Helen Frankenthaler Foundation

The Foundation is putting the final touches on our summer newsletter which will feature notable announcements on forthcoming exhibitions, publications, and events. To subscribe to our newsletter, please send your email address to info@frankenthalerfoundation.org. Helen Frankenthaler in her Third Avenue studio with "Alassio" (1960, in progress), New York, 1960. Courtesy Helen Frankenthaler Foundation Archives, New York. Photograph by Walter Silver © The New York Public Library / Art Resource, NY. Artwork © 2024 Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, Inc. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY. #HelenFrankenthaler #HelenFrankenthalerFoundation

The Helen Frankenthaler Foundation is pleased to announce the opening of “Helen Frankenthaler: Prints 1977–2004,” at STPI Creative Workshop & Gallery (@stpi_gallery ), Singapore, June 29th – August 25th, 2024. The exhibition introduces close to 40 of her print works from the National Collection of Singapore and the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, New York – one of the largest to be shown in Singapore and with a spotlight on her woodcuts. In a rare opportunity to encounter these outstanding works up close, this special exhibition will explore Frankenthaler’s influential and collaborative partnership with American master printer Kenneth Tyler, who would later become a significant figure in the establishment of STPI. Helen Frankenthaler, "Gateway", 1982–88 © 2024 Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, Inc./Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/Tyler Graphics Ltd., Mount Kisco, New York

The Foundation recently welcomed students from our internship consortium partners the Studio Institute (@studio_institute ) and Aspen Institute (@aspeninstitute ) to our office for an open house. Interns went behind the scenes to explore our work with staff from the Archives, Catalogue Raisonné, Collections department, and leadership team. We particularly enjoyed hearing from a panel of Studio Institute Arts Intern Alumni about their experiences in the program the prior year. This year’s students joined us from The Andy Warhol Foundation, Brooklyn Museum, Dedalus Foundation, Carolee Schneemann Foundation, Studio Museum, The Woodman Family Foundation, and Harpo Foundation among many other institutions. Our own Artwork Research Intern, Giovanna (Gio) Becerra, was also in attendance. We wish the cohort a fantastic summer! Photographs by Donald Stahl #HelenFrankenthaler #HelenFrankenthalerFoundation #StudioInstitute #AspenInstitute

This Saturday, June 8th, please join SITE SANTA FE (@sitesantafe ) and Radius Books (@radius.books ) as Christine Corday and art historian Alexander Nemerov discuss the enduring legacy of Helen Frankenthaler’s soak-stain technique and its continued influence on generations of artists across media. The program continues at 2pm with "Composition: A Material Continuation," when Corday will present a multidisciplinary exploration of her work accompanied by live performances of "A Madrigal Opera" by Philip Glass. For tickets and more information, please visit sitesantafe.org. 1) Frankenthaler working on "Untitled" (1991) in her studio, Saddle Rock Road, Shippan Point, Stamford, Conn., July 1991. Helen Frankenthaler Foundation Archives, New York. Photograph by Vincent Dion; Corday with full-scale model of “Knoun,” 2012, photographs courtesy of Corday Studio; Helen Frankenthaler working on "Rapunzel" (1974) in her East Eighty-third Street studio, New York, 1974. Helen Frankenthaler Foundation Archives, New York. Photograph by Edward Youkilis. Artwork © 2024 Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, New York / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York; Corday working on “Perces [Polyptych],” 2015, photograph courtesy of Corday Studio.
 2) At left, artist Christine Corday, courtesy Corday Studio. At right, Philip Glass #HelenFrankenthaler #HelenFrankenthalerFoundation #SiteSantaFe #RadiusBooks

We are pleased to announce that Helen Frankenthaler’s “Star Gazing” (1989) is included in “Van Gogh et les Étoiles” (“Van Gogh and the Stars”) at Foundation Vincent van Gogh Arles (@fondationvincentvangogharles ), France, on view from June 1st – August 25th, 2024. The exhibition is centered around Vincent van Gogh’s iconic painting “Starry Night” (1888), and features works by more than 78 artists including Edvard Munch, Kasimir Malevitch, and Georgia O’Keeffe. Following the exhibition, “Star Gazing” will travel to Palazzo Strozzi (@palazzostrozzi ), Florence, where it will be on view as part of “Helen Frankenthaler: Painting Without Rules," on view from September 24th, 2024 – January 26th, 2025. Helen Frankenthaler, "Star Gazing," 1989, acrylic on canvas, 71 1/2 x 144 in. (181.6 x 365.8 cm). Artwork © 2024 Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, Inc. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. #HelenFrankenthaler #HelenFrankenthalerFoundation #PalazzoStrozzi #FoundationVincentvanGoghArles

