WATERVILLE, Maine — What to make of Alex Katz, the great misfit painter lost between the various houses of American art lo these past seven-plus decades? Very soon, the world can decide for itself.

The idea might pertain to the contemporary painter Alex Katz, who for nearly eight decades has centered his work around a small coterie of friends and family, but who has long enjoyed widespread ...

LINCOLNVILLE, Maine — Alex Katz’s paintings are all about pleasure, but not so fast: Those pleasures are far from simple, the breezy, elegant sophistication of his smooth surfaces simmering ...