IN THE SPOTLIGHT
ALICE BABER
Alice Baber
J. GARRETT AUCTIONEERS
GARRETT | Dallas Spring Estates
Garrett presents our highly anticipated Spring Fine Estates Auction, showcasing an exceptional selection of fine art and antiques. Leading this sale are remarkable works by women artists, with a standout large-scale piece by American abstract impressionist artist Alice Baber. Once overlooked, Baber is now receiving long-overdue recognition alongside her contemporaries Helen Frankenthaler and Elaine de Kooning. Celebrated for her luminous use of color, this Baber work is a highlight of the auction.
May 03, 2025
GROGAN & COMPANY
Fine Art
Alice Baber
The Blue Song Of The Tree
1981, watercolor on paper
May 10, 2025
IN CONVERSATION WITH EMILY FRIEDMAN
A Vision in Color: A Curated Session by Emily Friedman, which is offered in our upcoming sale.
Senior Vice President and Head of Post-War & Contemporary Art, for a dynamic discussion ahead of May 13 Post-War and Contemporary Art sale at Freeman's | Hindman.
“My wife and I have been collecting seriously for over ten years now. Our collection is very important to me, and I try always to practice what I preach! The first major piece we acquired was a Mary Corse white light painting. Over the years, we’ve been fortunate to collect works by many wonderful artists, including Alma Thomas, Mary Abbott, Emily Mason, Alice Baber, Kikuo Saito, Günther Förg, Ed Ruscha, Roy Lichtenstein, Lita Albuquerque, Peter Alexander, Larry Bell, Hank Willis Thomas, and Zanele Muholi.”
FREEMAN’
| HINDMAN
Post War and Contemporary Art featuring A Vision in Color: A Curated Session by Emily Friedman
Alice Baber
Light Ladder, 1965
May 13, 2025
FREEMAN’
| HINDMAN
Post War and Contemporary Art featuring A Vision in Color: A Curated Session by Emily Friedman
Alice Baber
Red + Blue Deluge
May 13, 2025
SOTHEBY’S
SOTHEBY’S
JOHN MORAN AUCTIONEERS
Modern & Contemporary Fine Art
Alice Baber (1928-1982)
The Jaguar Drum Leaps to Daylight, 1978
Oil on canvas, 36" H x 72" W
AUCTION PREVIEW
JUNE 17, 2025
UPSILON GALLERY
The Art of Alice Baber and Paul Jenkins
NEW YORK, NY - Upsilon Gallery is pleased to present an exciting showcase of works by Alice Baber (b.1928) and Paul Jenkins (b.1923). The two artists, who worked alongside each other for many years and were briefly married in the late 1960s, had a significant influence on each other’s practices and the Abstract Expressionist movement as a whole, extending their impact beyond New York where they first met.
Both artists studied together at the Gutai Pinacotheca in Osaka, Japan, where they were deeply influenced by the Gutai movement, evident in their poetic painting styles. They explored the possibilities of color and light through various techniques, yet their approaches differed: Baber employed a stain and lift method using hand-applied transparent layers, while Jenkins used pouring and gestural sweeps. Both artists infused energy and direction into their compositions, with Baber orchestrating tightly coordinated patterns of ellipses that seem to dance, and Jenkins creating intuitive, chance-based works characterized by pooling and dripping in bold, controlled directions. This dual exhibition will offer insight into the careers of Baber and Jenkins, showcasing how their vitality, freedom, and innovative practices impacted the broader community of artists recognized during the Abstract Expressionist era.
April 10 – May 31, 2025
GENE DAVIS
Gene Davis
LA MODERN AUCTIONS
Prints & Multiples on May 13th offers a world-class selection of editioned works from some of the most celebrated artists of the past century. Leading lots include sculpture and prints from Gene Davis, Ed Ruscha, Andy Warhol's 1972 screenprint Mao, and Jeff Koons's Balloon Dog (Blue), as well as works from Pablo Picasso, Roy Lichtenstein, Sam Francis, Helen Frankenthaler, David Hockney, Frank Stella, Louise Nevelson, Sam Gilliam, Damien Hirst, and more.
