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 ...

In 1952, Helen Frankenthaler (1928–2011) transformed abstract art with her first soak-stained painting, Mountains and Sea, which she made by pouring and brushing thinned out oil paint over raw canvas ...

Are you familiar with Jackson Pollock’s drip paintings? Probably. How about Helen Frankenthaler’s poured paintings? Possibly - but it’s less likely. If not, though, you’re in for a treat.

Since she created a bridge between Abstract Expressionism (specifically Pollock, with his drip technique) and later Color Field painting with her innovative staining method with thinned, poured paint, ...

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 ...

It’s been a lovely summer for fans of Helen Frankenthaler. Since May, the American artist’s work has been seen in Venice (at the Biennale) and in Rome (at the Gagosian), with another show, Abstract ...

The Museum of Modern Art announces an installation, Helen Frankenthaler: A Grand Sweep, from November 18, 2025 - February 8, 2026. Describing her painting Chairman of the Board (1971), Helen ...