Artnet

The Met Now Boasts the World’s Largest Collection of Philip Guston’s Work, Thanks to a 220-Piece Gift by the Artist’s Daughter

Musa Mayer, the daughter of the late artist Philip Guston (1913–80), has given her personal collection of her father’s work to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The gift, which comprises 220 works and ...

At the Musée Picasso, Philip Guston and the irony of history

The American painter, a major figure of the second half of the 20th century who moved from figurative art to abstract ...
Hypebeast

Philip Guston’s Daughter Will Donate 220 of Her Father’s Artwork to The Met

Philip Guston’s daughter, Musa Mayer, announced that she will donate 220 works made by her father to New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met). The promised gift will include 96 paintings, 124 ...
Artnet

Will the Contentious Opening of a Philip Guston Show Hurt or Help the Artist’s Market? We Parsed the Auction Data to Find Out

Last week, Sotheby’s announced that it would offer a resplendent Philip Guston abstraction during its Modern art evening sale in New York next month. The painting, which has been in the same ...
Hyperallergic

A Show Traces Philip Guston’s Impact on Contemporary Artists

A Thing for the Mind takes Philip Guston’s 1978 painting “Story” as a starting point to examine the myriad ways in which this piece has filtered into the work of other painters. Already a member? Sign ...
The Telegraph

The WPA in NH: Philip Guston and Musa McKim on view at the Currier Museum of Art

Courtesy photo One of the two New Hampshire-themed murals created in 1941 by artists Philip Guston and Musa McKim now on display at the Currier Museum of Art in Manchester. (Courtesy photo) MANCHESTER ...
WBUR

After postponement, Philip Guston's work finally arrives at the MFA

Is now the right time for “Philip Guston Now”? Opening May 1 at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the show is touted as the first major retrospective of the artist’s work in decades. It was originally ...
Wall Street Journal

Philip Guston Made Images That Spark Arguments

In 1970, Philip Guston enjoyed a reputation as a top-tier, financially successful abstract artist. Then, at a New York gallery, he showed his new work, full of comic-strip-like figures, lightbulbs, ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

After 2-year delay, Philip Guston art exhibit explores his Jewish identity — under cloud of controversy

The exhibit, which has been dogged by worries about its portrayal of KKK figures, delves deep into the influential painter’s Holocaust themes and Jewish biography. BOSTON (JTA) — Many visitors to the ...
PBS

‘Philip Guston Now’ portrays art of controversial and confrontational painter

Two years ago, four museums were set to present a retrospective of painter Philip Guston. But then, in one of the biggest controversies to hit the art world in the last few years, it all imploded. Now ...
Forbes

Philip Guston’s Daughter Donates 220 Artworks And $10 Million To The Met To Advance His Legacy

Philip Guston’s daughter, Musa Mayer, has donated 96 paintings and 124 drawings, along with $10 million, to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, creating the largest collection of works by the pioneering ...