Artforum editor in chief David Velasco joins Alex Katz in his Manhattan studio to debate the making of “Alex Katz: Gathering,” a profession retrospective at New York’s Guggenheim Museum encompassing eight many years of the artist’s masterful manufacturing. Katz additionally displays on his first work of Ada, his friendship with Frank O’Hara, and extra. Ada’s Black Sandals, 1987, graces the quilt of the February situation.

Additionally on this situation: 4 painters—Sam McKinniss, Amy Sillman, Jamian Juliano-Villani, and David Salle—mirror on the legacy of this unflagging paragon of approach and elegance.