Exhibition Review

Americans In Paris Exhibition Review:
“Over 100 works by expat artists who sought an escape from stateside restrictiveness in postwar France”
4Columns, May 3, 2024

Americans in Paris: Artists Working in Postwar France, 1946–1962, curated by Debra Bricker Balken and Lynn Gumpert, Grey Art Museum, 18 Cooper Square, New York City, through July 20, 2024 by Aruna D’Souza In a 1960 interview, the abstract painter Mark Tobey, after years of living in Paris, where he achieved acclaim from the otherwise […]

<em>Americans In Paris</em> Exhibition Review:<br>“Explore The Works of American Artists in Post WW II Paris at The Grey Art Museum”<br>Our Town, April 9, 2024

Americans In Paris Exhibition Review:
“Explore The Works of American Artists in Post WW II Paris at The Grey Art Museum”
Our Town, April 9, 2024

The Grey Art Museum located in NoHo is a freshly renovated and spacious museum that is worth a visit. Its current exhibit examines the expats in Paris in the 1950s and 60s. by Tehsin Pala During the COVID-19 pandemic, many museums in the city suffered financially. The galleries remained empty, with pieces on display but […]

<em>Americans in Paris</em> Exhibition Review: <br>“The Lure of the City of Light”<br>The Wall Street Journal, May 9, 2024

Americans in Paris Exhibition Review:
“The Lure of the City of Light”
The Wall Street Journal, May 9, 2024

Exhibitions examine how artists before and after World War II found inspiration and artistic freedom in the French capital by Willard Spiegelman ‘WE’LL ALWAYS HAVE PARIS,” Bogart said to Bergman in “Casablanca” (1943). Now, two current art exhibitions explore the powerful appeal of the City of Light to generations of 20th-century Americans. At New York […]

<em>Americans in Paris</em> Exhibition Review:<br>“The Grey Art Museum inaugural exhibition is a nod to a French-American artistic past”<br>Washington Square News, March 4, 2024

Americans in Paris Exhibition Review:
“The Grey Art Museum inaugural exhibition is a nod to a French-American artistic past”
Washington Square News, March 4, 2024

Americans in Paris is on view at NYU’s newly relocated and rebranded fine arts museum. By Alexa Donovan, Deputy Arts Editor There’s a new purple banner flying in the East Village, marking NYU’s recently relocated Grey Art Museum. The museum, formerly the Grey Art Gallery and located on Washington Square East, has rebranded and moved […]

<em>Americans in Paris</em> Exhibition Review:<br>“How Postwar Paris Changed the Expat Artists”<br>The New York Times, April 25, 2024

Americans in Paris Exhibition Review:
“How Postwar Paris Changed the Expat Artists”
The New York Times, April 25, 2024

An exhibition at the Grey Art Museum explores the fervid postwar scene in Paris, where Ellsworth Kelly, Joan Mitchell and others learned lessons America couldn’t teach them. By Karen Rosenberg Most people looking to make it as artists today are advised to follow a hyper-professionalized path, beginning with enrollment at one of a select group […]

<em>Americans in Paris</em> Exhibition Review:<br> “When Paris Was the Center of New York’s Art World”<br>Hyperallergic, April 10, 2024

Americans in Paris Exhibition Review:
“When Paris Was the Center of New York’s Art World”
Hyperallergic, April 10, 2024

Americans in Paris at the Grey Art Museum highlights the vibrancy and openness of the Paris scene for Americans. By John Yau What does it mean to be an American artist or poet? In recent years, I have seen two group shows focusing on artist communities that addressed this question, both at the Grey Art Gallery […]

<em>Americans in Paris</em> Exhibition Review:<br>“The Artists Who Blossomed in the Postwar Freedom of France”<br>Financial Times, March 20, 2024

Americans in Paris Exhibition Review:
“The Artists Who Blossomed in the Postwar Freedom of France”
Financial Times, March 20, 2024

New York’s Grey Art Museum show adds nuance to the story of how modern art evolved, with works from Joan Mitchell and lesser-known names By Ariella Budick The classic story of modern art goes like this: there once was a city called Paris, where the world’s most brilliant artists converged, jostling and mingling into an […]