Ben Heller

Ben Heller

Ben Heller's storied Central Park West apartment was visited by thousands each year. Among his most important holdings was Jackson Pollock's monumental Blue Poles, which was hung on its own wall.

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Banksy Screen Print Becomes NFT, Ben Heller’s Influential Collecting, and More: Morning Links from March 4, 2021

Here's what we're reading this morning.

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The Editors of ARTnews
Mar 4, 2021 9:28 am

Jackson Pollock paintings are returned to Ben Heller's Central Park West apartment in New York in April 1959.

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Ben Heller, Pioneering Collector of Abstract Expressionism: ‘There’s Nobody Else in That League’

He was close friends with artists Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, and Barnett Newman.

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Maximilíano Durón
Mar 3, 2021 11:00 am

Installation view of 'Collection Mr. and Mrs. Ben Heller,' 1961, at Art Institute of Chicago, organized by Museum of Modern Art, New York.

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Slideshow: Ben Heller’s Collection Travels the Country

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Maximilíano Durón
Mar 3, 2021 10:59 am

installation shot of Clyfford Still's 1979 exhibition at the Met, showing several colorful abstract paintings and a woman sitting on a bench

Features

Art, Money & Law: Notes on the Clyfford Still Estate

During his lifetime, Still frequently expressed his deep desire that his work be seen and experienced solely on its own terms.

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Ben Heller
Mar 3, 2021 10:57 am

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