Tag Archives: Abstract Expressionism

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Reviews

Driven to Abstraction?

By Posted 11/03/11

Willem de Kooning at the Museum of Modern Art Read More

Excavation, 1950, from the MoMA exhibition. Credit: ©2011 THE WILLEM DE KOONING FOUNDATION/ARTISTS RIGHTS SOCIETY (ARS), NEW YORK/ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO, MR. AND MRS. FRANK G. LOGAN PURCHASE PRIZE FUND, RESTRICTED GIFTS OF EDGAR J. KAUFMANN, JR., AND MR. AND MRS. NOAH GOLDOWSKY, JR
Features

Shaping de Kooning’s Legacy

By Posted 09/08/11

Behind the scenes of the artist’s long-awaited retrospective at MoMA are not only curators but also dealers, lawyers, collectors, and heirs. Read More

Mira Hecht, Sensation, 2010, oil on panel, 39 ½" x 36". Ralls Collection.
Reviews

A Distinctive Niche

By Posted 08/16/11

’20 Years, 20 Artists’ at the Ralls Collection, Washington, D.C., up through August 27. Read More

Untitled, 2009, a haunting work in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. COURTESY GREENE NAFTALI GALLERY, NEW YORK
Profiles

A Minimalist Maximalist

By Posted 08/15/11

In large abstract paintings, Jacqueline Humphries puts a contemporary spin on the AbEx and Minimalist tradition. Read More

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Top Ten ARTnews Stories: A Modernist Manifesto

By Posted 11/01/07

In "The Liberating Quality of Avant-Garde Art," Meyer Schapiro explained why abstraction in painting and sculpture was so revolutionary. Three decades later, he finally consented to sit for a lengthy profile. Read More

Looking at Art

A Giant Zip for Mankind

By Posted 03/01/02

When Barnett Newman painted The Wild in 1950, he challenged current standards not only of how a painting could look but of what a painting could be. Read More