Selected Press
(interviews, major articles, reviews)
See biography for complete list.

2009

Ayers, Robert. "Leon Golub.” ARTnews 108, no. 1 (January 2009): 115.

Benn, Tony. "Turps Banana Interviews Leon Golub (1922-2004).” Turps Banana 6 (April 2009): 12-19.

2008

Smith, Jonathan. "What More Can You Ask of Painting? Leon Golub Did It!” The Brooklyn Rail (November 2008).

"Leon Golub." The New Yorker, November 10, 2008, p.18.

2007

Silver, Joanne. “War and Discontent.” ARTnews 106, no. 7 (Summer 2007): 203-04.

2006

Beattie, Missy Comley. or What Reason?” The Brooklyn Rail, March 2006, p. 5.

"Leon Golub.” The New Yorker LXXXII, no. 4 (March 13, 2006): 20.

Marcus, David. "Waking Strife, Leon Golub.” The Brooklyn Rail, March 2006, p. 28.

Robinson, Andrew. "Art In A Time Of War.” Gay City News 5, no. 8, February 23 – March 1, 2006.

2005

Yablonsky, Linda. "Personal and Political.” artforum.com, April 21, 2005.

2004

Associated Press. "Leon Golub, painter who portrayed conflict and violence, dies at 82.” Newsday.com, August 12, 2004, http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/ny-bc-ny--obit- golub0812aug12,0,1873080.story.

Boyce, Roger. "Leon Golub at Ronald Feldman.” Art in America no. 6 (June/July 2004): 185-86.

Bui, Phong. "Leon Golub.” The Brooklyn Rail (February 2004): 18.

Cohen, David. "Gallery Going.” The New York Sun, Thursday, January 22, 2004, p. 18.

Cotter, Holland. "Leon Golub, Painter on a Heroic Scale, Is Dead at 82. The New York Times, Thursday, August 12, 2004, p. C14.

Enright, Robert and Meeka Walsh. "Fancy Dancer: Leon Golub 1922-2004.” Border Crossings 23, no. 3, 2004, pp. 20-21.

Gelber, Eric. "Leon Golub, 82, Painter. “ The New York Sun, Thursday, August 12, 2004.

“In Memoriam.” The Art Newspaper XIV, no. 150 (September 2004): 4.

Kley, Elisabeth. "Leon Golub.” ARTnews 103, no. 4 (April 2004): 113-14.

"Leon Golub.” The New Yorker, February 2, 2004, p. 16.

Levin, Kim. "Leon Golub.” The Village Voice, January 8 – February 3, 2004, p. 50.

Marzorati, Gerald. "Night Watchman.” Artforum XLIII, no. 3 (November 2004): 23-24.

McCarthy, David. "Fantasy and Force: A Brief Consideration of Artists and War in the American Century.” Art Journal 62, no. 4 (Winter 2003): 92-100.

Muchnic, Suzanne. "Leon Golub, 82, painted conflict, violence.” The Boston Globe, Friday, August 13, 2004, D32.

Robinson, Walter. "Artnet News.” artnet.com, August 12, 2004, http://www.artnet.com/Magazine/news/artnetnews2/artnetnews8-12-04.asp.

Rubinstein, Raphael. "Leon Golub (1922-2004).” Art in America, no. 9 (October 2004): 41.

Strauss, David Levi. "Remembering Golub.” The Brooklyn Rail, September 2004.

Wallach, Amei."An Artist Who Painted Indignation.” ARTnews 108, no. 9 (October 2004): 84.

2003

Artner, Alan G. "Leon Golub show fetes a Chicago stalwart.” Chicago Tribune, January 31, 2003.

Beard, Dena. "Sort of Political, Sort of Metaphysical, Sort of Smartass: Talking with Leon Golub.” FNews, February 2003.

Connors, Thomas. "Rebel Rebel.” CS Magazine (January-February 2003): 38-39.

2002

Belasco, Daniel. "Crashing the Predator’s Ball.” http://www.thejewishweek.com/nes/newscontent.php3?artid=5012

McEvilley, Thomas. "Outside the Comfort Zone.” Art in America 90, no. 4 (April 2002): 102-09.

2001

"A Giant Among Men.” Museums New York 7, no.2 (Spring 2001): 53.

Baird, Daniel. "Brute Realism: Leon Golub at the Brooklyn Museum of Art.” The Brooklyn Rail, July/August 2001, pp. 24-26.

