Article: NATIONAL TOUR OF 'MODERN MASTERS FROM THE SMITHSONIAN AMERICAN ART MUSEUM' FEATURES MIDCENTURY PAINTINGS, SCULPTURE

The Smithsonian Institution issued the following press release:

The Smithsonian American Art Museum has organized the nationally traveling exhibition "Modern Masters from the Smithsonian American Art Museum," which opens Nov. 29 at The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum in Miami. The exhibition features 43 key paintings and sculptures by 31 of the most celebrated artists who came to maturity in the 1950s. "Modern Masters" examines the complex and varied nature of American abstract art in the mid-20th century through three broadly conceived themes that span two decades of creative genius--"Significant Gestures," "Optics and Order" and "New Images of Man." The exhibition will travel to ...