happy Birthday to the iconic Andy Warhol who was born on this day in 1928.“The idea is not to live forever, it is to cre...
08/06/2024

Happy Birthday to the iconic Andy Warhol who was born on this day in 1928.

“The idea is not to live forever, it is to create something that will.”

A central figure in the Pop Art movement, Warhol revolutionized the art world with his unique approach to consumer culture and celebrity. His iconic works, such as ‘Campbell’s Soup Cans’ and ‘Marilyn Diptych,’ challenged traditional boundaries and made art accessible to the masses. Warhol’s innovative techniques and relentless exploration of media have left an enduring legacy that continues to inspire and provoke. Happy Birthday, Andy Warhol!
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(1) Andy Warhol with silver Liz Taylor, silver Elvis, and Electric Chair paintings at the original Factory studio, 1964. © Billy Name/Reel Art
(2) Warhol, Andy, “Flowers”, 1964 © The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.
(3)Warhol at work on a soup-can silkscreen at the Factory, New York City, 1965 © The Net Finklestein estate
(4) Warhol, Andy, “Liza Minnelli”, 1979 © The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.

Happy 97th Birthday to Alex Katz who was born on this day, July 24th in Brooklyn, New York.“I like to make an image that...
07/24/2024

Happy 97th Birthday to Alex Katz who was born on this day, July 24th in Brooklyn, New York.

“I like to make an image that is so simple you can’t avoid it, and so complicated you can’t figure it out.” - Alex Katz

Monumental and invitingly impersonal, Katz’s realism reflects his training in commercial art. By
increasing the scale of his works, reducing perspective, eliminating extraneous detail, and
sharpening contours, he has created a unique and idiosyncratic method of painting.

A Maverick in American Art, Alex Katz has forged his
own path while remaining an important part
of the conversation through successive movements in American culture, notably Abstract
Expressionism, Minimalism, and Pop Art.

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(1) Alex Katz in his first studio in Lincolnville, Maine 1974. Image Courtesy of Tate Modern.
(2) Detail of; Katz, Alex, “Orange and Black”, 2006 © Alex Katz. Image Courtesy of Edward Tyler Nahem, New York, NY.
(3) Detail of; Katz, Alex, “Orange and Black”, 2006 © Alex Katz. Image Courtesy of Edward Tyler Nahem, New York, NY.
(4) Alex Katz in his studio, 1964. Photo © Getty Images

Edward Tyler Nahem will be closed on Thursday, July 4th and Friday, July 5th. We will reopen on Monday, July 8th. Wishin...
07/03/2024

Edward Tyler Nahem will be closed on Thursday, July 4th and Friday, July 5th. We will reopen on Monday, July 8th. Wishing everyone a safe and delightful Independence Day.



Jasper Johns (b. 1930)
Three Flags, 1958
Encaustic painting



Jasper Johns “Three Flags” 1958. Image Courtesy of The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY.
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Our Summer Hours will begin tomorrow, June 21st.Monday - Thursday : 10am - 5:30pmFriday : 10am - 3pmSaturday - Sunday : ...
06/20/2024

Our Summer Hours will begin tomorrow, June 21st.
Monday - Thursday : 10am - 5:30pm
Friday : 10am - 3pm
Saturday - Sunday : Closed

Edward Tyler Nahem is pleased to announce the gallery’s participation in Art Basel 2024.The gallery is presenting a larg...
06/12/2024

Edward Tyler Nahem is pleased to announce the gallery’s participation in Art Basel 2024.

The gallery is presenting a large range of works, including those by Willem de Kooning, Josef Albers, Alexander Calder, and René Magritte.

If you are not in Basel, we invite you to explore our online Art Basel Viewing room and directly inquire with us.

Visit artbasel.com/OVR to learn more.

VIP Preview June 10 - 12, 2024
Public Viewing June 13 - 16, 2024

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Images 1&2:
Albert Oehlen (b. 1954)
Vereinfachtes Zeichnen, 2005
Oil on canvas
91 x 71 inches (231.1 x 180.3 cm)

Images 3&4:
Willem de Kooning (1904-1997)
Cross-Legged Figure, 1972
Cast bronze
24 by 17 by 16 inches (61 x 43.2 x 40.6 cm)
Edition 1 of 7

Images 5&6:
Alex Katz (b. 1927)
Orange and Black, 2006
Oil on canvas
72 by 96 inches (183 x 244 cm)

All images courtesy of Edward Tyler Nahem Fine Art, New York, New York.

