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How New York became the birthplace of abstract expressionism

This film explores post-war New York and the rise of Abstract Expressionism, revealing how a generation of artists reshaped ...
Hyperallergic

Finally, an Exhibition Devoted to the Women of Abstract Expressionism

The paradigm of the “overlooked female artist” is both a cliché and a truth. We all know the art market is unceasingly hungry, and previously sidelined women artists are the perfect food. But that ...
Hyperallergic

A Women’s History of Global Abstraction

LONDON — In 2016–17, the Royal Academy mounted a blockbuster Abstract Expressionism show featuring many of the heavy hitters long recognized by art history: Pollock, Rothko, Still, de Kooning, etc.
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Menil Collection Returns Janet Sobel To Prominence Among Abstract Expressionist Peers

Abstract Expressionism is one of art history’s most well-worn stories. After the Renaissance and Impressionism, maybe the most well-worn. Jackson Pollock. Willem and Elaine de Kooning. Lee Krasner.
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I. An Introduction to Abstract Expressionism

Students will learn about several Abstract Expressionists and identify the ways in which they use color, line and form to express themselves. Objectives: Students will be able to understand the ...
New York Magazine

The Old Is New Again

Abstract Expressionist New York: The Big Picture,” which is currently occupying MoMA’s fourth floor, is composed entirely of art drawn from the museum’s colossal permanent collection (much of which ...
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Priest and abstract-expressionist painter Bill Moore dies

FILE - This Oct. 29, 2009 file photo shows Father Bill Moore with one of his pieces of art in his studio at the Pomona Arts Colony in Pomona, Calif. Father Bill Moore, a Catholic priest and prominent ...