Joan Mitchell, “Minnesota” (1980), oil on canvas in four parts102 1/2 x 244 1/4 inches, © Estate of Joan Mitchell, Collection of the Joan Mitchell Foundation ...

As part of their contemporary art auction in May, Sotheby’s New York will be selling four Abstract Expressionist works by Joan Mitchell. The group of paintings, said Lucius Elliott, Sotheby’s head of ...

Turning 25 this year, Tate Modern in London has much to celebrate, but no birthday is complete without a few presents. Today, the museum announced that it has been given a monumental triptych by the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Chadd Scott covers the intersection of art and travel. Joan Mitchell, 'Sans neige' (1969). Collection of the Carnegie Museum of ...

Christie’s is bringing two more major works to its 20th-century evening sale in New York next month that are each expected to break auction records for the artists, Richard Diebenkorn and Joan ...

From pieces that played an influential role in the male-dominated New York School to nature-imbued paintings created in the French countryside, the abstract artwork of Joan Mitchell took on new lives ...

Artist Joan Mitchell’s bold, lyrical canvases made her one of the defining voices of Abstract Expressionism — and one of the few women to claim an enduring place in the movement’s history. A century ...

The 1950s were not easy for Joan Mitchell (1925–92). Between her unpredictable rages, destructive relationships, depression, and drunkenness, Mitchell was finding it hard to get traction as an artist.

Britain's Tate Modern art museum on Thursday unveiled one of the most significant gifts it has received in years – a masterpiece by an American abstract expressionist that hung for years on a bedroom ...

Foundations for Joan Mitchell and Robert Rauschenberg are among the most influential grant-makers at a time when private funding for artists is more important than ever. By Hilarie M. Sheets Two ...

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 ...

Installation view of Joan Mitchell 100, on display at the Art, Design & Architecture Museum, UC Santa Barbara. (Ingrid Bostrom photo) Artist Joan Mitchell’s bold, lyrical canvases made her one of the ...