NEWS
Carl Heidenreich Works Acquired by the Eskenazi Museum of Art
February 8, 2022
The Carl Heidenreich Foundation is proud to announce that one painting and two works on paper by Carl Heidenreich will be included in the collection of the Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art at Indiana University.
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New Works Enter the Catalogue
January 10, 2022
The Carl Heidenreich Foundation is thrilled to announce a selection of paintings and works-on-paper newly included in the catalogue raisonné, which were shared with the Foundation over the past year.
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Work in Focus: Untitled Gouache Painting on Paper Is Now Included in the Carl Heidenreich Catalogue Raisonné
October 5, 2021
The Carl Heidenreich Foundation is pleased to share the recent inclusion of Untitled (Cityscape) from the collection of Mark Callister in the Carl Heidenreich catalogue raisonné.
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We Enter, Fleeing: On Rosalind Krauss and Horizontality
August 15, 2021
In arguing against the “dictatorial perpendicular” and the commercialization of writing, Benjamin enacts a future argument made by the art critic Rosalind Krauss on the vertical and horizontal. In Heidenreich’s later work and particularly with his Alaska series, his paintings convey this horizontality: they are no longer the vertical, bounded plane of small apartment windows, vision scratched out or covered over but instead spread organically, open up fissures, offer limitless territories, and propel the viewer into the infinity of horizontal space.
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We Enter, Fleeing: On the Dictatorial Perpendicular
May 3, 2021
We enter, fleeing is a series of essays by Carl Heidenreich Foundation director Christopher Squier considering postwar painting and abstraction in the context of diaspora, exile, and migration. Part two of the series looks at the use of text in Heidenreich's paintings in the context of Benjamin's notion of the "dictatorial perpendicular." Although it occurs sparingly throughout his body of work, text is often used to signal political urgency, a rupture in everyday life, or violent and disorienting experiences.
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We Enter, Fleeing: Walter Benjamin on the Conflict of Exile
March 23, 2021
We enter, fleeing is a series of essays and blog entries by Carl Heidenreich Foundation director Christopher Squier drawing inspiration from the work of the literary critic Walter Benjamin alongside discourses in visual culture and contemporary art. The series considers postwar painting and abstraction in the context of diaspora, exile, and migration.
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Announcing Recent Additions to the Carl Heidenreich Catalogue Raisonnè
February 15, 2021
The Carl Heidenreich Foundation is thrilled to update our catalogue raisonné with previously unrecorded paintings by the German American exile artist from two additional collections.
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Christopher Squier Named Executive Director of the Carl Heidenreich Foundation
September 24, 2020
The Carl Heidenreich Foundation is pleased to name Christopher Squier as Executive Director.
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Recent Acquisition: Girl in Rumanian Blouse
February 17, 2020
The Carl Heidenreich Foundation is pleased to share the recent acquisition of Heidenreich’s Girl in Rumanian Blouse, purchased from the painter’s grandson Howard Lortz.
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Past News
On View: Landscape and Abstraction in Watercolor
August 21, 2023
Carl Heidenreich’s painting Untitled (Mexico Series), 1962, is currently on view in an exhibition at the Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art at Indiana University.
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Press Release: Carl/Karl
July 6, 2023
Click here for the press release and press pack associated with Carl/Karl: Three Takes on Heidenreich.
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Carl/Karl: Three Takes on Heidenreich
June 10, 2023
The Carl Heidenreich Foundation is thrilled to announce the publication of Carl/Karl: Three Takes on Heidenreich, available now in hardcover.
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New Works in the Catalogue Raisonné
June 6, 2023
We invite you to experience newly catalogued paintings and works on paper by Carl Heidenreich.
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Upcoming Exhibition: Landscape and Abstraction in Watercolor
May 9, 2023
The Heidenreich Foundation is pleased to announce the inclusion of Carl Heidenreich’s painting Untitled (Mexico Series) in an upcoming exhibition at the Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art at Indiana University.
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Fifty-Seven Years after Heidenreich
December 21, 2022
Reflecting on the past year, 2022 has provided a momentous period for the Carl Heidenreich Foundation, ushering in new acquisitions and fresh scholarly perspectives while also bringing sad news of the passing of two important advocates for Heidenreich’s work, Emanuel Wolf and Monica Smith.
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Book and Lecture: Voluntarios por la Revolución by Andy Durgan
December 5, 2022
Carl Heidenreich’s participation in the POUM during the Spanish Civil War is highlighted in Andy Durgan’s recently-published book Voluntarios por la Revolución: La Milicia Internacional del POUM en la Guerra Civil Española (Barcelona: Laertes S.L. de Ediciones, 2022).
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Monica Smith in Memoriam
October 20, 2022
We are saddened to share news of the death of Carl Heidenreich’s daughter Monica Smith on August 13, 2022.
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Announcement: Forthcoming Publication from the Carl Heidenreich Foundation
September 26, 2022
The Carl Heidenreich Foundation is thrilled to announce the upcoming publication of a new resource for scholars and the public titled Karl/Carl: Three Takes on Heidenreich. The publication advances the existing scholarship on Heidenreich’s work by examining his late works of the 1950s–60s through the lens of his years in exile and his immigration to the United States.
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Emanuel Wolf in Memoriam
June 1, 2022
It is with sadness that the Carl Heidenreich Foundation announces Emanuel L. Wolf's death in February of this year.
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Sneak Peek: New Scholarship Focuses on Reinterpreting Carl Heidenreich's Work
February 14, 2022
Carl Heidenreich’s painting Untitled (Mexico Series), 1962, is currently on view in an exhibition at the Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art at Indiana University.
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Carl Heidenreich Foundation Launches Catalogue Raisonné
September 30, 2019
Carl Heidenreich’s painting Untitled (Mexico Series), 1962, is currently on view in an exhibition at the Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art at Indiana University.
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Abstraction and Distance: New Paintings in the Carl Heidenreich Foundation Collection
February 5, 2019
A reflection on six works, which demonstrate the artist’s shifting focus from representation to the language of abstraction after immigrating to New York after World War II.
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Heidenreich in Hollywood: Tracing the Path of the Artist's Estate
November 1, 2017
This conversation is part of a series of interviews with families and individuals who collected and preserved the legacy of painter Carl Heidenreich. On October 5, 2017 KunstWorks' Alla Efimova interviewed Richard Buxbaum about how he reconnected with Emanuel Wolf, the largest collector of Heidenreich's art, making it possible to appreciate the full extent of the artist's legacy.
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Carl Heidenreich's Response to the Death of John F. Kennedy: An Interview with Emanuel Wolf
October 27, 2017
On August 31, Alla Efimova interviewed Emanuel Wolf about his memories of the German exile artist Carl Heidenreich.
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Carl Heidenreich Foundation Acquires Three Pre-War German Paintings
October 6, 2017
The Carl Heidenreich Foundation recently acquired three Carl Heidenreich oil paintings from Lothar Brandt of Berlin. The oil paintings, Portrait of Lia (c. 1930), Street Encounter (1932), and Self-Portrait (1926) are rare examples of Heidenreich's pre-war painting, of which very few remain.
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Carl Heidenreich and the Circle of Hannah Arendt: An Interview with Gerhard and Regina Casper
September 22, 2017
This conversation is part of a series of interviews with families and individuals who collected and preserved the legacy of Carl Heidenreich for the past half-century. On July 12, Alla Efimova interviewed Gerhard and Regina about their dedication to the painter.
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Carl Heidenreich Foundation Launch Celebration at BAMPFA
December 20, 2016
On November 20, the launch of the Carl Heidenreich Foundation was celebrated at the Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive’s Cafe Babette.
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