Flashback- NYC Art Shows- Gladys Nilsson at Matthew Marks Gallery

 Art, Art Shows by Location, Artists, New York Art Shows, Painting / Painters
Aug 212026
 

“Gigantica und der Messerschmitts”, 1965, Acrylic on panel in artist’s frame

“Bird Toy”, 1965, Acrylic on panel in artist’s frame

These paintings were on view in Gladys Nilsson: Honk! Fifty Years of Painting at Matthew Marks Gallery in NYC in the early part of 2020. Nilsson was one of the original members of the Hairy Who, a group of Chicago artists who exhibited together in the mid-1960s.

Now in her 80s, her first museum retrospective, Gleefully Askew, is currently at Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento and features paintings, watercolors, drawings, and prints from her six decade career. This exhibition is on view until 11/29/26.

For more information, Artforum recently published a great profile of Nilsson in their Summer issue.

Caturday- Dorothy Simmons Skelton at Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento

 Art, Art Shows by Location, Artists, California Art Shows, Painting / Painters, Sacramento
May 092026
 

Cats, painted in the 1930s, is by artist and educator Dorothy Geneva Simmons Skelton. It is currently on view at Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento as part of their permanent collection.

From the museum about the artist-

Dorothy Simmons was born in Woodland, California, and grew up in Oakland. She attended the University of California, Berkeley, where she completed a B.A. and M.A. in art and education. During World War II, after marrying U.S. Army Air Corps officer John Skelton, she moved to Arlington, Virginia, and worked at the Pentagon in military intelligence. In 1948, she became a civilian member of Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives Section Unit (aka the Monuments Men), which protected cultural monuments during the war and subsequently restituted art and other objects confiscated by Nazis.