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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Sunday
October 19

2008
11:00 am Curator’s Choice Lecture & Brunch
The Dead Sea Scrolls with curator Susan Braunstein
For members at the Friend ($150 level) and above.

Reservations required.
Please call 212-423.3268 to register.

Thursday
November 06

2008
11:00 am Member Viewing and Reception
Chagall and the Artists of the Russian Jewish Theater, 1919-1949
Limited occupancy in galleries. Please honor the date listed. The Museum will be open from 11:00 am - 8:45 pm. Invitation or membership card must be presented at the door.

Advance registration not required.
Free to all Jewish Museum members.





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