Arshile Gorky

A Hodgepodge: pearled and pointed flats, Consuelo Kanaga's photography archive, Dorothea Tanning, and a green still life that shook the art…

A mixture of things to pine for, to be interested in!

May 12 • Kelsey Rose

Painted murals as Arshile Gorky's American "naturalization papers"—and how the walls went missing

❥ Absolument's Dictionary of Modern Art - Spending springtime learning about modern artists and art movements, together.

Feb 20

Absolument's Dictionary of Modern Art!

❥ Spending springtime learning about modern artists and art movements—together.

Feb 5 • Kelsey Rose

An art history lesson from painter Joan Mitchell

The Abstract Expressionist on living and painting in New York City and Paris.

Nov 19, 2025 • Kelsey Rose

Are lost paintings right under our noses?

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner and Arshile Gorky concealed paintings under other paintings. Conservators found them decades later.

Nov 12, 2025 • Kelsey Rose

I have a crush on Abstract Expressionist artist Arshile Gorky.

The modern painter who I would have been following around with puppy-dog eyes in the 1930s.

Feb 13, 2025 • Kelsey Rose

Elaine de Kooning Paints a Picture

The selected writings of a cherished Abstract Expressionist painter made a firm mark on the history of art. Sharing excerpts from The Spirit of Abstract…

Jan 24, 2025 • Kelsey Rose

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