| Publications | |
| 2019 | Deitch, Jeffrey. Unrealism: New Figurative Painting, New York: RizzoliElecta, p. 93 |
| 2017 | Kauper, Kurt. Afterword, The Figurative Artist’s Handbook, by Robert Zeller, New York: Monacelli Press, p. 297 |
| 2014 | Kauper, Kurt. Representational Art and Kitsch, essay published in The Figure, edited by Margaret McCann, New York: Skira Rizzoli, p.126 |
| 2013 | Koestenbaum, Wayne. My 80’s and Other Essays, New York: FSG Originals, p. 155 |
| Amy, Michael. Nicola Verlato: From Verona with Rage, Berkeley: Gingko Press, p. 89 | |
| 2012 | Hobbs, Robert. Kehinde Wiley, New York: Rizzoli, p. 28 |
| Kauper, Kurt. Panel Discussion, published in the catalogue for the exhibition, George Tooker: Reality Recurs as a Dream, New York: DC Moore Gallery, p. 56 | |
| Iwatsuki, Mie. Model’s Voice on Kurt Kauper, essay published in the catalogue for the exhibition, Freight + Volume, New York, p. 75 | |
| 2009 | Humphrey, David. Blind Handshake, Periscope Publishing, New York, p. 163 |
| Bedford, Christopher. Mixed Signals, essay published in the catalogue for the Exhibition, Mixed Signals: Artists Consider Identity in Sports, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI, pp. 26-27 | |
| 2008 | Shelton, Andrew Carrington. Ingres, London: Phaidon Press Ltd., pp. 226-227 |
| Powell, Richard. Cutting a Figure: Fashioning Black Portraiture, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Il, pp. 183, 201-204, 221 | |
| Lombino, Mary-Kay. The Shape of Things, essay published in the catalogue for the Exhibition, Out of Shape, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Gallery, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, p. 9 | |
| Koestenbaum, Wayne, and Pepe Karmel. Kurt Kauper: Paintings 2001-2007, Deitch Projects, New York. | |
| 2006 | Richer, Francesca and Matthew Rosenzweig. “No. 1: First Works by 362 Artists,” Thames and Hudson, 2006, p. 197 |
| Cuzin, Jean Pierre and Dimitri Salmon. “En Attendant Demain: Ingres Aujourd’Hui,” Ingres: Regards Croise, Reunion des Musee Nationaux, pp. 246-247 | |
| 2005 | Karmel, Pepe. “Max Ernst and Contemporary Art,” Max Ernst: A Retrospective, pp. 95-96 |
| 2004 | Rosenblum, Robert. “Body Works,” in The Charged Image, Catalogue Essay, Joseloff Gallery, pp. 9-14 |
| Humphrey, David. “When I Think of You I Touch Myself,” Exhibition Catalogue Essay, New York Academy of Art, pp. 4-25 | |
| 2003 | Robson, Julien. “Reverie,” Exhibition Catalogue Essay, The Speed Art Museum, unpaginated |
| Danoff, Michael. “Crosscurrents at Century’s End,” Exhibition Catalogue Essay, Neuberger Berman Collection and Henry Art Gallery, pp. 7-10 | |
| 2002 | Stoops, Susan L. “Who is She,” Mask or Mirror, Exhibition Catalogue Essay, Worcester Art Museum, pp. 19-25 |
| Weinhart, Martina. “Kurt Kauper,” Exhibition Catalogue Essay, Cher Peintre, Centre Pompidou, pp. 148-154 | |
| Rohatyn, Jeanne Greenberg. “Emerald City,” Exhibition Catalogue Essay, Supernatural Playground, Silvia Editrice, pp. 11-14 | |
| Anton, Saul and Andrea Scott. “Kurt Kauper,” Exhibition Catalogue Essay, Casino 2001, S.M.A.K., p. 231 | |
| Deitch, Jeffrey. “If it Doesn’t Fit, You Must Acquit,” Exhibition Catalogue Essay, Form Follows Fiction, Charta, unpaginated |
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| Selected Bibliography | |
| 2019 | Loos, Ted. “Some People Put on a Show. Others Stage an Art Fair,” The New York Times, February 20 |
| 2018 | Slenske, Michael and Molly Langmuir. “Who’s Afraid of the Female Nude?Paintings of naked women, usually by clothed men, are suddenly sitting very uncomfortably on gallery walls,” New York Magazine, April 18 |
| Takac, Balasz. “The Nude Figures of Kurt Kauper,” Widewalls, April 6 | |
