"Art," the three-character comedy about longtime friends bickering over a Minimalist painting, was a surprise winner for best new play.

Striped bass is the most impressive entree, a dish that looks like a Minimalist painting, all whites and yellows.

The resulting diptychs and triptychs recall Minimalist painting more than they resemble photographs.

The images almost read as solidly painted fields like the surfaces of Minimalist paintings.

Her Minimalist paintings used simple lines to explore the optical effects of color.

But as this show proves, Minimalist photography, like Minimalist painting, can be paradoxically rich, too.

This show places before the viewer nearly 40 Minimalist or proto-Minimalist paintings from the 1950's, 60's and 70's, most of them from the museum's collection.

I mean, how can you write four pages about a Minimalist painting?

This is the first New York solo show since 1983 for an artist known for sleek Minimalist painting.

They also owe a debt to Minimalist painting, which arose in the 1950's and early 60's, slightly before musical Minimalism.