21 October
2026

ON DRAWINGS 2026 – Process, Time, and Technical Discoveries: Reflections on Willem de Kooning Drawing

Institute of Fine Arts, New York University 1 East 78th Street, New York, NY, United States

Institute of Fine Arts, New York University

For Willem de Kooning (1904-1997), drawing was a direct extension of the mind. He drew constantly, erasing and redrawing his lines, tracing them onto vellum, and transferring them with carbon paper. He also projected, masked, and rubbed his images, while using spray fixative as a medium in its own right to capture the sensation of […]