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Prudence Peiffer

The Slip: The New York City Street That Changed American Art Forever

Prudence Peiffer

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Artists on the roof of 3-5 Coenties Slip, New York, 1958. Photograph: Hans Namuth

Remembering the Slip: The Manhattan Street that Birthed a Generation of Artists

The tiny downtown passage, where artists burned pallets for warmth, was home to Ellsworth Kelly and Agnes Martin.

by Hannah Marriott via The Guardian on August 2, 2023

Ellsworth Kelly at his Coenties Slip Studio, New York, 1961.

How a Formerly Deserted Waterfront Neighborhood Attracted Artists to Manhattan in the Mid 1900s

A compelling history of the fertile 1950s-’60s firmament surveys Lower Manhattan’s Coenties Slip.

by Walker Downey via Art In America on August 1, 2023

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