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The Largely Unknown Story of Women, Abstract Expressionism, and Texas

Avatar photo by Lauren Moya Ford November 21, 2022November 21, 2022

Three Women Artists: Expanding Abstract Expressionism in the American West uncovers the little-known stories of professional and creative gains in the region, and especially in the Texas Panhandle.

Posted inNews

Lee Bontecou, Artist of Delightfully Uncategorizable Sculptures, Dies at 91

Avatar photo by Jasmine Liu November 9, 2022November 10, 2022

“I just got tired of sculpture as a big thing in the middle of a room,” the artist once said, adding that she “wanted it to go into space.”

Posted inOpinion

The Biggest Lie About Abstract Expressionism

Avatar photo by Max Lunn July 11, 2022July 22, 2022

We were told that women were on the peripheries of the artistic movement, while in fact they were driving it forward, energetically engaging in this radical pictorial language.

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The Life of Clyfford Still, the Most “Irascible” Abstract Expressionist

Avatar photo by Naomi Polonsky March 12, 2020March 12, 2020

The documentary Lifeline recounts Still’s life, career, and legacy — and how they were shaped by his cantankerous temperament.

Posted inArt

The Cosmological Musings of Michael West, an American Abstract Expressionist

Avatar photo by Billie Anania December 3, 2019December 6, 2019

The artist, born Corinne Michelle West, is among the forgotten women of the postwar era, who rarely adhered to one style.

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Grace Hartigan and Helene Herzbrun, Two Unorthodox Abstract Expressionists

Avatar photo by Billie Anania September 20, 2019September 20, 2019

Part of the movement’s second generation, the artists embraced personal sentiment in their references to nature and popular culture, resulting in abstractions that are simultaneously experiential and devotional.

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“The Supreme Gift … Is Scale”: Robert Motherwell’s Monumental Paintings

by W T April 29, 2019April 30, 2019

The first exhibition devoted exclusively to the Abstract Expressionist’s vast, mural-sized works is on view at Paul Kasmin Gallery in New York.

Posted inArt

The Met’s Wrong Turn on Revisionism

by David Carrier January 12, 2019January 10, 2019

When an exhibition is as puzzling as this one, it’s useful to step aside and reflect.

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“We Live in a Nuthouse!”: Zero Mostel on Art, Politics and America

by Karen Schiff August 18, 2018August 17, 2018

Mostel perceives that drip paintings can express the scrambled feeling in your mind when you hear the federal government say that you can survive a nuclear war.

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The Common Threads Between Female Quilters and Abstract Expressionists

Avatar photo by Claire Selvin January 12, 2018January 12, 2018

At one time or other these women’s craft was either considered lowbrow or was measured against the work of male contemporaries.

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How Asian-American Artists Made a Mark on Abstract Expressionism

by Danielle Wu January 9, 2018January 10, 2018

Asian-American artists engaged deeply and creatively with Abstract Expressionism, counter to historical views of the movement as a New York monolith.

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How Freedom Was Aestheticized During the Cold War

by Adela Yawitz December 8, 2017December 9, 2017

The House of World Cultures’ exhibition tells the story of the Congress for Cultural Freedom’s use of an aesthetic of freedom, and contextualizes the lasting legacy of modernism within the geopolitical power struggles of the Cold War.

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