The New Criterion

The women of Abstract Expressionism

On Ninth Street Women: Five Painters and the Movement that Changed Modern Art, by Mary Gabriel. Jackson Pollock was dead. Drunk, as usual, he’d overturned his Oldsmobile in the summer of 1956, ...
Hyperallergic

Sexism and the Canon: Three Female Artists Reflect on 'Women of Abstract Expressionism'

DENVER — The paintings in Women of Abstract Expressionism at the Denver Art Museum are rich with emotion, monumental in scale, and totally original. Trine Bumiller: At Rhode Island School of Design I ...
The Topeka Capital-Journal

Women of abstract expressionism shake up new art exhibit at Mulvane Art Museum

Abstract expressionism is coming to Washburn University. Mulvane Art Museum has opened a new exhibit: "Women of Abstract Expressionism." The exhibition contains paintings and drawings curated from the ...
Hyperallergic

Reader’s Diary: ‘Women of Abstract Expressionism’

I won’t be getting to Denver to see the exhibition Women of Abstract Expressionism, curated by Gwen F. Chanzit, and chances are I won’t be getting to Charlotte or Palm Springs to see its subsequent ...
Artnet

‘They Were Radical In the Best Sense of the Word’: Setareh Gallery Spotlights the Women of Abstract Expressionism

The hyper-masculine post-war mythology that’s often tied to Abstract Expressionism has long been recognized as a problematic historical narrative because it elides many of the movement’s equally ...
Newsday

Southampton Arts Center spotlights 'Heroines of the Abstract Expressionist Era'

In one of art history's least beloved anecdotes, Lee Krasner, the pioneering painter, East Hampton resident and wife of Jackson Pollock, recounted to an interviewer that her teacher, artist Hans ...
Colorado Public Radio

A ‘Treasure Hunt’ Led To ‘Women Of Abstract Expressionism’ Exhibit

This story first aired on August 4, 2016. Men receive much of the attention in abstract expressionism, a movement from the 1940s and 50s known for large, bold paintings, and for big names like Jackson ...
Forbes

Fenimore Art Museum In Cooperstown, New York Shines Spotlight On Women Of Abstract Expressionism

You know Cooperstown, New York, as the home of Babe Ruth, Willie Mays, Johnny Bench and the greats of baseball history who take up residence at the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Joining them in this ...
Artnet

A Sparkling New Exhibition in New York Surveys the Overlooked Women of Abstract Expressionism

Since the 2018 publication of Ninth Street Women, Mary Gabriel’s widely praised account of the women of the Abstract Expressionist movement, a number of museums and galleries have turned their ...
Christian Science Monitor

'Ninth Street Women' focuses on forgotten stars of Abstract Expressionism

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...
The Santa Fe New Mexican

Women on the verge of Abstract Expressionism

The names of the women pioneers of Abstract Expressionism were often eclipsed by those of the men. Only in recent years has the work of artists like Joan Mitchell, Elaine de Kooning, and Lee Krasner ...