Repost from @davidsmithestate : The Estate of David Smith is proud to lend Smith's "Untitled" (1961) to the Palazzo Strozzi in Florence on the occasion of their exhibition "Helen Frankenthaler: Painting Without Rules", opening this September. The survey exhibition will examine the pioneering abstractionist's paintings in the context of her artistic affinities, influences, and friendships. Select works by David Smith, Anthony Caro, Morris Louis, Robert Motherwell, Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, and Anne Truitt will join the largest presentation of Frankenthaler's work in Italy to date. David Smith. "Untitled." 1961. Steel, paint, 78 7/8 x 44 3/8 x 29 in. © 2024 The Estate of David Smith / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY.

Helen Frankenthaler, "Madrid," 1984, acrylic on canvas, 63 7/8 x 116 1/2 in. (162.2 x 295.9 cm) Artwork © 2024 Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, Inc. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York #helenfrankenthaler #helenfrankenthalerfoundation

We are pleased to announce a new, upcoming exhibition, "Helen Frankenthaler: Painting Without Rules," opening in September 2024 at Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi in Florence, Italy. Co-organized by the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, this marks the largest presentation of Frankenthaler works ever shown in Italy. The exhibition explores the innovative and creative output of Frankenthaler, considered among the most significant painters of the 20th century, through the lens of her artistic affinities, influences, and friendships. View link in our bio. Helen Frankenthaler, "Alassio," 1960, oil on canvas, 85 1/4 x 131 in. (216.5 x 332.7 cm). Artwork © 2024 Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, Inc. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. @helenfrankenthalerfoundation @palazzostrozzi #HelenFrankenthaler #DipingereSenzaRegole #PaintingWithoutRules #PalazzoStrozzi #HelenFrankenthalerFoundation

Repost from @gagosian : “Remarkably, Helen Frankenthaler was able to sustain and expand her invention until late in her life and served as an inspiration to more than one generation of artists who followed her. She was one of the titans of twentieth-century painting.” —Richard Armstrong In a piece on “Gagosian Quarterly,” Richard Armstrong, director emeritus of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Foundation, joins the publication’s Alison McDonald to discuss his election to the board of the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation (@helenfrankenthalerfoundation ), as well as the changing priorities and strategies facing museums, foundations, and curators. Armstrong reflects on his various roles within museums and recounts his first meeting with Frankenthaler. Follow the link in our bio to read the piece. __________ #HelenFrankenthalerFoundation #GagosianQuarterly #Gagosian Helen Frankenthaler, “Madame Butterfly,” 2000 © Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, Inc./Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/Tyler Graphics Ltd., Mount Kisco, New York

Helen Frankenthaler, "Two Live as One on a Crocodile Isle," 1959, oil on unsized, unprimed canvas, 82 x 55 in. (208.3 x 139.7 cm). Private collection. Artwork © 2024 Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, Inc. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York #HelenFrankenthaler #HelenFrankenthalerFoundation

In honor of the opening of the 2024 Venice Biennale, the Foundation looks back on the 2019 exhibition, “Pittura/Panorama: Paintings by Helen Frankenthaler, 1952–1992,” at Museo di Palazzo Grimani, Venice, May 7–November 17, 2019. Photographs by Matteo De Fina. Artwork © 2024 Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, Inc. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York #HelenFrankenthaler #HelenFrankenthalerFoundation

This weekend, the International Studio & Curatorial Program (@ISCP_NYC ) will hold their 2024 Spring Open Studios, a presentation of international contemporary art organized by the 35 artists and curators from 27 countries currently in residence. Participating artist Cullen Washington Jr. (@cullenwashingtonjr ) is the inaugural recipient of the ISCP Helen Frankenthaler Foundation Residency. Be sure to stop by! Opening Reception: Friday, April 12, 6–9pm Open Hours: Saturday, April 13, 1–7pm 1040 Metropolitan Ave., Brooklyn, NY 1) Portrait of Cullen Washington Jr. 2) Cullen Washington Jr., "Primer 23," 2024, iron oxide, ochre earth pigment, oxidized slate, mica, graphite, carbon, acrylic and medium on paper, 31 x 47 in. (78.7 x 119.4 cm) #HelenFrankenthaler #HelenFrankenthalerFoundation #ISCPSpringOpenStudios