Edward Tyler Nahem will be closed this weekend Saturday, May 25th - Monday, May 27th in honor of Memorial Day. We will r...
05/24/2024

Edward Tyler Nahem will be closed this weekend Saturday, May 25th - Monday, May 27th in honor of Memorial Day. We will reopen on Tuesday, May 28th. We wish everyone a safe and enjoyable weekend.



Roy Lichtenstein (1923 - 1997)
Forms in Space, 1985
Screenprint on BFK Rives paper



Photo credit: Roy Lichtenstein Foundation



Edward Tyler Nahem is pleased to announce the gallery’s participation in Art Basel Hong Kong 2024, which is now open to ...
03/26/2024

Edward Tyler Nahem is pleased to announce the gallery’s participation in Art Basel Hong Kong 2024, which is now open to preview visitors at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center.

The gallery is presenting a selection of works by artists, Jadé Fadojutimi, Yayoi Kusama, Jean-Michel Basquiat, George Condo, Alex Katz, Alighiero Boetti, Yosh*tomo Nara/Hiroshi Sugito, Hilary Pecis, and Andy Warhol.

Remember that even if you’re not in Hong Kong, you can explore the Art Basel Online Rooms and directly inquire with us.

Visit artbasel.com/OVR to learn more!

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(1) Detail of; Fadojutimi, Jadé. Fleetingly Fresh, 2018. © Jadé Fadojutimi. Image Courtesy of Edward Tyler Nahem, New York, NY.
(2) Fadojutimi, Jadé. Fleetingly Fresh, 2018. © Jadé Fadojutimi. Image Courtesy of Edward Tyler Nahem, New York, NY.
(3) Detail of; Kusama, Yayoi. INFINITY-NETS BY GOLD [TOFWQWO], 2007. © Yayoi Kusama. Image Courtesy of Edward Tyler Nahem, New York, NY.
(4) Kusama, Yayoi. INFINITY-NETS BY GOLD [TOFWQWO], 2007. © Yayoi Kusama. Image Courtesy of Edward Tyler Nahem, New York, NY.
(5) Detail of; Basquiat, Jean-Michel. Cash Crop, 1984. © The Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat. Image Courtesy of Edward Tyler Nahem, New York, NY.
(6) Basquiat, Jean-Michel. Cash Crop, 1984. © The Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat. Image Courtesy of Edward Tyler Nahem, New York, NY.

Wishing a happy birthday to Yayoi Kusama, who was born on this day, March 22, in Matsumoto, Japan!On this occasion, we a...
03/22/2024

Wishing a happy birthday to Yayoi Kusama, who was born on this day, March 22, in Matsumoto, Japan!

On this occasion, we are looking back at the artist’s longest-running series of Infinity-Nets.

“My desire was to predict and measure the infinity of the unbounded universe, from my own position in it, with dots—an accumulation of particles forming the negative spaces in the net. How deep was the mystery? Did infinite infinities exist beyond our universe?”
—Yayoi Kusama

A selection of Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity-Nets will be featured at our stand, 3E07 at Art Basel Hong Kong () this coming week.

Edward Tyler Nahem at Art Basel Hong Kong 2024
Stand 3E07
VIP Preview March 26 - 27
Open March 28 - 30, 2024

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(1) Yayoi Kusama at her New York Studio, 1961. Image Courtesy YAYOI KUSAMA INC. © YAYOI KUSAMA.
(2) Yayoi Kusama “INFINITY-NETS BY GOLD [TOFWQWO]” 2007. Artwork © Yayoi Kusama. Featured at Edward Tyler Nahem, Stand 3E07 at Art Basel Hong Kong.
(3) Yayoi Kusama with Infinity Net paintings in her New York studio, 1958-59. Image: © Yayoi Kusama.
(4) Detail of; Yayoi Kusama “INFINITY-NETS BY GOLD [TOFWQWO]” 2007. Artwork © Yayoi Kusama.
(5) A young Yayoi Kusama posing with early ‘Infinity Net’ paintings in her New York studio in 1961.
(6) Detail of; Yayoi Kusama “Nets,” 1997. Artwork © Yayoi Kusama.
(7) Yayoi Kusama “Nets,” 1997. Artwork © Yayoi Kusama. Featured at Edward Tyler Nahem, Stand 3E07 at Art Basel Hong Kong.

Kenneth Victor Young’s “Openness,” from 1972, is currently showcased at the Crocker Art Museum as part of the “Black Art...
03/02/2024

Kenneth Victor Young’s “Openness,” from 1972, is currently showcased at the Crocker Art Museum as part of the “Black Artists in America: From Civil Rights to the Bicentennial” exhibition, which is available for viewing until May 18, 2024.

