Inspired Encounters

A critical reappraisal of a classic collections modernist legacy for women artists Taking as its point of departure the art collection at Kykuitthe former home of the Rockefeller family, now a museumInspired Encounters asks: if exclusively women-identifying artists remained in this legendary modernist collection, what would be revealed? Essentially the product of three people whose lives intertwined around MoMAAlfred H. Barr Jr., Dorothy Canning Miller and Nelson A. RockefellerKykuit's holdings include work by Anni Albers, Mary Bauermeister, Lee Bontecou, Mary Callery, Valerie Clarebout, Dorothy Dehner, Grace Hartigan, Louise Kruger, Marisol, Louise Nevelson and Lenore Tawney. The book augments this group with works by Louise Bourgeois, Elizabeth Catlett, Lin Emery and Fanny Sann to expand the possibilities of a closed collection. Commissioned works by Sonya Clark, Maren Hassinger, Elana Herzog, Melissa Meyer, Barbara Takenaga and Kay WalkingStick reflect on the collection.