William Copley's guest appearances

William Copley

Artelligence Podcast

David Smith

David Norman

Bendor Grosvenor

Richard Wright

Touria El Glaoui

Paul Becker

Brian Boucher

Hilton Als

Timothy Taylor

Mike Steib

Brooke Lampley

Wilbur Ross

Erling Kagge

William Smith

Wifredo Lam

OwlTail

Nick Olney

Paul Kasmin

Nick Olney, Director at KASMIN Gallery, discusses the life and legacy of Paul Kasmin, the gallery's founder who died in March 2020. Olney illustrates Kasmin's vision through an examination of the William Copley show that opened just days before New York fell under a "stay-at-home" order that closed the galleries temporarily.  Copley was a California-bred painter who became an ardent and self-styled surrealist before becoming an artist in his own right. Copley's experience dovetails with the subject of another show at KASMIN Gallery—"Valley of Gold: Southern California and the Phantasmagoric"— temporarily suspended too.

KASMIN Director Nick Olney on Paul Kasmin, painter William Copley and California Surrealism