Roxana Robinson’s biography of the artist features letters from a young O’Keeffe to a lover, which offer some unexpected art historical insights.
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How John Deere and Eero Saarinen Inspired Georgia O’Keeffe’s Largest Painting
The Saarinen-designed John Deere headquarters prompted O’Keeffe to create the monumental Sky Above Clouds IV in her Ghost Ranch garage.
A Museum-Quality Art Collection Is a Surprise Find in This Ski Resort
Rare Georgia O’Keeffe lithographs, Gustave Baumann prints, and Edward Curtis photographs line the halls of the Blake at Taos Ski Valley.
How Georgia O’Keeffe’s Themes and Style Have Flowered in Contemporary Art
An exhibition invites you to make your own connections between O’Keeffe and 20 contemporary artists.
Cocktails Inspired by Georgia O’Keeffe’s Iconic Paintings
The North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh has partnered with several local restaurants to create cocktails in honor of the artist for her upcoming exhibition at the museum.
Georgia O’Keeffe’s Visions of Hawai’i Blossom in the Bronx
The New York Botanical Garden has planted a “Hawai’ian Paradise Garden” as part of an exhibition chronicling O’Keeffe’s 1939 trip to Hawai’i to make art for a pineapple company’s advertising campaign.
The Brooklyn Museum Looks at Georgia O’Keeffe’s Style
Opening March 3, the exhibition Georgia O’Keeffe: Living Modern examines how the artist expressed her persona through fashion and photography.
American Artists’ Fraught Responses to the First World War
From critical to patriotic and everything in between, a vast exhibition at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts displays the full range of US artists’ reactions to World War I.
At Tate Modern, an Attempt to Free Georgia O’Keeffe’s Art from an Erotic Interpretation
LONDON — The opening of Tate Modern on London’s South Bank in 2000 changed the landscape of contemporary art in Britain.
The Formation of Georgia O’Keeffe
In 1916, Georgia O’Keeffe landed a job teaching art at West Texas State Normal College (now West Texas A&M) and moved to a town called Canyon.
Georgia on My Mind
O’Keeffe was different: she lived far away in a sun-baked universe. She was mysterious. She’d been married to Alfred Stieglitz and had maintained her identity and independence. She painted bones.