Member Conversation: Willem de Kooning Drawing @artinstitutechi
Member Conversation: Willem de Kooning Drawing  @artinstitutechi
Uploaded September 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
Exhibition curators Kevin Salatino, Mel Becker Solomon, and Charlotte Healy, and paper conservator Margaret Holben Ellis discuss "Willem de Kooning Drawing," the first exhibition to examine the expansive drawing practice of the Dutch-born, American artist.

The curatorial team focus on de Kooning’s continual innovation with experimental drawing techniques and his unique ability to dissolve the boundaries between representation and abstraction, male and female figures, “high” and “low” art forms, and, in particular, the disciplines of drawing and painting.

All artworks by Willem de Kooning © 2026 The Willem de Kooning Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

This program was recorded on June 13, 2026.
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