ON VIEW | “I realized some painters, after their retrospectives, go on and paint masterpieces a little worse than before, or a little better; it doesn’t matter. I wanted to move to a place in art that was unstable and terrifying.” - Alex Katz For the first time in Spain, Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza presents a retrospective on Alex Katz (b. 1927), on view through September 11th. Curated by Guillermo Solana, the museum’s artistic director, the exhibition includes 40 large-format oils accompanied by various studies, offering a survey of all of the artist’s most recurrent themes: his individual, double and group portraits, as well as his distinctive flowers and sweeping landscapes. With unwavering dedication to large-format painting, Katz has maintained the same intensity and prolificness throughout his entire career. “Nothing has been able to stop this nearly hundred-year-old creator, who is in great physical and mental shape, painting large format works, and who has become an undeniable benchmark of contemporary painting,” says Guillermo Solana. Pictured: 1-3. Installation views from "Alex Katz" at Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid, 2022. #alexkatz #museothyssen @museothyssen