"Abstract expressionism is the most important art movement since the Second World War. Because the images created by such leading figures as Jackson Pollock, Clyfford Still, Willem de Kooning and Mark Rothko were so extraordinary, it is often thought to have been a revolution in painting only, but its radical spirit extended further, encompassing the sculpture of David Smith and Aaron Siskind's photography. Along with the other key figures such as...

"The Colorful Apocalypse is a chronicle, providing an unparalleled look into the lives and visionary works of some of the Reverend Howard Finster's contemporaries : the self-taught evangelical artists whose beliefs and oeuvres occupy the gray area between madness and Christian ecstasy." "Greg Bottoms weaves a true narrative as powerful as the art of its subjects, a work that is a travelogue, a series of revealing biographical portraits, and a profound...

At the height of the Cold War, the U.S. government is determined to fight Communism with culture. The Venice Biennale, the world₂s most influential art exhibition, becomes a proving ground in 1964. Alice Denney, Washington insider and friend of the Kennedys, recommends Alan Solomon, an ambitious curator making waves with trailblazing art, to organize the U.S. entry. Together with Leo Castelli, a powerful New York art dealer, they embark on a daring...

A look at the famed Ferus Gallery, which turned the Los Angeles art scene into a place for brilliant artists to show their work, as well as serve as a place where New York artists such as Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein could launch their projects.

"Peaking in the 1960s, Pop Art began as a revolt against mainstream approaches to art and culture and evolved into a wholesale interrogation of modern society, consumer culture, and the role of the artist and artwork. Pop artists primary provocation was to defy ideas of the artistic canon or 'originality' by integrating mass market imagery into their works. Whether advertising slogans, famed Hollywood faces, comic strip style characters, or the packaging...

Drawn from MoMA's collection, American Modern takes a fresh look at the Museum's holdings of American art made between 1915 and 1950, and considers the cultural preoccupations of a rapidly changing American society in the first half of the 20th century. Including paintings, drawings, prints, photographs, and sculptures, American Modern brings together some of the Museum's most celebrated masterworks, contextualizing them across mediums and amid lesser-seen...