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Articles

Barnett Newman

Illustration by Bobby Evans

RA Exhibitions

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“We didn’t think it was a movement” – meet the 1940s critics of Abstract Expressionism

Seeking advice as she co-curated our Abstract Expressionism exhibition, Edith Devaney went to New York to meet Dore Ashton and Irving Sandler – two commentators who championed the likes of Mark Rothko and Willem de Kooning, and entertained them in their kitchens.
Robert Motherwell (detail), Beside the Sea, No.3

Opinion

5 years ago

The art of contemplation: mindfulness in galleries

Mindfulness techniques can aid an authentic encounter with an artwork, especially those of the Abstract Expressionists, suggests Gill Crabbe.