BLACK ARTISTS IN AMERICA
FROM CIVIL RIGHTS TO THE BICENTENNIAL
FEBRUARY 04, 2024 — MAY 19, 2024
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento

 
Black Artists in America explores African American art during the turbulence of the late 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. In the 1960s, Black artists who came of age during World War II and the civil rights movement continued to challenge inequities in the art world. They created brilliant and powerful works of art that celebrated their racial identity, communicated with Black audiences, and participated in the struggle for equality. With works by Romare Bearden, Alma Thomas, Charles White, and many others, the show considers how Black American artists responded to growing civil unrest, challenging the social issues of the era. Black Artists in America is curated by Professor Earnestine Jenkins, University of Memphis. The exhibition is organized by Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis.

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(1) Kenneth Victor Young “Openness,” 1972 © Kenneth Victor Young
(2) (3) Installation view of “Black Artists in America: From Civil Rights to the Bicentennial.” Courtesy of the Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA

Happy Birthday to Robert Motherwell who was born on this day, January 24, in Aberdeen, Washington. “The Function of the ...
01/24/2024

Happy Birthday to Robert Motherwell who was born on this day, January 24, in Aberdeen, Washington. 

“The Function of the modern artist is by definition the felt expression of modern reality…It is the values of our own epoch which we can find in past art.” - Robert Motherwell (1915-1991)

Motherwell, a key figure in Abstract Expressionism, was renowned for his emotionally intense, bold works, balancing spontaneity with control, and significantly influenced mid-20th century American art as both an artist and a theorist. 

Motherwel’s engagement with symbolism and the subconscious is clear in his “Elegy to the Spanish Republic ‘’ series, reflecting on the Spanish Civil War. These paintings, with recurring black and white motifs, embody the conflict’s dichotomies—life and death, repression and freedom. Beyond literal representation, they capture the war’s essence and its impact on humanity, symbolizing universal themes of tragedy and resistance. This series, with over 100 paintings created between 1948 and 1967, stands as a poignant “lamentation or funeral song” for the war, highlighting the enduring struggle against fascism and the sorrow of loss. 

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(1) Robert Motherwell, 1977, in his collage studio at his Greenwich, Conn., home. Photo by Horst P Horst/Condé Nast © Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY. (2) “Third State: Robert Motherwell, Mozart Rondo,” 1990-1991. © Dedalus Foundation Archives. (3) Motherwell’s studio, Greenwich, Conn., November 1975. © 1982, Harry N. Abrams. (4) Interior with Pink N**e, 1951. © Dedalus Foundation, Inc./Licensed by VAGA. New York, NY. (5) Installation view of Motherwell’s 1965 Museum of Modern Art, New York. © 1982, Harry N. Abrams. (6) “Robert Motherwell: Second Edition, New and Revised” © 1982, Harry N. Abrams. (7) Robert Motherwell in his studio working on one of his ‘Elergies’ Photo by Bob Bigelow. (8) “Elegy to the Spanish Republic No. 100 (revised). 1963-75. © 1982, Harry N. Abrams. (9) Clipping of Two Figures (For Helen Frankenthaler) signed by Motherwell (ca. 1960s). © Dedalus Foundation Archives

On view now at Edward Tyler Nahem. “Stephen Janson (known to some as Stephen Gluck),” 1988, is a painting of substantial...
01/18/2024

On view now at Edward Tyler Nahem. “Stephen Janson (known to some as Stephen Gluck),” 1988, is a painting of substantial bearing and painterly effect, created in Julian Schnabel’s breakthrough Plate Paintings, which launched his career as a leading figure of the Neo-Expressionist movement in the 1980s. 

Striking in scale, this portrait is an exceptionally successful example of the artist’s signature style, innovatively using a roughly fractured ground of broken earthenware as a painting support. The sculptural nature of the ground, a field of household ceramics broken, re-configured, and glued with Bondo to a wooden panel. 

While in Barcelona in the late 70s, Schnabel discovered Antoni Gaudi’s ceramic mosaics, of which he wrote, “I was in Barcelona for a while that summer and looked at Gaudi’s work; it had a certain kind of reflective quality and density of color and light that I felt hadn’t really been used in painting, that was sort of off the ground and had a … pictorial possibility besides the psychological one.” - Carter Ratcliff, New Again: Julian Schnabel, Interview Magazine, January 2016.

