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Tuesday, April 27th, 2010

William Perehudoff

Canada’s most senior abstract painter, William Perehudoff, is celebrated in a solo showing at Calgary’s Newzones gallery through June 12, 2010. Works spanning five decades prove the Saskatchewan-born artists talent for form and color. Newzones, 730 ELEVENTH AVENUE SOUTHWEST CALGARY,…

Joaquin Torres-Garcia: Constructing Abstracts with Wood

Organized by the Menil Collection, Joaquin Torres-Garcia: Constructing Abstraction with Wood includes 40 works of art from the 1920s through 1940s. The pioneering artist has emerged as one of the leading figures in Latin American art. Renowned as a painter…

Constructive Spirit at Newark Museum

Bringing together works of North and South American geometric abstraction for the first time, Constructive Spirit opens at the Newark Museum on February 17, 2010. Examined throughout the exhibition are the connections between abstract artists, both conceptual and personal, which…

Mark Rothko: The Seagram Murals

In 1988, when the Tate Liverpool opened its doors, the museum did so with a display of Rothko’s The Seagram Murals. Just over 20 years later the series returns, displayed throughout the ground floor in a fully immersive environment of…

Kandinsky

The Guggenheim opens a new retrospective exhibition highlighting the centrality of Kandinsky’s work to the history of the institution. Solomon Guggenheim began collecting Kandinsky’s paintings in 1929, and soon the work would become the backbone of a decision to start…

Abstract America: New Paintings and Sculpture

Now on view at London’s influential Saatchi Gallery, Abstract America gathers together a grouping of artists working in paint and sculpture to explore new notions of abstraction. Included is Mark Bradford, who uses collage and paint in combination to fuse…

Abstract Expressionism: Further Evidence (Part One: Painting)

Abstract Expressionism: Further Evidence presents the work of 20 artists well known for their explorations in abstract expressionism. The scope of the “ism” is well established, and pushed through the work of these painters. Among those shown are Beauford Delaney,…

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abstraction

Tuesday, April 27th, 2010

William Perehudoff

Friday, February 19th, 2010

Joaquin Torres-Garcia: Constructing Abstracts with Wood

Thursday, February 4th, 2010

Constructive Spirit at Newark Museum

Friday, October 9th, 2009

Mark Rothko: The Seagram Murals

Friday, September 18th, 2009

Kandinsky

Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009

Abstract America: New Paintings and Sculpture

Friday, May 29th, 2009

Abstract Expressionism: Further Evidence (Part One: Painting)