Addison Gallery exhibition shines light on women abstract artists

Charmion von Wiegand, ‘Untitled (Geometric Abstraction),’ circa 1945, oil on canvas, 12 by 12in, Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass., museum purchase, 2003.40

ANDOVER, Mass. – On view until July 30 at the Addison Gallery of American Art is Women and Abstraction: 1741–Now. It offers a nuanced and expansive history of the development of abstraction in America, going beyond the traditional art-historical narrative of this movement.

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