Generations: 1 Celebrated Family, 4 Noted Artists/2014, 2015
Multi-generation exhibits in Boston and famed art center Provincetown, MA of the artwork of this noted creative family: the wife, daughter and grandchildren of the late acclaimed author/journalist Konrad Bercovici.
ArtChaser Magazine/Generations Exhibit Review/2015
Review of Boston Exhibit: Generations: 1 Celebrated Family, 4 Noted Artists Mirel Bercovici, Naomi LeBrescu, Konrad B. Abbott and Mirana Comstock.
Revolt Magazine/Generations Exhibit Review/2015
Review of Boston exhibit and interview with curator/exhibitor and family member Mirana Comstock.
Provincetown Banner Newspaper/Generations Exhibit Review/2014
Review of multi-generation exhibit at Julie Heller Gallery, the oldest gallery in art center Provincetown, MA.
Art New England Magazine/Review of Boston Generations Exhibit/2015(pg.1)
Art New England Review (pg. 2)
: Art New England Review (pg. 3)
Art New England Review (pg. 4)
Provincetown Library/Generations Exhibit Brochure/2015 (pg. 1)
Voted #1 library in America 2014 and 2015, historic location in country’s oldest art colony, home to many noted artists and authors. Major show included 3 floors of art, plus filmed interview with Mirel Bercovici in the library’s Marc Jacobs Reading Room.
Provincetown Library Generations Exhibit Brochure (pg. 2)
Mirel Bercovici Bio/Exhibit/Career Highlights
Highlights of the late painter and poet’s 85-year career. The daughter of author/journalist Konrad Bercovici and painter/poet Naomi LeBrescu; the mother of artist Konrad B. Abbott and photographer/screenwriter/musician Mirana Comstock.
Gallery and Studio/Review/Mirel Bercovici’s 80-Year Retrospective/2002
Extensive solo show at Westbeth Gallery, Greenwich Village, NYC.
Associated Press Interview with Mirel Bercovici/2002
Conducted at Mirel Bercovici’s NYC studio, picked up extensively online and in various newspapers and magazines across the country.
AP Interview (pg. 2)
AP Interview (pg. 3)
Leonard Bernstein Series: Permission for From-Life Portraits/1959
Mirel Bercovici is granted unprecedented access to draw Bernstein, sitting within the Philharmonic Orchestra in rehearsal at Carnegie Hall. The 6’ x 8’ central portrait of the series was ACQUIRED BY THE BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA’S TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER IN 2013 FOR PERMANENT EXHIBIT.
The Villager Newspaper/New York/Retrospective Review/2002
Review of Mirel Bercovici’s 80-Year Retrospective at Westbeth Gallery, including more than 150 of her paintings and drawings.
MIREL BERCOVICI: 80-YEAR RETROSPECTIVE BROCHURE/2002 (pg. 1)
For historic exhibit in New York City, including career and artwork highlights, review quotes, photos of select paintings and drawings.
MIREL BERCOVICI: 80-YEAR RETROSPECTIVE BROCHURE/2002 (pg. 2)
KONRAD B. ABBOTT BIO/CAREER/EXHIBIT HIGHLIGHTS
The late figurative expressionist, the grandson of Konrad Bercovici and artist Naomi LeBrescu, son of painter Mirel Bercovici, brother of Mirana Comstock.
VILLAGER NEWSPAPER/NYC/OBITUARY FOR KONRAD B. ABBOTT/2001
Obituary for Konrad B. Abbott, artist and longtime Villager, very much a part of the downtown New York art scene.
GALLERY AND STUDIO MAGAZINE/NYC/KONRAD B. ABBOTT/2001
Review of solo Memorial Exhibit of Konrad B. Abbott at Westbeth Gallery, NYC.
88 ARTISTS IN 88: KONRAD B. ABBOTT CHOSEN FOR MAJOR SOHO SHOW
Letter from NYC Cultural Affairs Office: in addition to being featured in multiple issues of Spin Magazine, and many other East and West Village NYC galleries, Konrad B. Abbott is chosen for major downtown exhibit.
MAYOR KOCH PRAISES 88 ARTISTS IN 88/SOHO EXHIBIT/NYC
The mayor praises the scope and mission of this major show in discovering new talent, including the work of artist Konrad B. Abbott.
NAOMI LEBRESCU BIO/CAREER/EXHIBIT HIGHLIGHTS
The wife of author Konrad Bercovici pursues her own career with exceptional groundbreaking exhibits at Progressive Artists and Knickerbocker in NYC, The California Watercolor Society, L.A. Museum, Rose and Stendahl Galleries.
ROSE GALLERY REVIEW/NAOMI LEBRESCU/LOS ANGELES, 1937
The exceptional palette of her watercolors and oil paintings draws attention.
STENDAHL GALLERY/FROM EARL STENDAHL/LOS ANGELES, 1937
Famed gallerist Earl Stendahl...first to show Picasso’s Guernica, as well as the work many other groundbreaking modern artists, praised Naomi LeBrescu’s exceptional paintings and watercolors.
LA TIMES INTERVIEW WITH NAOMI LEBRESCU/1927
