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Articles

Robert Motherwell

Robert Motherwell (detail), Beside the Sea, No.3

Opinion

> 4 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.
A Robert Motherwell dinner party, August 1964

RA Exhibitions

> 4 years ago

“Rothko’s studio matched his mood”

Delving into his own memories of New York’s Abstract Expressionist scene, Paul Huxley RA recounts dinner parties and road trips with the likes of Lee Krasner, Mark Rothko, Robert Motherwell and Helen Frankenthaler.