To an artist, “influence” can be a dirty word. Influence suggests imitation, derivation. Admitting influence questions every artist’s highest aspiration: originality. Of course Joan Mitchell ...

There are currently two exhibitions of Joan Mitchell’s paintings and drawings on the same Chelsea street. Taken together, they offer an extended examination of a painter’s process as her sensibilities ...

The Joan Mitchell Center (2275 Bayou Road, 504-940-2500) holds an open house from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 22, and New Orleanians can meet foundation executives, staff and local artist ...

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"Joan Mitchell, Lady Painter: A Life" (Alfred A. Knopf), by Patricia Albers: At age 12, Joan Mitchell decided to be a painter. She had shown a flair for writing and for painting, but her father made ...

Figure Ground: Paintings and Prints by Joan Mitchell, Lithographs by Willem de Kooning, Sculptures by Raoul Hague, Lennon Weinberg, Inc., New York Salon du Dessin: An exhibition of works on paper by ...

Joan Mitchell Retrospective: Her Life and Paintings, Kunsthaus Bregenz, Austria [itinerary: Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany] (solo exhibition) Joan Mitchell: The Sketchbook Drawings, Museum Folkwang, ...

I’m not sure when I realized that Joan Mitchell was my favorite abstract painter, but I do know it was a gradual process. Partly that time-lag is due to the overwhelming critical attention paid to ...

In a single week, collectors spent $2.2 billion on art at New York’s auction houses, including the $236 million Klimt portrait. By Julia Halperin Plus: a new book from Chantal Joffe and Olivia Laing, ...