Philip Guston Now

Upcoming Exhibition

February 26 – August 27, 2023

Philip Guston Now charts the 50-year career of one of America’s most influential modern artists through more than 150 paintings and drawings. Guston’s story is one of epic change—of artistic styles, from muralism to abstract expressionism to figuration, of degrees of political and social involvement, and of levels of personal confession in his work. Renowned in his time and in ours, Guston’s work continues to resonate, attract, and provoke, raising crucial questions about the relationship of art to beauty and brutality, freedom and doubt, politics and the imagination.

Selected Works

Female Nude with Easel, 1935, oil on canvas, Private Collection. © The Estate of Philip Guston

Martial Memory, 1941, oil on canvas, Saint Louis Art Museum, Eliza McMillan Trust. © The Estate of Philip Guston, courtesy Hauser & Wirth

Self-Portrait, 1944, oil on canvas, Private Collection. © The Estate of Philip Guston

Review, 1948–1949, oil on canvas, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Musa Guston, 1992

Passage, 1957–1958, oil on canvas, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Bequest of Caroline Wiess Law, 2004.20. © The Estate of Philip Guston

The Return, 1956–1958, oil on canvas, Tate: Presented by the Friends of the Tate Gallery, 1959. © The Estate of Philip Guston; digital image © Tate, London/Art Resource, NY

Untitled, 1964, oil on canvas, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Musa Guston, 1992

Untitled, 1967, brush and ink, Private Collection. © The Estate of Philip Guston

Untitled, 1968, charcoal, Private Collection. © The Estate of Philip Guston

Untitled, 1968, acrylic on panel, Private Collection. © The Estate of Philip Guston

Untitled, 1968, oil on panel, Private Collection. © The Estate of Philip Guston

Untitled (Picture), 1968, oil on panel, Private Collection. © The Estate of Philip Guston

Courtroom, 1970, oil on canvas, Robert and Jane Meyerhoff Collection. © The Estate of Philip Guston

Poor Richard (no. 37), 1971, ink , The Guston Foundation, Promised gift to the National Gallery of Art, Washington. © The Estate of Philip Guston

Painter’s Table, 1973, oil on canvas, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift (Partial and Promised) of Ambassador and Mrs. Donald Blinken in memory of Maurice H. Blinken and in honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art, 1991. © The Estate of Philip Guston

Painting, Smoking, Eating, 1973, oil on canvas, Collection of the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam. © The Estate of Philip Guston

Untitled (Self-Portrait), 1974, ink, Private Collection. © The Estate of Philip Guston

Rug, 1976, oil on canvas, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Edward R. Broida, 2005. © The Estate of Philip Guston

The Ladder, 1978, oil on canvas, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Edward R. Broida, 2005. © The Estate of Philip Guston

Legend, 1977, oil on canvas, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Museum purchase funded by the Alice Pratt Brown Museum Fund, 88.35. © The Estate of Philip Guston

Talking, 1979, oil on canvas, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Gift of Edward R. Broida, 2005. © The Estate of Philip Guston; digital image © The Museum of Modern Art/Licensed by SCALA/Art Resource, NY

Banner: Philip Guston, Painting, Smoking, Eating, 1973, oil on canvas, Collection of the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam.

Organization
The exhibition is organized by the National Gallery of Art, Washington; the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Tate Modern, London; and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

Other venues
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, May 1–September 11, 2022
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 23, 2022–January 15, 2023
Tate Modern, October 3, 2023–February 25, 2024

Sponsors
Major support for the international tour of the exhibition is provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art. The exhibition is supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities.

Passes
Admission is always free and passes are not required