Any painting created nearly 80 years ago would most certainly have something of a storied past. But the history of Mark Rothko’s Untitled (Yellow, Orange, Yellow, Light Orange), painted in 1955, is ...

Abstract Expressionism is a non-representational way of making art, concerning less to reveal the subject but the manifestation of the painting act. Painting gestures or the capacity of the medium — ...

A representation of a woman thought to be Sappho, an archaic Greek poet from the island of Lesbos. (Courtesy of A&E Television Networks) When you examine a typical stanza of poetry or admire the ...

A new documentary on Mark Rothko, one of the most influential artists of the 20th century, will debut tonight on PBS’ American Masters. His signature style helped define Abstract Expressionism, the ...

Some say there were just two rules governing the Club, a group of leading Abstract Expressionists in mid-century New York City. One was technical: Any two founding members could block a new applicant ...

The Art Detective is a weekly column by Katya Kazakina for Artnet News Pro that lifts the curtain on what’s really going on in the art market. As Frieze London greeted well-heeled VIPs in Regent’s ...

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 ...

NEW YORK — In 1949, the avant-garde American sculptor Philip Pavia declared, "The first half of the century belonged to Paris. The next half century will be ours." He was referring to a loose ...

Hope springs from the lavish layers of quick, thick, colorful oil brushstrokes, circles embodying a deep regard for eternal life that’s interconnected with a passion for Native American culture and an ...

Abstract Expressionism is a storied movement continually re-told at blockbuster museums: We think we know it so well. The story, however, is still wrong. There are no women in it. The most recent show ...

Returning from Spain, where he had gone in January to monitor the transfer of the Rothko to the Guggenheim and its hanging there, Sheldon director and chief curator Wally Mason was listening to jazz ...

David Anfam during a preview of the exhibition Jackson Pollock's Mural: Energy Made Visible at the Deutsche Bank KunstHalle on November 24, 2015 in Berlin, Germany (photo by Adam Berry/Getty Images) ...