May 13, 2025
LA MODERN AUCTIONS
Prints & Multiples on May 13th offers a world-class selection of editioned works from some of the most celebrated artists of the past century. Leading lots include sculpture and prints from Gene Davis, Ed Ruscha, Andy Warhol's 1972 screenprint Mao, and Jeff Koons's Balloon Dog (Blue), as well as works from Pablo Picasso, Roy Lichtenstein, Sam Francis, Helen Frankenthaler, David Hockney, Frank Stella, Louise Nevelson, Sam Gilliam, Damien Hirst, and more.
May 13, 2025
SOTHEBY’S
Contemporary Day Auction
Property from the Collection of Myrtle Katzen, Washington, D.C.
Gene Davis
May 16, 2025
COWLEY ABBOTT AUCTIONEERS
Gene Davis
Hell's Calendar #3
acrylic on canvas
21.25 x 30 in ( 54 x 76.2 cm )
May 28, 2025
GRAND RAPIDS ART MUSEUM
FROM THE VAULT: SELECTIONS OF WORKS ON PAPER FROM GRAM’S COLLECTION
Every decade, museums undergo the meticulous, painstaking task of inventorying the entire collection. Out of the more than 6,000 objects in the collection of the Grand Rapids Art Museum, nearly 2/3 are works on paper. In 2024, after months of reviewing thousands of these objects, GRAM’s Curatorial department studied anew countless captivating works created by artists in the collection whose artistry reveals a tacit formal or philosophical affinity. Presented in this exhibition are a selection of those works, chosen for their undeniable craftsmanship and enigmatic visual resonances with one another.
Artists in the exhibition include Alex Katz, Gene Davis, James Rosenquist, Jacob Lawrence, Patricia A. Quinlan, Arthur Secunda, Derrick Greaves, Nancy Ester Pletos, Françoise Gilot, and Saul Steinberg.
Jan 14, 2025 — May 4, 2025
Secchia Upper Lobby Gallery
ART GALLERY OF ONTARIO
Moments in Modernism
Moments in Modernism highlights the diversity and high quality of the AGO’s modern art collection, which has been built over time by generations of museum curators and patrons.
This installation will show collection strengths from artistic movements such as Pop Art, Abstraction, Realism, and Minimalism. An international approach in artistic styles will be presented, including a body of work from the AGO holdings by Brazilian artists, recognizing the global nature of modernism. A selection of contemporary works that respond to modernist movements will also be shown.
Many of the artists, including Andy Warhol, Helen Frankenthaler, Jules Olitski, Gerhard Richter, and Mark Rothko are well known while others are still yet to be broadly recognized such as Tomie Ohtake, Rubem Valentim, Gene Davis and Kazuo Nakamura. A particular focus will be Canadian artists including Alex Colville, Rita Letendre, Jack Bush, Agnes Martin, Guido Molinari and Norval Morrisseau.
June 14, 2024 - September 1, 2025
JON SCHUELER
Jon Schueler
THE MCMANUS: DUNDEE’S ART GALLERY & MUSEUM
Jon Schueler
Work by more than 30 artists captures the ever changing Scottish weather in our new free exhibition. Journey through Scotland’s unique climate with sweeping skies, clouds, rain and sunny days, painted by some of the most important Scottish artists of the last century. Explore how our Scots language evolved to reflect our weather and how our seasons affect our moods.
November 9, 2024 - May 31, 2025
SOROKIN GALLERY
Jon Schueler
St. Nazaire: Sky Red Blues
oil on canvas
New York, November 1982
70 x 63 in/177.8 x 160.02 cm
o/c 1276
Upcoming Solo Exhibition
Sept.18 to October 29, 2025
WOMAN IN THE SKY
Magda Salvesen lives amongst thousands of her late husband's paintings. Her loft -- the same one she and Jon shared as a couple -- remains both her home and the site of the recently formed Jon Schueler Foundation, a living museum dedicated to preserving Jon's legacy. Every wall is hung with Schuelers -- they surround Magda's life, and make it up. A celebrated garden and art historian in her own right, Magda has nonetheless dedicated her life to these paintings.
Director Biography - Max Woertendyke