Johns had recently bought a building known as the Bank, on East Houston Street, that had housed the Providence Loan Society. The main room, a double-height space, served as his studio. When Serra visited one day to select the site for the piece, he thought there wasn’t enough free wall
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When Richard Serra’s Steel Curves Became a Memorial
After the yelling, the hearings, the lawsuit, the dismantlement, Richard Serra entered the last decade of the last century with his mind cast toward the classics. He was happy to see the end of the ’80s. The American sculptor, who died Tuesday at 85, got caught up in the Reagan-era
For Richard Serra, Art Was Not Something. It Was Everything.
When Richard Serra died yesterday, I flashed back nearly 30 years to a morning at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, looking with him and with his wife, the German-born art historian Clara Weyergraf, at Jackson Pollock’s splash and drip painting from 1950, “Autumn Rhythm.” We had decided to meet as
Famed American sculptor Richard Serra, the 'poet of iron,' has died at 85
Famed American artist and sculptor Richard Serra, known for turning curving walls of rusting steel and other malleable materials into large-scale pieces of outdoor artwork that are now dotted across the world, died Tuesday at his home in Long Island, New York. He was 85. Considered one of his generation’s
Richard Serra, Who Recast Sculpture on a Massive Scale, Dies at 85
His mother, a Russian Jewish immigrant from Odessa, was devoted to reading and to seeing that her sons succeeded. Mr. Serra drew incessantly from an early age — in part, he admitted, to compete for his parents’ attention with his brilliant, athletic older brother, Tony. Impressed by his drawings, his
With Richard Lewis, Kvetching Was Charismatic
William Knoedelseder’s book “I’m Dying Up Here,” about stand-up in the 1970s, presents Lewis as the Lothario of the scene, dating stars like Debra Winger and once picking up a Danish baroness at the Improv in Manhattan with this line: “I’ll take you out for a tuna fish sandwich anywhere
Richard Lewis and Larry David’s Lifelong Friendship
If ever a Hollywood friendship was destined to be, it might have been the one between the comics Larry David and Richard Lewis, who died from a heart attack on Tuesday at 76. They were born just three days apart in 1947 at the same Brooklyn hospital. When they were
Richard Lewis and ‘The (Blank) From Hell’
Go ahead and call Richard Lewis the comedian from hell. You’d be paying him a compliment. The stand-up comedian, who died on Tuesday, was known for his dark clothes, dark sense of humor and a recurring role as a, yes, even darker version himself on HBO’s “Curb Your Enthusiasm.” He
Find Out ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ Alum Richard Lewis’ Net Worth and How He Made Money Before His Death
Richard Lewis has an impressive career as an actor and comedian leading up to his death in February 2024. What was his net worth, how did he make money and more? What Was Richard Lewis’ Net Worth? The New York native had an estimated net worth of $7 million, according
Richard Lewis Recalled Friendship With Larry David in One of His Last Interviews
“Curb” began airing on HBO in 2000 and once took a six-year hiatus between seasons. Did Lewis imagine David would change his mind about ending it now? “He’s always changed his mind,” Lewis said. The two met as kids at summer camp and had been friends for most of their