| MacAdam, Barbara A. “Kurt Kauper, Master of the Nude Hockey Player, Paints the Female Nude,” Artnews, March 23 | |
| Editors, “What Is the Art Exhibition of Your Dreams? We Asked 14 More Art-World Heavyweights,” Artnet News, February 7 | |
| McCann, Margaret. “Designing Women: Kurt Kauper at Almine Rech,” Painters’ Table, February 23 | |
| Cohen, Alina. “The Perils of a Man Painting Naked Women in 2018,” Artsy, January 29 | |
| 2017 | Indrisek, Scott. “40 Artists Share Their Favorite Shows of 2017,” Artsy, December 25 |
| Hicks, Jacob. “Kurt Kauper in Conversation with Jacob Hicks,” QuantumArtReview.com, January 14 | |
| 2016 | Neuendorf, Henry. “Top 10 Shows on the LES and Surrounding Neighborhoods This Summer,” artnet.com, July 4 |
| Herzog, Nadia. “Cuevas Tilleard Projects Presents a Show by the Minerva Collective,” Widewalls.ch, no date | |
| Crotty, Benjamin. “Portfolio: Benjamin Crotty,” Frieze.com, May 16 | |
| 2015 | Rosenberg, Karen. “Jeffrey Deitch on Why Figurative Art Rules the Zeitgeist, and His New Calling as a Pop-Up Impresario,” Artspace, November 26 |
| Seed, John. “Artists (and Others) Talk About Art and Destruction,” The Huffington Post, July 2 | |
| Abadía, Mila and Jose L. Calleja, “Los Suntuosos y Ambiguos Personajes de Kurt Kauper,” Arte a un Click, March 27 | |
| 2014 | O’Rourke, John. “808 Gallery Hosts Alumni Show,” BU Today, November 13 |
| Houston, Kerr. “The Word, the Flesh, and the Image,” Bmore Art, October 3 | |
| Seed, John. “Contemporary Art’s Body Language,” Hyperallergenic, September 30 | |
| Wallace, Ian. “The Studio Assistant Family Tree: A Genealogy of Artists & Their Proteges,” Artspace, March 26 | |
| Seed, John, “Artists Respond: Can a Nazi Painting Be Seen With Fresh Eyes?” The Huffington Post, January 10 | |
| 2013 | Aske, Katie. “Ladies & Gents Deconstructed,” The Genteel, April 8 |
| 2011 | Harrity, Christopher. “Artist Spotlight: Kurt Kauper,” The Advocate.com, July 16 |
| 2010 | Finch, Charlie. “My Favorite Fifty,” Artnet.com, May |
| Fiedler, Marco. “Interview: Kurt Kauper,” FT Magazine, March | |
| 2009 | Corsano, Otino. “Profile, Interview: Kurt Kauper,” artUS, Issue Number 27 |
| McGirk, James. “The Q&A: Kurt Kauper, Artist,” moreintelligentlife.com, October | |
| Kazakina, Katya. “Obamas in Suburbia,” Bloomberg.com, October 13 | |
| Slenske, Michael. “Obama in the Suburbs,” Interviewmagazine.com, October 2 | |
| Dumenco, Simon. “Political Canvassing: The Obamas at Deitch Projects,” The New York Times Style Magazine, October 9 | |
| “Critics’ Picks,” Time Out New York, October 1-7, 2009, p. 57 | |
| Myers, Holly. “Art Review: ‘Superficiality and Superexcrescence’ at Ben Maltz Gallery,” The Los Angeles Times, July 8, p. D4 | |
| 2008 | Mullarkey, Maureen. “So Shocking, So Stale,” The New York Sun, March 20, p.17 |
| Lachmayer, Dr. Herbert. “Kunst a la Mode,” DIVA, April, 2008 p.64-67 | |
| 2007 | Edgers, Geoff. “In Artist’s Vision, An Icon in the Flesh,” The Boston Globe, November 29, 2007, Front page, p. A28 |
| Lelong, Melissa.““Hockey Heroes as Art,” National Post, November 30, 2007, p. A3 | |
| Beech, Mark. “Nudes On Ice: Two Bare Bruins are the Highlight of a New York City Art Exhibit,”Sports Illustrated, December 10, 2007, p. 30 | |
| Ward, Bruce. “Hockey or Hokey: Portraits of NHLers Score Hype Dollars,” The Ottawa Citizen, November 30, 2007 | |
| “Galleries-Downtown: Kurt Kauper,” The New Yorker, December 10, p. 22 | |
| Loos, Ted. “The Naked and the Nude,” Artinfo.com, December 7 | |
| Dimanno, Rosie. “Painter Puts a Nude Look on Hockey Heroes,” Toronto Star, December 6, p. S2 | |
| Rosenberg, Karen. “Art in Review: Kurt Kauper,” The New York Times, November 23, p. E40 | |
