New York City Circa 1960: Works from the Collection of Robert A. Ellison Jr. brings together paintings and works on paper by fifteen artists active around 1960, centered on the collection of Robert A. Ellison, Jr. Rooted in downtown Manhattan's Tenth Street scene, the exhibition captures a community navigating productive tension between abstraction and figuration in the wake of Abstract Expressionism. Ellison's own work appears alongside that of his contemporaries, reflecting the camaraderie and restless experimentation that shaped new directions in American art.
