A FEW WORDS FROM THE EDITOR

by Patrice Boyes

BOOK REVIEW: ALICE BABER: AN ARTIST’S TRIUMPH OVER TRAGEDY

by Roz Dimon

NAWA HONORARY VP LEVIN
PENS FIRST ALICE BABER BIO

by Patrice Boyes

Best known as the biographer of Lee Krasner, Judy Chicago and Edward (& Jo) Hopper, Gail Levin has authored the first scholarly biography of abstract expressionist and color field painter Alice Baber. The February 3, 2026, release of Alice Baber: An Artist’s Triumph Over Tragedy (Pegasus Books, 2026) coincides with a major selling exhibition of Baber’s work at the Phillips New York (March 5 to 26, 2026). (Ed. Note: See, related Book Review by Roz Dimon in this issue).

Levin also appeared for a book-signing at the NAWA booth at the recent College Art Association Conference in Chicago.

Levin, a NAWA Honorary Vice President, reveals Baber’s fascinating story, despite “concerted efforts to consign her to oblivion,” according to Levin’s publicist. Baber’s paintings had already entered the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan, the Guggenheim, and the Whitney at the time of her premature death at age 54. Levin’s book journeys through Baber’s rural upbringing as childhood prodigy to her years exhibiting globally in the mid-century art world. READ MORE

Patrice Boyes, Editor
Jen Haefeli, Managing Editor-Digital
Micheline Klagsbrun, Managing Editor-Content

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