| Knode, Marilu. “Celebrity,” Exhibition Catalogue, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, p. 22 | |
| 2006 | Rousseau, Bryant.“Art Basel 37: Best in Show: Deitch is Unanimous Choice,” Artinfo.com June 20 |
| 2005 | Cohen, David. “Gallery-Going: Tete a Tete,” The New York Sun, June 30 |
| Schwendener, Martha. “Tete a Tete,” Time Out New York, July 7-13, p. 73 | |
| 2004 | Erikson, Matthew. “Banished Painting Raises Questions,” The Hartford Courant, September 29 |
| Erikson, Matthew. “The Body Electric,” The Hartford Courant, September 24 | |
| Genocchio, Benjamin. “Carnal Knowledge,” Preview Connecticut, September, pp. 16-19 | |
| Highet, Alistair. “Works From the Trove of an Adventurous Collector,” The New York Times, September 19 | |
| Bloom, Larry. “Cary Grant, Nude,” Connecticut Magazine, September, pp. 12-13 | |
| Johnson, Ken. “She’s Come Undone,” The New York Times, July 9, p. E28 | |
| 2003 | Nochlin, Linda. “New Tricks for an Old Dog: The Return of Painting,” Contemporary, No. 58, p. 20 |
| McNeil, Taylor. “Fictional Realism – with a Twist,” Esprit, Fall 2003, pp. 4-5 | |
| Kinney, Tulsa. “Stripping Cary Grant,” Los Angeles City Beat, June 26, p. 27 | |
| Pagel, David. “A Cool Jolt from a Familiar Image,” The Los Angeles Times, June 20, p. E19 | |
| Hughes, Robert J. “Rising Stars of Spring,” The Wall Street Journal, April 4 | |
| Finch, Charlie. “The Armory Show Runs its Course,” Artnet.com, March 7 | |
| Adams, Brooks. “Picabia, The New Paradigm,” Art in America, March 2003, p. 84 | |
| Pisano, Hortense. “Mut Zum Trash,” Journal Frankfurt, January 17-30, p. 46 | |
| 2002 | Temin, Christine. “Strange Likeness,” The Boston Globe, December 20, p. E17 |
| Liebman, Lisa. “Best of 2002,” ArtForum, December, p. 108 | |
| Gute, Charles, et al. “Focus Painting Part One,” Flash Art, October, p. 78-85 | |
| Burnett, Craig. “Previews,” Modern Painters, Summer, p. 121 | |
| Bush, Kate. “Cher Peintre, Lieber Maler, Dear painter,” Art Forum, October, p. 149 | |
| Edwards, Natasha. “Cher Peintre peins-moi,” Modern Painters, Autumn, p. 145 | |
| Leydier, Richard. “Cher peintre,” artpress, September, pp. 82-84 | |
| Tuymans, Luc. “What the Painters Say” artpress, July-August, pp. 37-46 | |
| Knofel, Ulrike. “Attacke der Kitsch-Rebellen,” Der Spiegel, Nr. 25, June 17, p. 192 | |
| Dagen, Philippe. “Le Peinture en France Malade de la Derision,” Le Monde, June 14 | |
| Landi, Ann. “The Real Thing?” Art News, June 2002, pp. 88 – 91 | |
| Predicatori, Mara. “Supernatural Playground,” Flash Art International, p. 122, April-May | |
| Farronato, Milovan. “Supernatural Playground,” Tema Celeste, p. 107, March-April | |
| Pola, Francesca. “Supernatural Playground,” Segno, March-April, 2002 | |
| Corradini, Mauro. “L’Universo della Grande Mela,” Cultura Bresciana, p.33, March 21 | |
| Corradini, Mauro. “L’Universo della Grande Mela,” Bresciaoggi, March 21, 2002, p. 33 | |
| Farquharson, Alex. “The New Americans,” Art Forum, p. 136, March 2002 | |
| Cunningham, Bill . “Evening Hours,” The New York Times, Section 9, p.5, February 24 | |
| Dunn, Melissa and Charles Gute. “Spotlight Casino 2001,” Flash Art, January-February | |
| Beatrice, Luca. “Spotlight Form Follows Fiction,” Flash Art, January-February | |
| Eichler, Dominic. “Casino 2001,” Frieze, January-February 2002, pp. 97-98 | |
| 2001 | Fanelli, Franco & Francesca Comisso. “Com’e Finto il Post-Uomo,” Vernissage, Numero 21, November 2001, pp. 4-8 |
| Israel, Nico. “A Winning Bet,” Vogue, November 2001, p. 372 | |
| Moliterni, Rocco. “La Forma Segue La Finzione: A Rivoli Le Ricerche Artistiche Degli Ultimi Dieci Anni,” La Stampa, October 19 | |
