The big review: Edward Hopper at the Fondation Beyeler
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The big review: Edward Hopper at the Fondation Beyeler
The Basel exhibition on the painter's landscapes takes a fresh look at the American icon
Barbican show in London aims to raise Lee Krasner’s profile
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Barbican show in London aims to raise Lee Krasner’s profile
Exhibition continues the re-evaluation of the Abstract Expressionist who spent too long in the shadow of husband Jackson Pollock
Jackson Pollock's art gets lost in academic theory in new book
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Jackson Pollock's art gets lost in academic theory in new book
This scholarly overview of the artist’s work is modishly opaque
What debt does mid-century American abstract painting owe to Monet?
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What debt does mid-century American abstract painting owe to Monet?
Exhibition in Paris attempts to draw connections between the Impressionist and Pollock, Rothko and friends—with mixed results
The human spirit and condition without tears: David Anfam on the Rothko family
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The human spirit and condition without tears: David Anfam on the Rothko family
Mark Rothko’s son reflects on his father’s art
Books: Kirk Varnedoe’s Mellon lectures prove to be a fitting swansong for the famous MoMA curator
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Books: Kirk Varnedoe’s Mellon lectures prove to be a fitting swansong for the famous MoMA curator
Given three months before his death, these last lectures are now in print
Books: Less opportunism and more rigour in study of Rothko, please
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Books: Less opportunism and more rigour in study of Rothko, please
The 10 essays of Seeing Rothko are distinctly varied in quality
Books: Mark Rothko himself provides an important piece of the Ab Ex jigsaw puzzle
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Books: Mark Rothko himself provides an important piece of the Ab Ex jigsaw puzzle
Rothko’s meditation on how to reconcile physical experience with ideas
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Provenance: the Trojan horse that can make or break a work of art
The who, where and when of ownership can lead on to scholarly, ethical, legal and existential issues
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