American Abstract Artists' 90th Anniversary Exhibition at D. Wigmore Fine Art

D. Wigmore Fine Art in New York presents 'Founders of American Abstract Artists: 90th Anniversary Celebration,' a survey of the founding members of the American Abstract Artists (AAA) group, which first met in 1936. The exhibition, on view through July 31, 2026, features works by Albert Eugene Gallatin, Vaclav Vytlacil, Albert Swinden, Werner Drewes, George L.K. Morris, Ilya Bolotowsky, Esphyr Slobodkina, and others, though key figures like Josef Albers, Ibram Lassaw, and Ad Reinhardt are absent. The show highlights the group's response to MoMA director Alfred Barr's Eurocentric view of abstraction, their engagement with Cubism, and their role in shaping American abstract art. Notable works include Gallatin's 'Nº. 93' (1949), Swinden's gouaches, Drewes's 'Entering the Path of the Heavenly Bodies' (1945), and Slobodkina's 'Nocturne Nº. 1' (1958). The exhibition is accompanied by a concurrent show of contemporary AAA members at Art Cake in Brooklyn, curated by Saul Ostrow, and a catalog release event on May 21, 2026, with a slide talk by gallery director Emily Lenz.