Mary Abbott: The Living Possibility of Paint

May 1 – JULY 25, 2021 

Throughout her long career--she died in 2019 at age 98-- Mary Abbott pursued a sensuous approach to abstraction, exploring paint's "living possibility." An active member of the abstract expressionist cohort, with studios in New York City and Southampton, she also traveled widely and was influenced by the vibrant tropical environment of Haiti and the Virgin Islands. This exhibition, with loans from the McCormick Gallery in Chicago and the  Mougins Museum of Classical Art , focuses on her paintings of the 1950s, when her gestural canvases and works on paper abound with spontaneous expression. 

Mary Abbott in her studio, ca. 1950  

Picasso in Pollock 

JULY 29 - October 31, 2021 

From the late 1930s through the end of his career, Pollock responded to many aspects of Picasso's oeuvre. The exhibition, a hybrid of actual works and facsimiles, will trace those influences in key examples, including the Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center's Pollock painting, Composition with Red Arc and Horses, ca. 1938, which contains a motif adapted from Picasso's 1937 mural, Guernica. An online catalog with an essay by the distinguished scholar Pepe Karmel and a 3D tour hosted by Artland will supplement the exhibition, which is supported by funds from the Singer Foundation.