Join us in the Tower Gallery for the launch of Barnett Newman: Here, the definitive biography of a transformational American artist and the New York that shaped him. Barnett Newman (1905–1970), a founding member of the abstract expressionist movement, was a contemporary of Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, Mark Rothko, and Clyfford Still. Drawing on unpublished sources obtained from full access to Newman’s archives, art historian and journalist Amy Newman (no relation to Barnett) presents a portrait of one of the most significant post–World War II painters.

The National Gallery’s rich holdings of Newman’s work include The Stations of the Cross, a cycle of 14 paintings that dominated his mature career (1958–1966) and that many consider to be his greatest achievement. Speaking from the installation Barnett Newman: The Stations of the Cross, the biographer will be in conversation with Harry Cooper, the National Gallery’s Bunny Mellon Curator of Modern Art. A book signing will follow in the East Building Gallery Shop.  

The following generous donors made gifts in honor of Robert E. Meyerhoff to support the Robert E. Meyerhoff Lecture and Program Series Endowment: Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen and Marc Andreessen, Frederick W. and Candace K. Beinecke and The Prospect Hill Foundation, the Ford Foundation, Alma Gildenhorn, Joan and David Maxwell, Mr. Raj K. Nooyi and Ms. Indra K. Nooyi, Emily and Mitchell Rales, Sharon Percy Rockefeller and John D. Rockefeller IV, David M. Rubenstein, Denise Saul and The Honorable Andrew M. Saul, and Darren Walker. 

Image caption: Barnett Newman: Here. Courtesy of Princeton University Press.