MARTHA DIAMOND

Selected Reviews and Press

2025 Ariella Budick, “How Martha Diamond painted New York’s soul — with beefy, brilliant brushstrokes,” Financial Times

John Yau, “Martha Diamond Found Joy in Paint,” Hyperallergic

2024 Will Heinrich, “A Jaw-Dropping Show Gives Martha Diamond Her Due,” The New York Times

Rachel Felder, “A Painter’s Panorama,” Art Basel | Miami Beach

Grace Edquist, “Canvas the City: Martha Diamond Captured the Brisk Energy of Manhattan,” Vogue

Jorge S. Arango, “She said she painted her ‘perceptions.’ This is what Martha Diamond meant,” Portland Press Herald

Maya Pontone, “Alex Katz’s Love Affair With Maine,” Hyperallergic

Jonathan Griffin, “In Martha Diamond’s Art, She Took Manhattan,” The New York Times

Will Heinrich, “Martha Diamond, Painter Who Captured New York Vistas, Dies at 79,” The New York Times

“Martha Diamond, 1944-2023,” Artforum

Alex Greenberger, “Martha Diamond, Painter of New York Through Her Own Distinctive Lens, Dies at 79,” ARTnews

2023 Maximilíano Durón, “David Kordansky Gallery Now Represents Martha Diamond, Painter of Striking Views of New York City,” ARTnews

2021 Will Heinrich, “3 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now,” The New York Times

Chantal McStay, “See This: Glimpses of New York, Painted by Martha Diamond,” T: The New York Times Style Magazine

David Rhodes, “Martha Diamond: 1980-89,” The Brooklyn Rail

Canada Choate, “Martha Diamond on Painting New York,” Artforum

David Carrier, “Capturing the Light with Martha Diamond,” The Canvas

2020 Mark Westall, “In Her Hands, an Exhibition of Three Female ‘Painters’ Painters,’” FAD Magazine

2019 Jonathan Goodman, “Downtown Painting, Curated by Alex Katz,” The Brooklyn Rail

2018 Peter Schjeldahl, “Goings on About Town: Martha Diamond,” The New Yorker

Tom McGlynn, “Martha Diamond: Cityscapes,” The Brooklyn Rail

2016 Jonathan Goodman, “Martha Diamond,” The Brooklyn Rail

Stephen Maine, “Martha Diamond at Alexandre Gallery,” ARTnews

David Carrier, “An Awesome Pursuit of Variety: Martha Diamond’s Little Pictures,” artcritical

2013 Rabia Ashfaque, “The Redefining of the Defining: Martha Diamond’s Church Series,” Come Together: Surviving Sandy (online exhibition catalogue)

2012 Ilka Skobie, “Diamond Bright: Martha Diamond at Sue Scott Gallery,” artcritical

2005 Joe Fyfe, “Martha Diamond at the New York Studio School,” Art in America

Joe Fyfe, “Martha Diamond/Essay,” New York Studio School

2004 Ilka Scobie, “A Hip Homage to New York,” artnet

2001 Ilka Scobie, “Urban Visionary,” artnet

1997 Ann Landi, “Queens Beauty,” Newsday

1995 “Painting Faculty,” At Cooper Union

1994 Michael Kimmelman, “Art in Review,” The New York Times

Vincent Katz, “Sky Scraper: A Studio Visit with Martha Diamond,” Paper

1992 Holland Cotter, “Art in Review,” The New York Times

1990 Bill Berkson, “Martha Diamond: Sensation Rising,” Artforum

Ruth Bass, “Martha Diamond,” ARTnews

1988 Roberta Smith, “Action in New Paintings by Martha Diamond,” The New York Times

Eileen Myles, “Martha Diamond at Robert Miller,” Art in America

Robert Mahoney, “Martha Diamond,” Arts Magazine

1985 John Russell, “New Paintings by Martha Diamond/Jasper Johns Prints,” The New York Times

Stephen Westfall, “Martha Diamond,” Arts Magazine

Holland Cotter, “Martha Diamond,” Flash Art

Edmund Leites, “Martha Diamond at Brooke Alexander,” Art in America

1984 Barbara Moynehan, “Artist’s Loft Two: Martha Diamond,” Domus

“Two Paintings by Martha Diamond,” Bomb #9

Stephen Westfall, “Martha Diamond,” Arts Magazine

Alan Wintermute, “Martha Diamond: Brooke Alexander,” Flash Art

1983 Grace Glueck, “Martha Diamond,” The New York Times

“City Suite by Martha Diamond,” Bomb #8

1982 “Two Paintings by Martha Diamond,” Bomb #4

Roberta Smith, “Four Formulas in Flux,” The Village Voice

Grace Glueck, “The Artist’s Artists,” ARTnews

Stephen Westfall, “Martha Diamond’s Urban Vision,” Arts Magazine

1981 John Russell, “Martha Diamond,” The New York Times

1978 Lee Edwards, “Martha Diamond,” Arts Magazine

1976 Carter Ratcliff, “The Paint Thickens,” Artforum