50 Years of Women’s Lithographs from Tamarind Exhibited by the National Museum of Women in the Arts

WASHINGTON, D.C.- Pressing Ideas: Fifty Years of Women’s Lithographs from Tamarind brings together extraordinary works of art by women who, over the past 50 years, have helped re-energize and re-organize the artistic medium of lithography. Featuring 75 original prints by 42 artists, Pressing Ideas celebrates the diversity, innovation and collaborative nature of lithography. The exhibition is on view at the National Museum of Women in the Arts June 17, 2011, through October 2, 2011. The Tamarind Institute, founded by artist June [...]

Hedda Sterne, America’s Last Original Abstract Expressionist and Sole Woman in the Group, Dies

NEW YORK, NY.- Clara Diament Sujo and collaborators at CDS Gallery announced that the artist HEDDA STERNE passed away yesterday at the age of 100. Up to the last minutes of her long and illustrative life, she was lucid about her work and felt rewarded by the recent acquisition of her painting by The Tate Modern in London. Notable for being the sole woman included in the famous 1951 Life Magazine photograph of The Irascibles by Nina Leen [see attached], [...]

Works on Paper by Helen Frankenthaler on View at Ameringer/McEnery/Yohe

NEW YORK, NY.- Ameringer/McEnery/Yohe is presenting an exhibition of paintings and works on paper by Helen Frankenthaler (b. 1928). “Helen Frankenthaler” will remain on view through January 23, 2010. This marks the fourth exhibition of the artist’s work at Ameringer/McEnery/Yohe. Helen Frankenthaler is one of the country’s most distinguished living artists. Born in New York City in 1928, Frankenthaler attended the Dalton School where she studied under Rufino Tamayo and later graduated from Bennington College in Vermont. Upon returning to [...]