The tapestry-like style in which Schnabel’s brushwork, in concert with the jagged texture of the ceramic ground, create a densely composed surface, whose elements coalesce to form a remarkably resonant portrait of the renowned French couturier Stephen Janson.

“The plates seemed to have a sound, the sound of every violent human tragedy, an anthropomorphic sense of things being smeared and thrown. I was trying to tear the mosaic out of its own body to make a bridge to something just outside of my own body. All of this was happening before I even started to paint the painting.” - Julian Schnabel, CVJ Nicknames of Maitre D’s and Other Excerpts from Life, 1987, New York page 149.

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Julian Schnabel, “Stephen Janson (known to some as Stephen Gluck,” 1988 © Julian Schnabel

“I tend to paint everyone, most everyone, with their eyes closed because I feel that we are blind to one another’s human...
01/12/2024

“I tend to paint everyone, most everyone, with their eyes closed because I feel that we are blind to one another’s humanity. So if we could see the gifts, strengths, and potentials within every human being, then our eyes would be open.” - Ernie Barnes

Barnes’ upbringing in the segregated South of Durham, North Carolina, profoundly shaped his artistic journey. Transitioning from an NFL career to a dedicated artistic pursuit, Barnes’ work richly embodies his personal history.

In 2020, UTA Artist Space () showcased “Liberating Humanity from Within,” a significant presentation of Ernie Barnes’ artistry. This exhibition was not merely a display but a realization of Barnes’ own vision, a collection he carefully assembled before his passing in 2009. Comprising twenty-three figurative paintings, mostly from his later years, this exhibition offers an in-depth exploration into Barnes’ cultural and historical milieu. In collaboration with Playlab, the exhibition was transformed into a multi-dimensional narrative, vividly bringing Barnes’ legacy to life through an encompassing sensory journey.

“When I became an athlete I didn’t stop being an artist.” - Ernie Barnes

Ernie Barnes (1938-2009)

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(1) (6) (10) Installation view of “Ernie Barnes: Liberating Humanity From Within,” UTA Artist Space, Beverly Hills, Nov. 2020. Courtesy UTA Artist Space. (2) Ernie Barnes, “Lay Up,” 1970. Artwork © Ernie Barnes Family Trust. On View now at Edward Tyler Nahem, New York. (3) Ernie Barnes with “The Bench” © Ernie Barnes Family Trust. (4) Ernie Barnes, “The Bench,” 1959 (acrylic on canvas, 20 x 36 inches). © Ernie Barnes Family Trust. (5) Left; “From Pads to Palette” by Ernie Barnes. Right; 1964 Topps Ernie Barnes Football card. Courtesy UTA Artist Space © Ernie Barnes Family Trust. (7) ERNIE BARNES, “A Dream Deferred,” 1996 (acrylic on canvas, 48 x 60 inches). © Ernie Barnes Family Trust (8) Installation view of “Ernie Barnes: Liberating Humanity From Within,” Photo by Andrew Kenney, Courtesy UTA Artist Space, Beverly Hills, Nov, 2020. (9) Ernie Barnes, “An Inner Strength,” 2007. Artwork © Ernie Barnes Family Trust, Photo by Jeff McLane.

Happy New Year from Edward Tyler Nahem! Our team is back in the gallery this week ready to begin 2024. Kick off your new...
01/03/2024

Happy New Year from Edward Tyler Nahem! Our team is back in the gallery this week ready to begin 2024. Kick off your new year right with these excellent works on view.

Visit us Monday - Saturday from 10 AM - 5:30 PM.

980 Madison Avenue, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10075

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Happy Holidays from Edward Tyler Nahem! We wish you and yours health and happiness, prosperity and peace for the New Yea...
12/23/2023

Happy Holidays from Edward Tyler Nahem! We wish you and yours health and happiness, prosperity and peace for the New Year.

Please note that the gallery will be closed December 23rd and will reopen January 2nd.

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Harold Sohlberg (1869 - 1935)
‘Winter Night in the Mountains,’ 1914
Oil on canvas
63 by 71 inches (160 x 180.3 cm)
National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo
Artwork © Harold Sohlberg

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Established in New York in 1985, Edward Tyler Nahem Fine Art has an international reputation for exhibiting exceptional modern, post-war, and contemporary works of art. The gallery stages monographic and thematic exhibitions at its base on 57th Street and participates in art fairs globally. Edward Tyler Nahem Fine Art works with private individuals, museums, and corporations to build focused and inspired collections.