Ocean Park No.43, 1971, Oil on canvas, 93×81”, Collection of Gretchen and John Berggruen

In 1991 there was a major retrospective of Richard Diebenkorn’s work at the Whitechapel Gallery inLondon. It is one of my biggest regrets that I made only one visit, and I was resigned …[read more]

… at his one man show at Koukan Gallery, London in 2012. …[read more]

My wife and I were on a trip to San Francisco just after we were married. Walking into a small private gallery just around the corner from the Museum of Modern Art, we unexpectedly came across this etching. It hung in a quiet space at the back of the gallery …[read more]

Note: This is a supplement to the article Discovering ‘Black Club’.

Richard Diebenkorn (1922 -1993), is best known for his ‘Ocean Park’ series of abstract paintings. Ocean Park No.114 below is a good example; it is painted in oil on canvas, measures 81 x 81 inches and dates …[read more]

In 2009 I visited the Motherwell exhibition at the Bernard Jacobsen Gallery, London and bought the associated book ‘Robert Motherwell – Open’. I was struck by the directness and poignancy of Matthew Collings essay, which seemed to sum up the thoughts, feelings and discussions that frequently took place between myself and Stephen Buckeridge concerning the apparent lack of dept or quality in so much contemporary work and our sense of alienation from the gallery system …[read more]