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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Thursday
October 16
2008

6:30 pm

Screening
Leonard Bernstein: Reaching for the Note

The Jewish Museum joins Carnegie Hall and the New York Philharmonic in their presentation of Bernstein: The Best of All Possible Worlds. more

Free with Museum Admission

Thursday
October 23
2008

7:30 pm

Concert
Leonard Bernstein: A Jewish Legacy

An evening of Bernstein’s mostly unknown songs, choral, and piano pieces on Jewish themes, interspersed with archival photos, sheds new light on his works. more

General: $15; Students/Over 65: $12;
JM Members: $10

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