LEFT TO RIGHT Joan Mitchell, Vétheuil, 1967-68, Private Collection, New York; Russian Easter, 1967, ASOM Collection.

The Joan Mitchell Retrospective follows the career of the internationally renowned artist who attained critical acclaim and success in the male-dominated art circles of 1950s New York, then spent nearly four decades in France creating breathtaking abstract paintings that evoke landscapes, memories, poetry, and music.

Co-curated by Katy Siegel, BMA Senior Programming & Research Curator and Thaw Chair of Modern Art at Stony Brook University, and Sarah Roberts, SFMOMA Andrew W. Mellon Associate Curator of Painting and Sculpture, this comprehensive exhibition features 70 works—from rarely seen early paintings and drawings to multi-panel masterpieces that immerse viewers with their symphonic colour.

LEFT TO RIGHT Joan Mitchell, Vétheuil, 1967-68, Private Collection, New York; Russian Easter, 1967, ASOM Collection; Sans Neige (triptych), 1969, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh. 

LEFT TO RIGHT Joan Mitchell, My Landscape II, 1967, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington D.C.; Vétheuil, 1967-68, Private Collection, New York; Russian Easter, 1967, ASOM Collection.