The opening of the Clyfford Still Museum last month has prompted a resurgence of interest in early abstraction in Colorado, from the 1940s to the 1970s. In the beginning, Still was way ahead of even ...

In the aftermath of World War II, abstract expressionism burst onto the art scene as a defiant rejection of traditional forms and conventions. Artists like Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning ...

Art historians love to resurrect under-appreciated artists, especially when the shroud of racial bias is lifted. Over the past few years, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts has assumed an ...

When it comes to Abstract Expressionism, formal qualities such as brushwork, color relationships, and composition take precedence over representation. Gesture itself — which can encompass the sweep or ...

Walking among the 100 works in "The Big Picture," the sprawling main event of "Abstract Expressionist New York"—the Museum of Modern Art's three-part, three-floored, in-house retrospective of more ...

In post-World War II New York, abstract expressionism, sometimes called the New York School, emerged, led by male artists like Jackson Pollock, who made the cover of Time magazine in 1956. But "the ...

Turning 25 this year, Tate Modern in London has much to celebrate, but no birthday is complete without a few presents. Today, the museum announced that it has been given a monumental triptych by the ...

Artistic styles exist only in retrospect. While many of their defining characteristics are formulated in manifestos by pioneering artists, a style can’t be fully understood until it has become a thing ...

Early paintings by Robert Motherwell hang at the Museum of Modern Art's exhibit, 'Abstract Expressionist New York." (Carolina Miranda/WNYC) 'Shinnecock Canal,' 1957, by Grace Hartigan -- one of the ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... “Women of Abstract Expressionism” is a major event for the Denver Art Museum: A single exhibit that attempts to influence the way we think about art history ...