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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The New York Jewish Film Festival celebrated its 17th season in January 2008. A total of 32 shorts, dramas, and documentaries from Germany, Hungary, France, Argentina, Russia, the US, Mexico, Canada, Israel, the United Kingdom, and Austria added up to an exhilarating worldwide journey. To mark the 60th anniversary of the founding of the State of Israel, the festival showcased ten new Israeli films. Additionally, a festival-within-the-festival presented four masterpieces by the late Austrian stage, television, and film director Axel Corti.

Numerous festival presentations have gone on to theatrical release or have been shown on television. Recent examples include News from Home/News from House, Only Human, La Petite Jerusalem, A Cantor's Tale, Lost Embrace, Nina’s Tragedies, and Watermarks.

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