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Helen Frankenthaler:
A Grand Sweep
October 25, 2025 – February 08, 2026
The Museum of Modern Art
The Museum of Modern Art announces Helen Frankenthaler: A Grand Sweep, a concentrated installation of the artist’s work in the Donald and Catherine Marron Family Atrium. This installation draws from MoMA’s extraordinary holdings of Frankenthaler’s paintings. Spanning over three decades, this presentation marks the artist’s first monographic moment at the Museum since her 1989 retrospective.
Organized by Samantha Friedman, Curator, Department of Drawings and Prints, with Elizabeth Wickham, Curatorial Assistant, Department of Painting and Sculpture.
Support for the exhibition is provided by the Annual Exhibition Fund. Leadership contributions to the Annual Exhibition Fund, in support of the Museum’s collection and collection exhibitions, are generously provided by Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III, the Eyal and Marilyn Ofer Family Foundation, Jerry I. Speyer and Katherine G. Farley, Alice and Tom Tisch, the Marella and Giovanni Agnelli Fund for Exhibitions, Eva and Glenn Dubin, Mimi Haas, The David Rockefeller Council, the Kate W. Cassidy Foundation, The Contemporary Arts Council of The Museum of Modern Art, Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz, Kenneth C. Griffin, The International Council of The Museum of Modern Art, Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis, and Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder. Major funding is provided by The Sundheim Family Foundation.
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Images
Helen Frankenthaler. Jacob’s Ladder, 1957. Oil on canvas, 9′ 5 3/8″ x 69 7/8″ (287.9 x 177.5 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of Hyman N. Glickstein. © 2025 Helen Frankenthaler / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Digital Image © 2025 The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Helen Frankenthaler. Chairman of the Board, 1971. Acrylic and felt-tip pen on canvas, 6′ 10 1/16″ x 16′ 2 5/16″ (208.4 x 493.6 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Nina and Gordon Bunshaft Bequest. © 2025 Helen Frankenthaler / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Digital Image © 2025 The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Helen Frankenthaler. Toward Dark, 1988. Acrylic on canvas. 9′ 10 1/4″ x 7′ 4 1/2″ (300.4 x 224.8 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation. © 2025 Helen Frankenthaler / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Digital Image © 2025 The Museum of Modern Art, New York