Preview the Exhibition

Painting of two Mexican women set against dense tropical foliage
Frida Kahlo, Dos Mujeres (Salvadora y Herminia), 1928

Oil on canvas. Charles H. Bayley Picture and Paintings Fund, William Francis Warden Fund, Sophie M. Friedman Fund, Ernest Wadsworth Longfellow Fund, Tompkins Collection—Arthur Gordon Tompkins Fund, Gift of Jessie H. Wilkinson—Jessie H. Wilkinson Fund, and Robert M. Rosenberg Fund.

Deer's skull with pedernal against mountainscape
Georgia O’Keeffe, Deer’s Skull with Pedernal, 1936

Oil on canvas. Gift of the William H. Lane Foundation. © Georgia O’Keeffe Museum / Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York.

Portrait of 20th century American art museum director

Oil on canvas. Gift of Perry T. Rathbone. © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn.

Max Beckmann, Perry T. Rathbone, 1948

Oil on canvas. Gift of Perry T. Rathbone. © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn.

Dense layers of interwoven color brushed, dripped, and flung onto canvas
Jackson Pollock, Number 10, 1949 (detail), 1949

Alkyd (synthetic paint) and oil on canvas mounted on panel. Tompkins Collection—Arthur Gordon Tompkins Fund and Sophie M. Friedman Fund. © 2011 Pollock-Krasner Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

Colorful abstract expressionist painting
Hans Hofmann, Swamp Series II - Autumnal Glory, 1957

Oil on canvas. An MFA Honorary Trustee and Her Spouse. With permission of the Renate, Hans & Maria Hofmann Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

Painting of two Mexican women set against dense tropical foliage
Frida Kahlo, Dos Mujeres (Salvadora y Herminia), 1928

Oil on canvas. Charles H. Bayley Picture and Paintings Fund, William Francis Warden Fund, Sophie M. Friedman Fund, Ernest Wadsworth Longfellow Fund, Tompkins Collection—Arthur Gordon Tompkins Fund, Gift of Jessie H. Wilkinson—Jessie H. Wilkinson Fund, and Robert M. Rosenberg Fund.

Deer's skull with pedernal against mountainscape
Georgia O’Keeffe, Deer’s Skull with Pedernal, 1936

Oil on canvas. Gift of the William H. Lane Foundation. © Georgia O’Keeffe Museum / Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York.

Portrait of 20th century American art museum director

Oil on canvas. Gift of Perry T. Rathbone. © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn.

Max Beckmann, Perry T. Rathbone, 1948

Oil on canvas. Gift of Perry T. Rathbone. © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn.

Dense layers of interwoven color brushed, dripped, and flung onto canvas
Jackson Pollock, Number 10, 1949 (detail), 1949

Alkyd (synthetic paint) and oil on canvas mounted on panel. Tompkins Collection—Arthur Gordon Tompkins Fund and Sophie M. Friedman Fund. © 2011 Pollock-Krasner Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

Colorful abstract expressionist painting
Hans Hofmann, Swamp Series II - Autumnal Glory, 1957

Oil on canvas. An MFA Honorary Trustee and Her Spouse. With permission of the Renate, Hans & Maria Hofmann Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.