Helen Frankenthaler Foundation

Exhibitions

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Flood (detail), 1967
Acrylic on canvas
124 1/4 x 140 1/2 inches

(315.6 x 356.9 cm)
Collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.

Helen Frankenthaler

Kunstmuseum Basel

Basel, Switzerland
April 18 - August 23, 2026

This exhibition will present forty paintings and fifteen works on paper to trace Frankenthaler’s creative evolution over more than six decades. The largest presentation of her art in Europe to date and her first solo museum exhibition in Switzerland, it is also the first to shed light on her probing study of art history from the Italian Renaissance to modernism.

 

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Upcoming

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A Green Thought in a Green Shade, 1981
Acrylic on canvas
119 x 156 1/2 inches 

(302.3 x 397.5 cm)

The Moment and the Distance

Gagosian Gallery

New York, New York
April 30 – July 2, 2026

Surveying four decades of paintings from 1960 to 1992, the exhibition features more than twenty of Frankenthaler’s largest, most ambitious works. Arranged by decade, the monumental scale, sensuous color, and innovative compositions of these canvases offer new perspectives on the artist’s continual reinvention of her practice.

 

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Untitled (detail), 1967

AP. Four color screenprint

“Every Picture Somewhat of an Experiment”: Helen Frankenthaler Prints

Henry Museum of Art, University of Washington

Seattle, Washington​
July 5, 2026 - April 25, 2027

This Frankenthaler Prints Inititive exhibition traces the arc of Frankenthaler’s print career from early experiments to later technical innovations. These works highlight the collaborative ethos of printmaking as a creative practice while revealing how Frankenthaler reimagined the possibilities of both mediums to forge new dialogues.

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Divertimento (detail), 1983

Lithograph, 37 x 27 in.

Grey Art Museum, New York University Art Collection. Gift of the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation

"Making Music": Helen Frankenthaler Prints from the New York University Art Collection

The Grey Art Museum at New York University

New York, New York
September 9, 2026 - July 3, 2027

This Frankenthaler Prints Initiative exhibition will explore Frankenthaler’s engagement with music and dance across her printmaking practice. The exhibition will bring together a focused selection of prints from the NYU Art Collection to shed light on the artist’s career-long interest in the performing arts and the ways that these cultural forms intersect with her work.

 

greyartmuseum.nyu.edu

All artwork unless otherwise noted

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