The exhibition pairs work by a dozen groundbreaking women artists of the postwar period with new commissions presented publicly for the first time. It draws primarily from the permanent collection of modern art at Kykuit, the former Rockefeller family home that now operates as a historic house museum on the Pocantico Center campus. The exhibition is on view with timed ticketing through July 2023 and will be a part of the 2023 Upstate Arts Weekend July 21-24. Please visit the Rockefeller Brothers Fund website for ticketing information. An exhibition catalog is forthcoming.

Contemporary Art Matters is delighted to present ‘Grace & Me’, a solo exhibition of new paintings by Melissa Meyer, a New York Abstract Expressionist artist known for her rich palette and gestural style. She began her career in the early 1970’s at a time when Grace Hartigan was a powerful figure in the NY art world. Hartigan paved the road for many women painters, offering artistic inspiration and also as a role model in a male dominated field. ‘Grace & Me’ features recent paintings energized by the commission and inclusion in the exhibition ‘Inspired Encounters: Women Artists and the Legacies of Modern Art’, where she was asked to respond to a pair of Grace Hartigan paintings in the Rockefeller Collection. The resulting paintings A Nod to Grace and Times Square are currently on view at the David Rockefeller Creative Arts Center in Tarrytown, NY.

Featuring Jennifer Coates, Genevieve Cohn, Hilary Doyle, Erika b Hess, Karen Lederer and Daisy Patton