Collections
Abby Weed Grey Collection of Modern Asian and Middle Eastern Art
Iranian Art
This collection database features Iranian works from the Grey Art Gallery, New York University Art Collection. The gallery, which opened to the public in 1975, was endowed by Abby Weed Grey, who also donated some 1,000 works of modern art that she acquired during her frequent travels in Asia and the Middle East. Mrs. Grey […]
Indian Art
This collection database features Indian works from the Grey Art Gallery, New York University Art Collection. The gallery, which opened to the public in 1975, was endowed by Abby Weed Grey, who also donated some 1,000 works of modern art that she acquired during her frequent travels in Asia and the Middle East, more than 80 […]
Turkish Art
This collection database features a selection of Turkish works from the Grey Art Gallery, New York University Art Collection. The gallery, which opened to the public in 1975, was endowed by Abby Weed Grey, who also donated some 1,000 works of modern art that she acquired during her frequent travels in Asia and the Middle East, […]
Interactive Art History Map: Explore the World of Abby Weed Grey
Explore "The World of Abby Weed Grey," an interactive StoryMap that offers a look at the travels and art collection process of the museum's founder as she put together a collection that reflected her global vision and interest in local contemporary artists.
The New York University Art Collection
The New York University Art Collection, of which the Grey Art Museum is now guardian, was founded in 1958 with the acquisition of Francis Picabia's Resonateur (c.1922) and Fritz Glarner's Relational Painting (1949–50). Today the collection (which includes approximately 5,000 objects)
The New York University Art Collection
The New York University Art Collection, of which the Grey Art Museum is now guardian, was founded in 1958 with the acquisition of Francis Picabia's Resonateur (c.1922) and Fritz Glarner's Relational Painting (1949–50). Today the collection (which includes approximately 5,000 objects) is primarily composed of late-nineteenth- and twentieth-century works, ranging from Pablo Picasso's monumental public sculpture Bust of Sylvette to a Joseph Cornell box, Chocolat Menier, from 1952. The collection's particular strength is American painting from the 1940s to the present, with works by such well-known artists as Romare Bearden, Elaine de Kooning, Helen Frankenthaler, Arshile Gorky, Adolph Gottlieb, Kenneth Noland, and Ad Reinhardt. European prints are also well represented, with works by Henri Matisse, Joan Mirò, and Picasso, to name a few.