“Diamond is a New York visionary. . . . One thinks of the vector-ridden outcroppings of John Marin’s ‘downtown’ pictures, Georgia O’Keeffe’s night-blooming monoliths, and the hectic avenues looming up in pictures by Franz Kline and Willem de Kooning. The energetic realist wing of the New York School belongs here, too: Jane Freilicher’s ever-deepening skylines, John Button’s reveries upon cornices and clouds, Yvonne Jacquette’s contemplative particularist overviews, and the recent ‘black’ paintings of Lower Manhattan at night by Alex Katz.”
— Bill Berkson, Artforum, 1990
Installation view, Martha Diamond, Palisades (1982) with Martin Puryear, Up and Over (2014), William D. Adams Gallery, Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, Maine, 2023. Photo: Luc Demers
Selected Reviews and Press
2024 “In Martha Diamond’s Art, She Took Manhattan,” The New York Times, by Jonathan Griffin
“Martha Diamond, Painter Who Captured New York Vistas, Dies at 79,” The New York Times, by Will Heinrich
“Martha Diamond, 1944-2023,” Artforum
“Martha Diamond, Painter of New York Through Her Own Distinctive Lens, Dies at 79,” ARTnews, by Alex Greenberger
2023 “David Kordansky Gallery Now Represents Martha Diamond, Painter of Striking Views of New York City,” ARTnews, by Maximilíano Durón
2021 “3 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now,” The New York Times, by Will Heinrich
“Glimpses of New York, Painted by Martha Diamond,” T: The New York Times Style Magazine, by Chantal McStay
“Martha Diamond: 1980-89,” The Brooklyn Rail, by David Rhodes
“Martha Diamond on Painting New York,” Artforum, as told to Canada Choate
“Capturing the Light with Martha Diamond,” The Canvas, by David Carrier
2020 “In Her Hands, an Exhibition of Three Female ‘Painters’ Painters,’” FAD Magazine, by Mark Westall.
2019 “Downtown Painting, Curated by Alex Katz,” The Brooklyn Rail, by Jonathan Goodman
2018 “Goings on About Town: Martha Diamond,” The New Yorker, by Peter Schjeldahl
“Martha Diamond: Cityscapes,” The Brooklyn Rail, by Tom McGlynn
2016 “Martha Diamond,” The Brooklyn Rail, by Jonathan Goodman
“Martha Diamond at Alexandre Gallery,” ARTnews, by Stephen Maine
“An Awesome Pursuit of Variety: Martha Diamond’s Little Pictures,” artcritical, by David Carrier
2013 “The Redefining of the Defining: Martha Diamond’s Church Series,” Come Together: Surviving Sandy (online exhibition catalogue), by Rabia Ashfaque
2012 “Diamond Bright: Martha Diamond at Sue Scott Gallery,” artcritical, by Ilka Skobie
2005 “Martha Diamond at the New York Studio School,” Art in America, by Joe Fyfe
“Martha Diamond/Essay,” New York Studio School, by Joe Fyfe
2004 “A Hip Homage to New York,” artnet, by Ilka Scobie
2001 “Urban Visionary,” artnet, by Ilka Scobie
1999 “Going Downtown with/Peter Jennings: Footloose Where Art Lives,” The New York Times, by Rick Marin
1997 “Queens Beauty,” Newsday, by Ann Landi
1994 “Art in Review,” The New York Times, by Michael Kimmelman
“Sky Scraper: A Studio Visit with Martha Diamond,” Paper, by Vincent Katz
1992 “Art in Review,” The New York Times, by Holland Cotter
1990 “Martha Diamond: Sensation Rising,” Artforum, by Bill Berkson
“Martha Diamond,” ARTnews, by Ruth Bass
1988 “Action in New Paintings by Martha Diamond,” The New York Times, by Roberta Smith
“Martha Diamond at Robert Miller,” Art in America, by Eileen Myles
“Martha Diamond,” Arts, by Robert Mahoney
1985 “New Paintings by Martha Diamond,” The New York Times, by John Russell
“Martha Diamond,” Arts Magazine, by Stephen Westfall
“Martha Diamond,” Flash Art, by Holland Cotter
“Martha Diamond at Brooke Alexander,” Art in America, by Edmund Leites
1984 “Artist’s Loft Two: Martha Diamond,” Domus, by Barbara Moynihan
“Two Paintings by Martha Diamond,” Bomb #9
“Martha Diamond,” Arts Magazine, by Stephen Westfall
“Martha Diamond: Brooke Alexander,” Flash Art, by Alan Wintermute
1983 “City Suite by Martha Diamond,” Bomb #8
1982 “Two Paintings by Martha Diamond,” Bomb #4
“Four Formulas in Flux,” The Village Voice, by Roberta Smith
“The Artist’s Artists,” ARTnews, by Grace Glueck
“Martha Diamond’s Urban Vision,” Arts Magazine, by Stephen Westfall
1981 “Martha Diamond,” The New York Times, by John Russell
1978 “Martha Diamond,” Arts, by Lee Edwards
1976 “The Paint Thickens,” Artforum, by Carter Ratcliff
“Martha Diamond and Rodney Ripps,” The New York Times, by Hilton Kramer