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When an artist lives as long as Ellsworth Kelly, who died Sunday at age 92, it can be difficult to recapture what made that person's work bracing when it was new.
Ellsworth Kelly is one of America's most revered artists but his work rarely comes to auction. Is this set to change?
Ellsworth Kelly, who died Sunday, gave Grand Rapids Art Museum its signature work Published: Dec. 28, 2015, 7:53 p.m.
On the artist's birthday, the Texas museum where his final work stands now has even more Ellsworth Kelly ephemera.
Jack Shear, the widower of the artist Ellsworth Kelly, is donating many of his husband’s works to museums across the country and giving money to various causes.
American artist Ellsworth Kelly would have turned 100 this month (May 2023). His recipe of hard-edge abstraction, colour field painting and minimalism saw him become one the most definitive painters ...
Ellsworth Kelly, a pioneer of abstract art, was remembered at a postage stamp dedication reception at the Oradell Free Public Library.
A new monograph chronicles the pioneering American painter, printmaker and sculptor Ellsworth Kelly, from the war-torn 1940s to the final work before his death in 2015, and every colour-clad note in ...
1973: Kelly at work in his Chatham, New York, studio. The artist had relocated upstate from New York City in 1970, renting out a space that had previously been a theatre, where he created one of ...
Ellsworth Kelly's "Primary Tapestry" from 1968 was removed from display at the Empire State Plaza in Albany eight years ago at the artist's request because the work was fading. (Provided photo) ...