Color Field painting: European roots, New World flavorNEW YORK — Among the most distinctive styles of abstract painting to emerge from New York in the 1940s-1960s was the one dubbed “Color Field.” Its look is definitely rooted in the European modernists but it’s overwhelmingly New World flavored. Wide swaths of color fields — some have firmly defined and geometric borders while others […]
LA’s Broad museum announces major new acquisitionsLOS ANGELES — The Broad today announced major new acquisitions for its collection, including Helter Skelter I, 2007, a massive, mural-scale painting by the Los Angeles-based artist Mark Bradford, and Bradford’s recent work, I heard you got arrested today, 2018. The museum also acquired Longing for Eternity, 2017, by Yayoi Kusama, adding a second of […]