A New Rothko Exhibit at...

The Chrysler Museum of Art in Norfolk, Virginia has announced an exhibition entitled Mark Rothko: Perceptions of Being. The exhibition is scheduled from Sept. 28 until Jan. 8, 2012. Featured in the exhibit is the Chrysler’s own No. 5 (Untitled), 1949 along with five additional paintings...

Newly Discovered Works ...

Nearly 100 newly discovered early works from Ad Reinhardt are being shown for the first time. Ad Reinhardt: Works from 1935-1945 is being exhibited at the Pace Gallery in New York from Sept. 15th through Oct. 15th, 2011. A cache of nearly one hundred of the artists oil’s, gouaches,...

Major de Kooning Retros...

The Museum of Modern Art in New York has just opened the first major exhibition focused on the entire output of Willem de Kooning’s career. This major retrospective will be open to the public from September 18, 2011, until January 9, 2012. This exhibition provides us with a once in a...

Pop Art Icon Richard Ha...

The Gagosian Gallery announced that Pop Art pioneer Richard Hamilton passed away early Tuesday at the age of 89. As of this writing, the cause of death is still unknown. Hamilton was a pioneering art figure and is accredited as the “Father of Pop Art,” a movement noted for its...

Non Visible Artwork Sel...

For those of you who thought that abstract art could not get any more abstract, it appears as though actor James Franco has come along to take minimalism or conceptual art to a whole new level. Franco has recently become involved in a project entitled MONA, or the Museum of Non-Visible...

Was Jackson Pollock a P...

Jackson Pollock created his unique style of drips and splashes by dipping a stick or his brush into a can of paint and allowing it stream onto his canvas. Controversial in there day, his iconic work appear to be the embodiment of pure creative energy. Some would argue that Jackson Pollock...