Helen sat on the steps of the Prado, smoking a cigarette in the blazing heat of midafternoon while the museum was closed for siesta. By then she had been in the darkened galleries for five hours, ...

Helen Frankenthaler is best known for her soak-stain paintings—raw canvases saturated with washes of paint that helped birth the color-field movement. But a cache of late paintings and works on paper ...

Walking into the Nasher’s latest exhibition is like walking into a printmaking studio in the throes of production. In the foyer, you’re immediately met with three large black-and-white vinyl photos of ...

Helen Frankenthaler passed away at her home in Darien, Connecticut, yesterday. She was one of the most influential artists of her time, a second-generation Abstract Expressionist who developed a ...

One of the most significant figures in the development of American abstraction, Helen Frankenthaler (American, 1928–2011) i is best known for her monumental and boldly gestural canvases awash in ...

At 79, German collector Reinhard Ernst isn’t finished chasing his dreams—and seeing them through. Having built his wealth with companies dedicated to manufacturing high-precision gears technology in ...

The University of New Mexico Art Museum is a recipient of the 2023 Frankenthaler Prints Initiative. As one of 10 university art museums selected, the UNM Art Museum will receive a group of Helen ...