Educational institutions across the United States are spending more money to renovate museums and make them a more integral part of learning. By Alina Tugend Michigan State University and Yale University are very different types of higher education institutions, but they have at least one thing in common: They have been spending millions of dollars […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

[Download Press Kit]   Installation view of Americans in Paris: Artists Working in Postwar France, 1946–1962 at the Grey Art Museum, New York University, Designed by Ennead Architects. Photo: David Heald

AMERICANS IN PARIS: ARTISTS WORKING IN POSTWAR FRANCE, 1946–1962 [Download Press Release] (NEW YORK, NY, February 29, 2024)—Americans in Paris: Artists Working in Postwar France, 1946–1962, the first major exhibition to examine the historical impact of the expatriate art scene in Paris after World War II, opens on Saturday, March 2, 2024, at the Grey […]

Americans in Paris: the major exhibition of more than 100 works by artists working in postwar France re-launches the former Grey Art Gallery in its new, expanded location at 18 Cooper Square.