Alexander Nagel

Apr 1, 2024 | artforum.com | Alexander Nagel |Percy Zvomuya |Matthew Wilder

Bellini and Giorgione at Frick MadisonIN GIOVANNI BELLINI’S Saint Francis in the Desert, ca. 1475–80 in the Frick Collection, New York, the gaunt saint opens his arms and raises his head as his eyes roll upward and his mouth opens in prayer, or maybe just a gasp. He is small in a large world, a humble receiver flooded by a signal beaming down from on high.