Hollis Taggart
The Armory Show 2019

For its presentation at the 2019 edition of The Armory Show, Hollis Taggart will celebrate the importance and impact of The Art Students League, a fixture of the New York art scene for 140 years. The gallery’s exhibition will feature works by prior teachers and students, highlighting the dynamic conceptual and aesthetic interplay between the two and capturing a trajectory of artistic development. Among the prior teachers that will be exhibited are Hans Hofmann, Richard Pousette-Dart, Knox Martin, William Scharf, and Theodoros Stamos. League students that will be shown include Milton Avery, Leon Berkowitz, Helen Frankenthaler, Louise Nevelson, Jack Tworkov, Idelle Weber, and Michael (Corrine) West, among others.

Since it was founded in 1875 by a group of artists, The Art Students League has nurtured creativity and provided the space and opportunity for innovation to thrive. Over the years, the teachers, lecturers, and students of the League have shaped and propelled some of America’s most important artistic breakthroughs and movements. Their vision and work have affected the course of art history, and influenced artists and creative producers across the world. With its Armory Show presentation, Hollis Taggart honors that legacy and its ongoing impact on contemporary art practice.

Hollis Taggart is featured in Booth 206 on Pier 90 as part of the Insights sector. Dedicated exclusively to 20th century artworks, Insights emphasizes solo-artist, dual-artist, and thematic presentations, and highlights canonical works of modernism and the post-war era as well as overlooked artistic gems and rediscoveries

The full list of artists to be shown by Hollis Taggart at The Armory Show follows below:

Milton Avery, Will Barnet, Leon Berkowitz, James Brooks, Audrey Flack, Helen Frankenthaler, Adolph Gottlieb, John D. Graham, Grace Hartigan, Hans Hofmann, Lee Krasner, Knox Martin, Louise Nevelson, Betty Parsons, Larry Poons, Richard Pousette-Dart, Larry Rivers, William Scharf, Theodoros Stamos, Yvonne Thomas, Jack Tworkov, Idelle Weber, and Michael (Corinne) West.

For more information about Hollis Taggart and The Armory Show, please contact us at [email protected] or 212.628.4000. For press inquiries, please contact Alina Sumajin or Sascha Freudenheim, PAVE Communications & Consulting at [email protected], 646.369.2050 or [email protected], 917.544.6057.