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He anticipated performance art, inspired Gutai, and motivated Europe's response to Abstract Expressionism—but Georges Mathieu has mostly faded from view.
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Joan Mitchell’s Resplendent Paintings: How the Abstract Expressionist Resolved the Unresolvable
A traveling retrospective opens at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art this week.
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Helen Frankenthaler’s Liberated Abstractions Charted a New Path for Painting
She was one of the few women involved in the Abstract Expressionist movement.
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Jackson Pollock’s Largest Painting Is Touring the World, and Its Mysteries Are Coming to Light
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“Painters of the East End” Explored How the Beaches of Long Island Influenced Abstract Expressionism
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