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Henry Martin is author of Agnes Martin: Pioneer, Painter, Icon (Schaffer Press, 2018), Yappo (Company Cod, 2017), and contributor to Great Women Artists (Phaidon, 2019). He is narrator of the documentary Agnes Martin Before the Grid (2016), author of numerous plays, and has previously written for the Irish Times, Hyperallergic, and Journal of Illustration.

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A New Book on Agnes Martin Reveals Her Previously Unknown Philanthropy

by Henry Martin October 19, 2018October 18, 2018

After making millions off her paintings, abstract expressionist Agnes Martin became a secret and substantial benefactor to a range of causes in New Mexico. Here, photographs of the late artist’s philanthropic projects are made public for the first time.

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