"Pittura/Panorama: Paintings by Helen Frankenthaler, 1952-1992," marked the first time that Frankenthaler’s paintings have been exhibited in Venice since her inclusion in the 1966 Biennale as part of the US Pavilion. This video, including interviews with the show’s curator, John Elderfield; the chairman of the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, Clifford Ross; and the Foundation’s executive director, Elizabeth Smith, provides viewers with an in-depth look at the fourteen paintings included in the exhibition.
The exhibition was on view at the Museo di Palazzo Grimani, Venice, from May 7 through November 17, 2019: on.gagosian.com/mvd3EaI.
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Artwork © Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, Inc./Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York; exhibition organized by the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, New York, and Venetian Heritage, in association with Gagosian; video: Pushpin Films; camera: Emma Charles; interview: Olivia Mull.
The Helen Frankenthaler Foundation offers special thanks to all those who helped to make the exhibition possible: Venetian Heritage, Museo di Palazzo Grimani, and Civita Tre Venezie.