Elena Goukassian

The Abstract Expressionist power couple Jackson Pollock (1912-56) and Lee Krasner (1908-84) met in 1941, while preparing for the same group show in New York. When Krasner saw the list of artist names, Pollock’s was the only one she did not recognise, so s... See more

The Toledo Museum of Art (TMA) has purchased The Seven Words (1898), a groundbreaking photographic work by the American artist F. Holland Day (1864-1933). The piece, comprising seven close-up platinum prints in a wooden frame of the artist as Jesus Christ... See more

Après un an de recherches, le Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) de Los Angeles a choisi son nouveau directeur : Jonathan Abbott, ancien président-directeur général du groupe audiovisuel public américain GBH, à Boston. Il a pris ses fonctions jeudi 24 sept... See more

In 1968, a seven-year-old Jean-Michel Basquiat was hit by a car while playing in the street in Brooklyn. He had to get his spleen removed. The same year in Manhattan, a 39-year-old Andy Warhol was famously shot by the artist Valerie Solanas. Warhol also h... See more

Following a yearlong search, the Museum of Contemporary Art (Moca) in Los Angeles has chosen a new leader: Jonathan Abbott, a former president and chief executive of the Boston public media broadcaster GBH. Abbott started his role Thursday (24 September),... See more