The Art Newspaper features Milton Avery: American Colourist and talks to exhibition curator Edith Devaney

“You always feel better after looking at a Milton Avery painting,” says Edith Devaney, the curator of the first comprehensive exhibition in Europe dedicated to the American painter (1885-1965). “He’s one of those artists—and there aren’t many of them—for whom there’s an element of joy in every work. There’s something life-affirming about them, and I hope people respond to that.”

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Image: Milton Avery, Beach Blankets, 1960
Collection Wichita Art Museum, Kansas
© 2022 Milton Avery Trust/ARS, New York and DACS, London
July 12 2022