Baker, George. “’Leon Golub: Paintings, 1950-2000.’” Artforum XL, no. 1 (September 2001): 191.

"Brooklyn Museum of Art.” The New York Times, May 20, 2001, p. AR43.

Budick, Ariella. "Master of Indictment.” Newsday, May 20, 2001, pp. D16-17.

Burton, Johanna. "Leon Golub, ‘This Day is Ours.’” Time Out New York, no. 314 (October 4-11, 2001): 59.

Frankel, David. "Leon Golub.” artforum.com, May 17, 2001.

Frizzell, Deborah."Interview with Leon Golub.” NY Arts 6, no. 7/9 (July/August): 29-31.

Glueck, Grace. "Hostile Witness to the Inhumanity of the Human Condition.” The New York Times, May 25, 2001, p. E27.

Halle, Howard. "Action Painting.” Time Out New York, no. 301 (June 28–July 5): 62.

Hrbacek, Mary. "Leon Golub.” The New York Art World 5, no. 1 (September 2001): 16-17.

Levi Strauss, David. "Where The Camera Cannot Go.” Aperture, no. 162 (Winter 2001): 52-64.

Levin, Kim. "Short List: Leon Golub.” Village Voice, October 2, 2001, pp. 72, 86.

Martin, Chris. "Leon Golub in Conversation with the Painter Chris Martin.” The Brooklyn Rail, July/August 2001, pp. 26-27.

Perreault, John. It’s Free, It’s Democratic, It’s Slow.” NY Arts 6, no. 7/9 (July/August): 20-21.

Saltz, Jerry. "Blowtorch Realism.” Village Voice, July 24, 2001, p. 64.

Stevens, Mark. "Goya’s Children.” New York 34, no. 23 (June 11, 2001): 58, 67. “The future of art.” The Art Newspaper, October 2001, p. 4.

Viveros-Fauné, Christian. Leon Golub.” New York Press, June 6-12, 2001, pp. 33-34.

Wallach, Amei. "Leon Golub, Brawler in a Cosmic Melee.” The New York Times, July 22, 2001, pp. 1, 31.

2000

Enright, Robert. "The Ambiguous Witness: An Interview with Leon Golub.” Border Crossings, no. 73, pp. 18 - 31.

Grande, John. "Leon Golub: While the Crime is Blazing." Vie des Arts (Montreal, Canada) no. 177 (Winter 1999-2000).

1999

Berlind, Robert. “Leon Golub at Ronald Feldman.” Art in America (February 1999): 107.

1997

Bird, Jon. "Infvitabile Fatum: Leon Golub’s History Painting.” Oxford Art Journal 20, no. 1 (1997): pp. 81-94.

1996

Bell, J. Bower. "Leon Golub." Review 1, no. 1 (April 1, 1996): 14.

Frankel, David. "Leon Golub." Artforum XXXIV, no. 10 (Summer 1996): 107-08.

Heartney, Eleanor. "Leon Golub at Ronald Feldman and the N.Y. Kunsthalle." Art In America, no. 5 (May 1996): 103.

Karmel, Pepe. "Leon Golub." The New York Times, Friday, March 1, 1996, C 20.

Kimmelman, Michael. "2 Artists Always Prowling For Ideas To Use Again." The New York Times, Friday, January 5, 1996, p. C1, C5.

Schjeldahl, Peter. "Beauty of the Beast." The Village Voice XLI, no. 13, March 26, 1996, p. 73.

Worth, Alexi. "Reviews: Leon Golub." ARTnews 95, no. 7 (Summer 1996): 156.

1992

Isaak, Jo-Anna. "Who Wears the Pants in the House of Being?" (Interview) Arts Magazine 66, no.5: 54-59.

1990

Brooks, Rosetta. "Undercover Agent." Artforum (January): 114-21 and cover.

1985

Marzorati, Gerald. "Leon Golub's Mean Streets." ARTnews (February): 74-87, cover.

1984

Ratcliff, Carter. "Theater of Power." Art in America (January): 74-82, cover.

1981

Baigell, Matthew. "The Mercenaries." Arts Magazine (May): 167-69.

Robins, Corinne. "Leon Golub: In the Realm of Power." Arts Magazine (May 1981): 170-73.

1980

Kuspit, Donald. "Leon Golub's Murals of Mercenaries: Aggression, 'Resentiment', and the Artist's Will to Power." Artforum (May): 52-57.

1974

Alloway, Lawrence. "Leon Golub, Art & Politics." Artforum (October): 66-71.