A fresh look at the painting and sculpture that transformed the art world in the years after World War II. Action/Abstraction: Pollock, de Kooning, and American Art, 1940-1976 features over fifty key works of postwar art, revealing the cultural and intellectual framework of Abstract Expressionism, the movements that followed it, and popular culture's fascination with the art and artists of the period.

On view May 4 - September 21, 2008 | More about the exhibition
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	Willem de Kooning (1904-1997) Gotham News, 1955 Oil on canvas 69 x 79 in. (175.3 x 200.7 cm) Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, N.Y., Gift of Seymour H. Knox, Jr., 1955 (K1955.6) © 2008 The Willem de Kooning Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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Tuesday
October 28
2008

4:00 pm

Educator Workshop
Archaeology and the Dead Sea Scrolls

Participants will explore strategies for teaching the development of complex societies through the use of artifacts as primary source material. The discussion will also focus on the excitement students experience when taking part in an archaeological dig. more

Program Fee: $10
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Thursday
January 22
2009

4:00 pm

Educator Workshop
Chagall and the Artists of the Russian Jewish Theater

Following a lecture and a tour of this special exhibition, educators will examine connections to school curricula. more

Program Fee: $10
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