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The Magical City: George Morrison's New York
17 July 2025 — 31 May 2026
On Now25 paintings and drawings from Morrison's formative New York years — the Grand Portage Chippewa artist who became a central figure in Abstract Expressionism alongside de Kooning and Nevelson.
From The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Born in Chippewa City, a remote Native American village on the shore of Lake Superior in northern Minnesota, George Morrison (Wah-wah-ta-ga-nah-gah-boo and Gwe-ki-ge-nah-gah-boo, Grand Portage Chippewa, 1919–2000) overcame innumerable challenges—poverty, a life-threatening childhood illness, social isolation, racial and cultural barriers—to become a leader of the Abstract Expressionist movement, which he collaboratively defined both publicly and behind the scenes....
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© The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Magical City: George Morrison's New York
17 July 2025 — 31 May 2026
On Now25 paintings and drawings from Morrison's formative New York years — the Grand Portage Chippewa artist who became a central figure in Abstract Expressionism alongside de Kooning and Nevelson.
From The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Born in Chippewa City, a remote Native American village on the shore of Lake Superior in northern Minnesota, George Morrison (Wah-wah-ta-ga-nah-gah-boo and Gwe-ki-ge-nah-gah-boo, Grand Portage Chippewa, 1919–2000) overcame innumerable challenges—poverty, a life-threatening childhood illness, social isolation, racial and cultural barriers—to become a leader of the Abstract Expressionist movement, which he collaboratively defined both publicly and behind the scenes....
Read more at The Metropolitan Museum of Art →Critic Reviews
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Upper East Side, New York·View on artmap