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The Irascibles: Painters Against the Museum (New York, 1950)

Virtual Tour

A visual tour of the exhibition accompanied by a series of explanatory audio clips and comments by artists on a selection of the works.

Entrance to the exhibition

Entrance to the exhibition

The Exhibition,
by Beatriz Cordero

Room with documentary material. In the background, a view of the facade of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Room with documentary material. In the background, picture of the Irascibles taken by Nina Leen for <em>Life</em> (published in January 1951)

The Photograph,
by Bradford R. Collins

Entrance to the second room of the exhibition

<kbd>Panoramic view of the second exhibition hall</kbd>

<kbd>Clyfford Still. Untitled, 1966. Private collection</kbd> <kbd>Robert Motherwell. <em>La Danse II</em>, 1952. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York</kbd>

<kbd>Adolph Gottlieb. <em>Figurations of Clangor</em>, 1951.<br/> Collection of the Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation, New York</kbd> <kbd>Hans Hofmann. <em>Magenta and Blue</em>, 1950. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York</kbd><kbd> Hedda Sterne. <em>NY, NY No. X</em>, 1948. Tate, Londres</kbd>

<kbd>James Brooks. <em>J-1952</em>, 1952. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York</kbd> <kbd>Mark Rothko. Untitled, 1952. National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC</kbd>

Mark Rothko: Untitled,
by José Manuel Ballester

<kbd>Bradley Walker Tomlin. <em>No. 4, 1952-53</em>, 1952-1953. The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York</kbd> <kbd>Richard Pousette-Dart. <em>Night World</em>, 1948. Collection of Joanna and Jonathan Pousette-Dart</kbd>

<kbd>Barnett Newman. <em>Adam</em>, 1951-1952. Tate, London</kbd><kbd> William Baziotes. <em>Dragon</em>, 1950. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York</kbd><kbd> Weldon Kees. <em>The Monument</em>, 1947. Collection of Gertrude Stein, New York</kbd>

Barnett Newman. Adam,
by José María Sicilia

<kbd>Jackson Pollock. <em>Yellow Islands</em>, 1952. Tate, London</kbd> <kbd>Willem de Kooning. <em>Zot</em>, 1949. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York</kbd> <kbd>Ad Reinhardt. Untitled, 1950. Museo AC Helga de Alvear, Cáceres</kbd>

Willem de Koonig. Zot,
by Alfonso Albacete Ad Reinhardt. Untitled,
by Jordi Teixidor

<kbd>Fritz Bultman. <em>Orbes</em>, 1951. Private collection</kbd> <kbd>Theodoros Stamos. <em>Voyage to Ithaca</em>, 1950. The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York</kbd> <kbd>Jimmy Ernst. <em>Tropic</em>, 1952. Courtesy of Michael Rosenfeld Gallery LLC, New York</kbd>

Panoramic view of the second exhibition hall

The Exhibition Space,
by Ángela Juarranz and Sara Miguélez

View of the second exhibition hall

<kbd>Selection of the photographs taken by Nina Leen in her session for <em>Life</em> magazine in 1950</kbd>

The audios