Luise Kaish Featured in Vogue Magazine

Artist Luise Kaish with her sculpture Desert Spectre, 1954. Courtesy of Kaish Family Art Project, New York.

LUISE KAISH: FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN

FEATURED IN VOGUE MAGAZINE

“At New York’s MacDowell, the Fiery Epiphanies of Artist Luise Kaish Unfurl”

By Grace Edquist

“So when Luise was frustrated by her experiments with canvas one afternoon at MacDowell and threw her scraps into her studio’s fireplace, Morton was there to witness the epiphany that followed. He later recalled: “As the canvas burns and curls, she sees rich black and brown tones that are created by the fire. They’re bold, they’re subtle, and she knows they could never be made or matched by paint or pigment…. She snatches it all out of the fire, dragging the burning strips onto the stone floor, and begins to recompose, to layer, to cut, and to arrange.”

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This virtual program will highlight Luise Kaish’s drawings and paintings of the allée of cherry blossoms in Central Park, which she visited every year, drawing inspiration from their timeless beauty. We will discuss this late body of work in light of her larger practice, drawing upon never-seen archival materials, and focusing on the role of the spiritual throughout.

Wednesday, November 5, 2025, at 7 pm, on Zoom RSVP www.artistsfellowship.org/events

Presented by Artists' Fellowship and Kaish Family Art Project