Just because a painting isn’t full of angels doesn’t mean it isn’t spiritual and transcendent. Mark Rothko, No. 210/No. 211 (Orange), 1960 by Dr. Margaret C. Conrads and Dr. Steven Zucker
Serra’s sculpture creates new spaces within the architecture of the room. Richard Serra, Band by The Museum of Modern Art
Inspired by a misinterpretation of a Renaissance church in Rome, this sculpture pushed the limits of technology. Richard Serra, Torqued Ellipse IV by The Museum of Modern Art
Serra guides you through his sculpture in the garden of MOMA. Richard Serra, Intersection II by The Museum of Modern Art
Art on the edge of perception—Ad Reinhardt works with the biology of human sight and rewards close looking. Ad Reinhardt, Abstract Painting by Sal Khan and Dr. Steven Zucker
Judd’s boxes were made by factory workers, not by the artist—but he provided instructions. Donald Judd, Untitled by Dr. Shana Gallagher-Lindsay and Dr. Beth Harris
This sculpture was hanging in the artist’s studio at the time of her death; it can be hung in numerous ways. Eva Hesse, Untitled (Rope Piece) by Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker
Women’s labor and the passage of time are evoked in this sculpture constructed of organic materials. Jackie Winsor, #1 Rope by Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker
Her friends were into high conceptualism, but Hesse’s own approach is more playful, bodily, and feminist. Eva Hesse, Untitled by Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker
Are these objects the same size? Morris challenges our perception. Robert Morris, (Untitled) L-Beams by JP McMahon
Who should be the arbiter of taste—the person on the street, the artist, the courts? Richard Serra, Tilted Arc by Mya Dosch
She was a pioneer of the “soak-stain method” of diluting acrylic paint and pouring it into unprimed canvas. Helen Frankenthaler, The Bay by Farisa Khalid
Baldessari adopts a familiar school-room punishment as a promise to himself. John Baldessari, I Will Not Make Any ... by Dr. Steven Zucker and Dr. Beth Harris
Using the medium of mass culture, Nauman brought high-brow questions about the role of art to broader society. Bruce Nauman, The True Artist Helps the ... by JP McMahon