| Hainley, Bruce. “Brian Calvin,” Artforum, February 2001, pp. 140-141 | |
| Finch, Charlie. “Norman Dubrow Gives it Away,” artnet, February 2, 2001 | |
| 2000 | Kleinfelder, Karen. Art History, December 2000, v23, i5, p. 800 |
| Gingeras, Alison. “Subversion du Kitsch,” artpress, December 2000, pp. 28-36 | |
| Gingeras, Alison. “Kurt Kauper,” artpress, September 2000, pp. 75-76. | |
| Edelson, Sharon. “Creative Types,” W, September 2000, pp. 371-384 | |
| Colman, David. “The Wonderful Wizard of Art,” Harper’s Bazaar, September 2000, p. 536 | |
| Canning, Susan. “You Can’t Always Get What You Want,” Art Papers, July/August 2000, pp. 20-25 | |
| Duncan, Michael. “Blinded by Buzzwords,” Art in America, July 2000, p. 40 | |
| Wei, Lilly. “2000 Biennial Exhibition,” Art News, May 2000, p. 225 | |
| Kimmelman, Michael. “A New Whitney Team Makes Its Biennial Pitch,” The New York Times, March 24, 2000, pp. E31, E33 | |
| Muchnic, Suzanne. “What Difference Two Years Make,” The Los Angeles Times, March 24, 2000, p. F1 | |
| Knight, Christopher. “Not Enough Reasons to Celebrate,” The Los Angeles Times, March 24, 2000, p. F21 | |
| Vogel, Carol. “Inside Art,” The New York Times, March 3, 2000, p. E48 | |
| Cotter, Holland. “With a Nervy Sense of Today,” The New York Times, February 25, 2000, p. E39 | |
| 1999 | Vogel, Carol. “Choosing a Palette of Biennial Artists,” The New York Times, December 8, 1999, pp. E1, E5 |
| Hickey, Dave. “Best of the 90’s,” ARTFORUM, December 1999, p.12 | |
| Duncan, Michael. “L.A. Portraiture: Post-Cool,” Art in America, October 1999, pp. 124-131 | |
| Miller, Alicia. “In Your Face,” Art Papers, July/August 1999, pp. 55-56 | |
| Miles, Christopher. “Kurt Kauper,” ARTFORUM, “May 1999, p.183 | |
| Knight, Christopher. “The Case for Painting,” The Los Angeles Times Sunday Calendar, April 4, 1999, p. 4 | |
| Pagel, David. “These Grand Divas Are Truly Larger Than Life,”The Los Angeles Times, February 26, 1999, p. F26 | |
| 1998 | Rickels, Laurence A. “Phantoms of Opera,” art/text, November 1998-January 1999, pp. 61-66 |
| Pagel, David. “Visual Stimulation in L.A.,” Flash Art, Summer 1998, pp. 116-120 | |
| Cotter, Holland. “Painting From Another Planet,” The New York Times, July 24, 1998, p B39 | |
| Peers, Alexandra. “Object of the Week,” The Wall Street Journal, July 24, 1998, p. W12 | |
| Schjeldahl, Peter. “Ultraloungerie,” The Village Voice, June 23, 1998, p. 153 | |
| Pagel, David. “Aperto Los Angeles,” Flash Art, March-April, 1998, pp. 76-78 | |
| Temin, Christine. “Art Review,” The Boston Globe, February 27, 1998, p. C-1 | |
| Silver, Joanne. “Visual Arts,” The Boston Herald, February 27, 1998, p. S11 | |
| McQuaid, Cate. “ICA Shows Boston as Artist’s State of Mind,” The Boston Globe, February 21, 1998, p. C8 | |
| Alimanestianu-Chao, Irina. “Kurt Kauper: ACME.,” Zing Magazine, Winter 1998, pp. 179-180 | |
| Miles, Chris. “New Faces in Portraiture,” Zing Magazine, Winter 1998, pp. 39 | |
| Cotter, Holland. “Judie Bamber and Kurt Kauper,” New York Times, January 2, 1998, p. E-41 | |
| Bergstein, Gerry. “Art Feature: Kurt Kauper,” AGNI 47, 1998, pp. 111-114 | |
| 1997 | Knight, Christopher. “Best Shows of 1997,” Los Angeles Times Calender, December 21, 1997 |
| Pagel, David. “Kurt Kauper,” Editor’s Choice, Bomb, Fall 1997 | |
| Knight, Christopher. “Kurt Kauper at ACME.,” Art Issues, September/October, 1997, p.36 (cover illustration) | |
| Pagel, David. “A Mixture of Elegance, Androgynous Strength,” The Los Angeles Times, May 9, 1997, p. F16 | |
| Miles, Christopher. “Kurt Kauper at ACME.,” Artweek, July, 1997 | |
| 1996 | Pagel, David. “Art Reviews,” The Los Angeles Times, August 8, 1996. p. F11 |