MoMA The Museum of Modern Art (Venue Partner)
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Willem De Kooning
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Sep 18, 2011 – Jan 9
Daily
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Free with price of admission
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“MoMA kicks off the fall season with a blockbuster exhibition of paintings, sculptures, and works on paper by celebrated abstract expressionist Willem de Kooning. Spanning seven decades, the show occupies the museum's whole sixth floor and features nearly 200 works — ranging from 1920s academic pieces made in Holland prior to his move to America to the artist's sublime, sparse canvases of the late 1980s.”
Paul Laster, Flavorpill
This is the first major museum exhibition devoted to the full scope of the career of Willem de Kooning, widely considered to be among the most important and prolific artists of the 20th century. The exhibition, which will only be seen at MoMA, presents an unparalleled opportunity to study the artist’s development over nearly seven decades, beginning with his early academic works, made in Holland before he moved to the United States in 1926, and concluding with his final, sparely abstract paintings of the late 1980s. Bringing together more than 200 works from public and private collections, the exhibition is the first to occupy the Museum’s entire sixth-floor gallery space, totaling approximately 17,000 square feet.
